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October 3, 2009

“Singing My Victory Song

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“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…)

July 26, 2009

Half-Past

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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…)

June 24, 2009

The Execution of the Reincarnated Edgar Allen Poe

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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…)

June 5, 2009

Desolate Air

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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…)

May 10, 2009

Dedicated to my mother

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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…)

April 30, 2009

Mime

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MIME

Erin York

 

She watches as

Her life parades

In yellow and green,

No (more…)

April 29, 2009

Only The Eye Can See

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ONLY THE EYE CAN SEE

Lauren Benish

 

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…)

April 22, 2009

The Life (and death) Cycle of the Ice Cream Soda

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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…)

April 10, 2009

Feasting At a Welcome-All Table

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FEASTING AT A WELCOME-ALL TABLE

Della Spearman

 

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…)

April 2, 2009

Bookshelves of Conscious

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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…)

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