You remember Imperfections & Impermanence, BR Belletryst’s poem for us in June. Well, today he sends us away from the heat and humidity into a dry cold snowscape. And why shouldn’t he? Does anything feel more delicious than the opposing season? For those of you who are enduring winter now, this poem is meant to remind […]
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Perennials
PD Lyons last offering to us was the evocative Loch Lene. Today’s poem is similarly rich in images but even more spare in language. Do you garden? You may find yourself considering what your plants know of you the next time you’re digging in their beds. Perennials By PD Lyons Perennials rooted in their long term […]
Dear Father
Patti Forehand’s poem The City that Care Forgot appeared here in January. Her work delves into emotional terrain. Today’s poem is a study of conflicting memories wrestling for primacy in an important remembrance. I might have called it Balancing Act. Dear Father By Patti Forehand On this your day still set aside as you lay entombed in […]
Fire and Rain
Shelby Wedelich last appeared at this page with her poem No Horizon Will Hold Me Back. Her poetry speaks to overcoming obstacles, being undeterred by setbacks, and achieving one’s goals. A little inspiration in the month of traditional vacation–not saying don’t relax, just saying don’t relax for too long! Fire and Rain By Shelby Wedelich Ashes, […]
Rainbows: Fact or Fiction
Maxwell Baumbach is a young writer who attends Concordia University Chicago. He has been writing since his freshman year of high school, but he didn’t take his craft very seriously until he won the Fine Arts Poetry contest at Timothy Christian High School. Since then his work has been featured in various publications in print […]
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