April 2021

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