A Christ-Worshiper’s Response
In response to a poem by Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya ~ O Christ-worshipers! Fair questions have been put to us in search of wise answers, By our kin, children of Ibrahim, our father in faith, and…
Category: Original Poetry
King of the Mountain: A Visitor’s Journal Entry
Grave of British Major Patrick Ferguson, King’s Mountain, South Carolina, Summer of 2014 I see where you fell, Ferguson. They tell me you were struck by a dozen bullets and dragged down this hill with…
Wisteria, Ivy, and Grapes
~by Lawrence "Mack" Hall (For the Children of Summer) Wisteria, ivy, and grape: they cling To the oak tree’s shaggy, craggy old bark And up it and down it themselves they fling Wandering paths with…
Choirs of Angels
~By Amanda Pizzolatto Seraphim Hovering near the everlasting Lord Drinking up every Holy Word These beings burn bright with desire Burning with a love hotter than any fire And as they approach on every side…
Snow White Sacrament
Beneath the dome A treasure sleeps As silent as the winds of love Proceeding from the darkest tomb White as the snows of winter’s freeze, White as the rays of summer’s blaze, A stillness penetrating…
Voice of a Kingdom
They ask me why I love this land, Then mock me for my lack of words; How can I define such a mystic thing, Bound by a cord that cannot be traced, Swelling in my…
Nigheag Bheag a Bhroin / Lavendière de nuit
`~A ballad by Ruth Asch, based on Breton folklore. (Advisory: violence/death) Marie had worked the day away, upon the harvest field, to earn the bread for that new child her body would soon yield.…
An Author’s Note
~ by Avellina Balestri To each and every one of you Who feels my breathing through my words, Words fueled but not consumed by the fire in the head… I give you my heart and…
The Glory Be
~by Ronnie Smith “There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle … Science without religion is lame, religion without…