Inspiring Faith and Creativity & Exploring the Arts through a Spiritual Lens
Stonehouse (Shihwu) was born in 1272 in the town of Changshu, in Yushan not far from the mouth of the Yangtze River. The beautiful landscape of Yushan inspired much of Shihwu's work. His poetry was…
Our eternal Constantinople isNever to be lost, never defeated:In every Christian flows Dragases' bloodEvery village is the Holy CityEvery church is Hagia SophiaEvery prayer is a Mass for the EmperorEvery children's foot-race the HippodromeEvery poor…
She was called the Queen of the Ocean,A beautiful ship of dreams.Titanic was her namesakeUnsinkable was what she seemed. Her story is a tragic one,Oh Royal Mail Steamship.The greatest disaster epic toldNow rests in the…
This summer seems to be a Tyburn TreeEverything upright connects to crossing beamsWhose angles cancel every aspirationIn a suspension of time, of thought, of hope This summer seems to be a Tyburn TreeEverything horizontal paused…
In the blowing-wind dusk the cherry tree waves Far more than the orchard’s Anna-apple trees Into whose company it has intruded itself This party-crasher who has somehow moved in While the cherry tree waves its…
I came to the gate, it was very late.The flower was in my hand.So beautiful and bright, it gave off a light,but then came his reprimand. “What is it you bring? What is that thing?It’s…
On a summer day While harvesting the first sunflower seedsI felt the shyest tickle on my armAs if the smallest creature in the worldWanted me to pay attention to it And it was so –…
A friend and I were enjoying a now rare lunch occasion at Flying J / Denny’s-Limited-Menu-Wear-a-Mask along the interstate. The food was fine, as always, but the place was corona-time dreary, with tables spaced far apart,…
Jessica Olsen just wants to spend some time with her grandma when she and her family go to Hollywood to visit her, but her older sister Sara is a huge fan of Christopher Wilde, a…
(Well, three out of four, eh?)For David Pitts, who Honors his students. Of math the assistant principal spoke:The elegance of a geometric proofWhen it brightens the mind, the eye, the skyCompleting a song of the…
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