“But You Will Sing For Me”
~ by Lawrence Hall [In the Abbey of Whitby, Long Ago] “But you will sing – for me,” the angel saidto bashful Caedmon – on one Christmas night.“But not to me – but to the…
Category: Original Poetry
Nocturne for the King of Saxony, 19 March 1990
~ by Charles A. Coulombe Majesty! Welcome to your halls,Site in former times of balls,Feasts in honor of the CrownYour fathers wore in Dresden town.After years of dirt and slag,Again, watchtower flies your flag. …
The Lady Waits
~ by Amanda Pizzolatto An angel comes to EarthWith a very special message to a Virgin who lives under the temple’s patronage.The angel has an important question,one only She can answer;will she become the Messiah’s…
Pope Francis and the Creed
Pope Francis, the first of his name, was sitting on his gleaming, beaming chair and thinking of how to use his newfound fame, wondering just how to make the world more fair. He sat while he rapped and…
The Soundless Hush
Sometimes at night I fall asleepto all embracing black,and other times – right at the brinkMy senses call me back. The soundless hush of gentle white.The crispness in the air.It doesn’t need to make…
Advent Reed
Our Blessed Lady is meek, but in a way that inherits the earth; a humility that is exalted, a simplicity that reigns,like the gleam of star over seaand the lullaby over a child. Our Blessed…
Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, Alcoholics Anonymous, and the American Legion
~ by Lawrence “Mack” Hall The American Legion meets in the parish hall Third Tuesday every month (missed you last time) Old men in funny hats saluting the flag And then again re-living AIT …