Pre-grief is not the absence of hope. Somehow, we can mourn what is passing away even while we work to preserve it.
Poetry
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The Catholic Book Club: From contemporary poetry to a study of Mary Magdalene
We have found at the Catholic Book Club that different genres and authors inspire different readers and broad variations in discussion, another reason to mix it up a bit in terms of genres and styles. Our two most recent selections have been no exception.
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The Sand and the Stars
Well, I am shy of miracles
and shy of the talk of miracles.
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The Manatee
After the word is forgotten and discovered,
and streamed until it’s nothing,
she is not here.
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Kicking the Can Down the Road
it has / become the norm / to claim your side / just scored.
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Review: Paul Mariani on why poetry sustains us
The “Catholic sacramental perspective,” as Mariani terms it, urges the poet to recognize in even “the meanest thing” some glimmer “of inestimable worth,” some sign of the Creator.
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The View From a Cafe in Ethiopia
Hailemichael, newly blind,
Heads down the street without his cane.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Review: ‘Dickinson’ struggles to transform a poet into feminist warrior
The new show subverts the traditional Dickinson iconography, but also takes away the best part of her.
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Unpacking ‘St. Peter’s B-List’: Poems on faith, laughter, guilt, anguish and hope
The new selection of the Catholic Book Club is a collection of poems about the saints.
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Tiny scriptures of truth: America’s 2019 poetry roundup
New American poetry that spans the globe.