Poetry

First petitions

by Jeffrey Johnson

Church yard: Rebuilding the labyrinth

by Elizabeth Rivers

Losing sight

by Sarah Rossiter

Song to hum while opening mail from a friend

by Brian Doyle

The station band

by J. Barrie Shepherd

At dusk

by Greg Huteson

The poem about what it’s about

by Brian Doyle

sabbath

by Leland Seese

Bangor to Holyhead by bus

by Bonnie Thurston

A reckoning

by Kathleen O’Toole

Changing a bulb

by Jay Paul

Confessions in the key of kenosis

by David Wright

The farm wife examines her Mennonite roots

by Shari Wagner

Christos

by Warren L. Molton

Nearing Lazarus’ tomb

by Laura Wang

The story

by Carol Gilbertson

Natural life with no parole

by Sarah Rossiter

The deft of it

by Brian Doyle

Gravity-defying gratitude

by Grace Hough Carter

On first seeing Rembrandt’s self-portrait as St. Paul

by Charlotte F. Otten

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