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St. Dympna and the Horse
by Christine Valters Paintner She escapes her father’s hungry grasp and gaze, walks days under sapphire sky, sun a squeezed out orange,...
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Feb 3, 20211 min read
Cynosure
by Seth Jani After a small certainty there is always the hunger come back up, like a prayer, from the dark body, filling the world with...
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Feb 1, 20211 min read
Psalm 18
by Mark C. Watney The heavens blazon God’s beauty And his hand-work[1] un-ravels the sky Day cries out wonders to day And night...
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Jan 29, 20212 min read
Psalm 2
by Mark C. Watney Why the folk-rage[1] ? Why the slither-schemes? And why arise the earth-kings[2] and elder-lings Against Him and...
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Jan 27, 20212 min read
Psalm 1
by Mark C. Watney Glad-gifted1 is the man who goes-not To the speaking-place of the sin-sated Who stands-not under their utterings...
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Jan 25, 20212 min read
We Can’t All Be the Fast-growing River Birch
by Ahrend Torrey Things take the time they take. Don’t worry. How many roads did St. Augustine follow before he became St. Augustine?...
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Jan 21, 20211 min read
By Train
by Frances Koziar She waited every Friday, face as lined as the old tracks, joints creaking like the wood of her bench Some spoke to her,...
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Jan 14, 20211 min read
St. Columba and His Horse
by Christine Valters Paintner The old man hobbles down the road toward the monastery gate, rests on a roadside stone, hears clip-clopping...
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Jan 13, 20212 min read
Weary
by Amita Basu Outside, the midday sun shines white. On the deep green lawn families are feasting. Porous soapstone, the temple smells...
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Jan 10, 20212 min read
Anastasis
by William Ingogly Wailing and sobs — a great stone grinds into place. The smell of cold stone, blood, sweat in the dark. A ticking...
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Jan 7, 20211 min read
The Stargazer’s Prayer for the Dead
By Seth Jani The body will disappear along with the amplitudes of desire, the dark cravings. But not the softness, the low pink hum, the...
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Jan 6, 20211 min read
The Sea’s One and Only Word
by L.R. Berger From the beginning, the sea has been collaborating with the bluff, the sandy shore, the clattering stones, calling to us,...
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Jan 3, 20211 min read
Lemons
By Lawrence Wray The first of the year begins with countless anomalies, the nearest, possibly most delicate— such as the fragrance of...
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Dec 31, 20201 min read
Access
By Nora Kirkham We pull over at the field towards the church, slip under wires, clamber over crackled walls. You wade into a chamber of...
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Dec 30, 20201 min read
St Marvan and the White Boar
by Christine Valters Paintner The holy man wanders the forest, in search of a place he can hear pine needles drop, and seeds crack open...
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Dec 28, 20201 min read
Light
by Ahrend Torrey Where do we go from here? Where do we turn? I say stay and watch the hummingbird, buzz the air. I suppose it knows where...
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Dec 22, 20201 min read
Winter Trees
by Seth Jani The big fires have been burning for days. The messengers of cosmic time just touching the mountain. The doors open. The...
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Dec 21, 20201 min read
Now it is just the light that’s left to solve
by Christina Lee and we have scattered it all across the kitchen table. At least a hundred pieces left, so we sit for a few minutes...
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Dec 18, 20201 min read
Fire Scripture
by Bruce Bond The death gods do not live here anymore. Codex after codex left the Mayan shores for the cities of Europe by whose names we...
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Dec 16, 20202 min read
St Gobnait and the Bees
by Christine Valters Paintner She treasures their golden gift, mixing herbs to make medicine for sisters with coughs, guests with aches,...
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Dec 13, 20201 min read
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