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D. S. Martin
D. S. Martin is poet-in-residence at McMaster Divinity College. His latest collection is Angelicus.
Drowned Wasp
In chasing what we want we learn
too late our mistake
an ornate cask unable to hold
anything...
Sonnet: You could have made
You could have made the worlds grey & lop-sided
a monochrome for flora sky & sea
but your precision made sure none collided...
An angel critiques Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew and the Angel
The Church of San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome...
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Sitting on a stone
Angels expect to happen what we’ve been told
will happen unlike you or that old man ...
Andrew son of Jonah
He’s always been my level-headed son
& so I let him wander the wilderness
after his bruised-reed prophet...