Poetry

Before the Beginning

Contemplating God’s motivation

All of the Time

On persevering

May you have the strength to know
it is almost always easier said than done
and…

What Your Soul Wanted

From one kind of growth to another

Warm Words

From a Roaming Mind

I placed the soup on the stove to warm
I sat and dragged the pen
(my unwilling…

Unguarded Hours

A poem for the journey

Morning Mercies

The blinds are gilded lavishly 
and golden light burns shadows onto the wall
The goldenness itself is against me, lending an aura…

A Strange Feeling

Recounting an experience with Spirit

I am in seed time

I am in seed time
The swallows are over the pond
their beaks open for new bugs
The yard soggy and wet
My thoughts are mulch

Leave Me Be

Don’t ask me to do
just leave me be
I do not feel like
using, possessing, defending,
explaining anything today.
I do not feel like…

Why Should Praising You Save Me?

“…a truth is valid in the end only if it suffers change and bears new witness in new images, in new…