BEANERY ONLINE LITERARY MAGAZINE
“SINGING MY VICTORY SONG”
Della Spearman
| Going to do the Lord’s battle today
Taking my buckler, sword and shield, Armed with my worship odes and poems, There’s an arsenal of inspiring praise songs.
I’m looking at Jehosophat as my guide, And I’m stretching out on obedient faith Marching to (more…) |
BEANERY ONLINE LITERARY MAGAZINE
HALF-PAST
Erin York
The shadows br e a th e that it’s
Half-past noon again.
They whisper wisdom
From mouths with no teeth,
Hands {clapping} in not-so-silent encore
Of the sun’s demise (more…)
BEANERY ONLINE LITERARY MAGAZINE
THE EXECUTION
OF THE
REINCARNATED EDGAR ALLEN POE
R. D. Carpenter
“Father, you are the dignitary of the church responsible for the confessions of the condemned, are you not? You come at such a late moment. I assume your late arrival to be a trepidation resulting from your callow experience with matters of such necrology.
“Father, I can infer by your face—your sweet, innocent, and surprisingly young face—that my behavior confounds your senses, your genial innocence, your intellectual curiosity. Be not hesitant in your inquisitiveness, indulge your hunger and feast upon my depth. Allow me to evince my predicament for your extrapolation of the said enigma before you.
“At first the beast existed only in (more…)
BEANERY ONLINE LITERARY MAGAZINE
DESOLATE AIR
Erin York
The smell of yellow roses and stale seaweed ache,
Potent in the beach cabin
Pots and pans catch rain
From the caved-in roof
Shingles, half-buried in wet sand, leak,
Their color smearing the ground.
Rivulets of water
Splash up from under
Broken boards, reach out to touch the (more…)
BEANERY ONLINE LITERARY MAGAZINE
MIME
Erin York
She watches as
Her life parades
In yellow and green,
No (more…)
ONLY THE EYE CAN SEE
April is coming to an end, taking Poetry Month with it. Today’s guest poet, Lauren, is a student at Burrell High School in Pennsylvania.
One day a little girl perched on her Pappy’s knee
He told her about his homeland, fields as far as the eye could see
When he finished and her eyes grew wide, he told her not to forget how beautiful life could be
With a small kiss on his cheek, she promised she’d always remember
And she never forgot
One day a heartbroken girl fell unto her Pappy’s knee
He told her about his homeland, death as far as (more…)
THE LIFE (AND DEATH) CYCLE OF THE ICE CREAM SODA
Erin York
Birth of the ice cream soda
Into a frosted glass
The busiest drink
Trying to devour
Its confines and escape
Burning and fizzing,
Jumping and whizzing
Down a (more…)
Della Spearman is a second year Divinity student at Mercer University McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta.
What is better than silver and gold?
A new house, car, or fancy restaurant…
Maybe a priceless delicacy or some fast food?
Not precious diamonds or oyster’s pearls.
What are you about to lose (more…)
BOOKSHELVES OF CONSCIENCE
Regina
Becoming or the “Habit of Being,”
“Breathing Lessons.” Is this an “Oddyssey?”
Living and writing “Letters to a Young Poet”
has become a Philosophy. Did “Abraham” know
of the “Dimensions of Poetry?”
How does English work?
Am I literate yet?
Maybe I should read more.
Has my “American Childhood” jettisoned
me into “The Ordeal of Change?”
Is this Love’s logic, which Spurgeon speaks?
How can one give his “Utmost for His Highest”
when he/she is only a “Singular Person?”
Read more.
How many are Literate in “A pretty how town?”
and, really, is a “Good Man Hard to Find?” Will
“Gilgamesh” ever conquer the “Sword and Womankind?”
Does Webster know we have the “Write to Learn?”
As the “Pendulum” swings, does the “Literature
Of the New Testament” filter through us
“Till We Have Faces?”
Read more!
The “Leaves of Grass” beside the “Quran”
are waiting for “The Long Lonliness.”
Bedford knows of “The Awakening
and “The Language of the Heart.”
Might he be “The Prophet?”
Read more?
“Rights and the Common Good” can be learned
in Spanish, in the car, “Bird by Bird” while
“Drinking With Dickens.”
Can the “Blue Highways” and the “Yellow Wall Paper”
signify literacy?
Read on!
My “Roots” are merely “A (more…)
Dedicated to my mother
Tags: ?memories, Birth Mother’s Day, Birth mothers, books, Color Therapy for Children, Commentary, Contemplation, Family, Health, Holidays, Human rights, Inspiration, Inspirational, Latest post, Life, Lifestream, Love, Maryanne E. Hoffman, Meditation, Misc., Miscellaneous, Mother love, Mother’s Day, Mothers, Musings, My Life, Older Women’s Rights, Personal, Reflections, Relationships, The Rainbow in Your Life, Women
BEANERY ONLINE LITERARY MAGAZINE
DEDICATED TO MY MOTHER
Maryanne E. Hoffman
Our guest writer on Birth Mother’s Day, and on the eve of Mother’s Day, is Maryanne E. Hoffman, a Western Pennsylvania writer. She dedicated her book, Older Women’s Rights, to her mother, as a result of seeing her mother mistreated in an elderly care home, and being in the position of having no power to correct the situation.
To my Mother
You are the inspiration for the creation of this book. I admire your unshaken perseverance and spiritual inner strength, as you endure the torturous and unjust situation you are forced to live against your will. Your beautiful spirit is the (more…)