practicing resurrection
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All articles filed in poetry
we are all like peter
do you love Me, friend? do you love Me, dear peter? oh, do you love Me? it’s Easter morning and we are all like peter — what will you reply?
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in the midst of death
as i was driving through the spring sunshine
i noticed a red bud tree by the roadside
no one would believe
they say you didn’t look like much
at the best of times
washing day
i didn’t know what maundy meantas i crept into the sanctuaryand sat alone at the end of the pew
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brave words, dear peter
i’ll never leave you …
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something more than moses
bring me a dish of bitter herbs
and a cup brim-full of sorrow’s tears
cleaning day
when the Son came home …
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the colors of sunday
the world is awash in cream and lavender the invading violets have marched across the lawn flanking the driveway in a company of purple and circling the tree in the meadow in a fairy ring of amethyst and white beyond the fence the neighbor’s lilac is just starting to break into bloom; the fruit trees…
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the grub worm redeemed
what is the grub worm?
a blind, bloated, pale, writhing, wriggling mess
