The Birch Tree   Shale-gray morn Lace in purse Thin-paged Missal Scriptural verse. Rosary rattles Scooped from table Will pray…

Saint Teresa of Jesus This present life we live, she said A darkness at a lousy inn – Have you…

The Colorful Bottle and the Genie (A Parable) Some called it a lantern, When a candle was placed in it…

Set Us Free Do you not know That we are seeds in the desert Seeds in the desert Small enough…

Souls I wish I were a river birch Above a living river, Leaning from above to watch The flowing of…

The Widow’s Might She sat in the pew Her head bowed down The basket coming She made no sound. Oh…

Quick to Live For Alys Thorpe Quick to live and quick to die, That’s how we live say you and…

Sandbridge Great sentries of the eastern shore Who hold their ground against a savage sea, And defend each vulnerable house…

A Hymn to the Sacrifice I saw the truth of it Of death’s imprisonment, A circle under circles In the…

September Saturday September September How I remember… Apple-pie cobblers Candy-corn gobblers Chewing waxed lips Wax bottle sips Smouldering leaf piles…