Poetry

Kierkegaard’s canary

by Jennifer Hartenburg

Sweeney’s

by Brian Doyle

Brancacci Chapel

by Janie McCrary

After the fact

by Donovan McAbee

November funeral

by Mark Noll

Dull reader

by Peter Meister

Excess

by Sofia M. Starnes

False Solomon’s seal

by Paul Willis

Aubade

by Peter Cooley

Some observations about creation in early spring

by Maurice Manning

On the occasion of the release of the Senate torture report

by Eric Pankey

Neighbor dog’s calling

by Muriel Nelson

Ash Wednesday

by Brian Doyle

The still pilgrim invents dawn

by Angela Alaimo O’Donnell

Hey, Adam

by Muriel Nelson

A bride with brass

by Brian Doyle

The discipline of gratitude

by Donna Pucciani

Sunrise in the underworld

by Maurice Manning

The song sparrow

by Brian Doyle

Starry Solomon’s plume

by Paul Willis

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