𝐀.𝐌. Distain bled from the studio mirror Arial inherited, from Aunt Janeen. Her bulging thighs, tattooed (one-inch blue-block letters): 𝘿𝙄𝙑𝙊𝙍𝘾𝙀𝘿 on one 𝙓-𝘾𝘼𝙏𝙃𝙊𝙇𝙄𝘾 on the other. 𝐏.𝐌. An unexpected visit, Fr. Flynn (just call me… Read More »Potatoes
Oh, little heart, have you not heard, the Singer, the Song, the center of all that is, telling the pastures green, stilling the waters by? Comes He within the scraggy mist, words suring and… Read More »The Shepherd’s Voice
I was drownin’ in Covid, drownin’ in can’ts, drownin’ in a baptism of suffering, downs, outs, shants. Robbed, and robbed again by the robbery. Went, up to Jerusalem, on… Read More »DROWNING IN THE LIGHT
Winter found a man that wasn’t goin’ no where. Raised hell with him and ten kids. Old now, the man gone, kids grown, mostly alone, Winter considered her life, considered the locked doors,… Read More »Before I Die
This poem reflects Mary’s experience of going to the tomb as it is portrayed in two resurrection stories in John’s gospel (John 20:1-10 and John 20:11-18). The first passage is proclaimed in the Sunday Readings… Read More »RESURRECTION
Divorce Friday Of all the Fridays, seriously, of all the Fridays it had to be Good Friday. The papers arrived. Certificate of Divorce Death. Laid on the table, the death / divorce certificate, all… Read More »communion
When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. At three o’clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God,… Read More »God Does
So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay across it.Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” (John 11:38-39) Can it be true?!? It would be nice if this… Read More »Emotional Tombs
By the rivers of Babylon – there we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our harps. (Psalm 137: 1) We sometimes confuse God’s unconditional love with… Read More »Disillusionment
Making a whip out of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their… Read More »That’s Impossible