You are no mere girl, you are a towering woman
Poetry
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INCARNATION
What did she know of birthing?
Despite dear Joseph’s steadfast love
she’d need to do this alone.
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Dream
We were held captive, were being sorted. Most of us were given a choice: some indistinct camp or Great Lavra: an ancient monastery, a remote steppe. I knew that was the place, though winter was beginning. We might be able to scavenge for food (they said), for kindling. As we arrived, a late and weak sun shone […]
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The Pardon
Our prayers of narrow hope unfurlLike sudden petals. Captive to a tab of groundThe body opens itself, givesItself in supplication, Delicate, SpecificTo reprieve.Why bees crawl blindly back and forthWithin the cellIgnoring the inflorescence, The window ledge Furring with agonies of thirst,When they could fly awayCould floutThe iron bars, Aggrieves us, troubles our pleasFor freedom As unfettered movementAs the choice to come and […]
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Poetry review: Lyric wonder, again and again
In this year’s poetry roundup, some of the poets whose collections we discuss are Catholic, some are not. But regardless of their religious commitments, wonder shows up in these poets’ work again and again.
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Looking for Her
A crocus, impertinent in the March cold: and I’ve found her, winking.