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Devotion

07.23.13 Posted in today's words by

Dee Thompson’s most recent poem to appear here was Between, published as part of Contributor Series 11: On Birthdays in June 2012. DevotionBy Dee Thompson They are separated by 62 years, not bound by blood, but by invisible ties fragile from being stretched by old pain, strong from knowing the value of devotion. I didn’t labor, […]


Today Is a Good Day

07.22.13 Posted in today's words by

Frank Cavano’s most recent poem to appear here was Un (January 2013). Today Is a Good DayBy Frank Cavano Today is a good day. Are you wondering what the birds aresaying? (They are not on Facebook but they do tweet.)Where are the rabbits takingbreakfast? (Will you strike me if I, amused, say IHOP?)Today is a good day. A […]


Reformation

07.22.13 Posted in words to linger on by

Jean McLeod’s most recent poem to appear here was Prodigal (June 2013). ReformationBy Jean McLeod In proto-dawnwhen birds trill like mad thingsi am stalked by the cavernousabsence of belief.It eludes in dark rooms and light,surges through my hollow headI scrabble at faith with bleeding fingershunger for the rebirth of wonder.Deafened by steeple bells silencedwhere once saints chanted,I […]


In the Fields

07.21.13 Posted in today's words by

Julia Klatt Singer is the poet-in-residence at Grace Neighborhood Nursery School and works as a visiting writer to the school. She is coauthor of Twelve Branches: Stories From St. Paul (Coffee House Press, 2003) and author of a chapbook, In the Dreamed of Places (Naissance Press 2011) and, most recently, A Tangled Path to Heaven (North Star Press 2013). She […]


Last poem of the year

07.20.13 Posted in today's words by

Christopher Roe’s most recent poem to appear here was Fugue (July 2013). Last poem of the yearBy Christopher Roe Another day   another poem     another yearwhittled off a lifegrowing thinner.I feel the emptinessof hungerI feel the chillof thin bloodand I live in the momentof partingand for the momentof love. Another day   another poem   […]


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