August 2017, Issue #11
WELCOME TO OUR ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY ISSUE! We hope you read, share, and are deeply inspired by the writings and illustrations in this issue.
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SPIRIT FIRE REVIEW
Celebrating God's Goodness through Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Visual Art, and Music
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Editorial by Cindy Bousquet Harris: Happy Anniversary to Us All!
Happy Anniversary to Us All! As the one year anniversary of Spirit Fire Review approaches, I’m thrilled at the variety and talent in the peo
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A Call to Love: "I Speak to the Sound of My Cry" by Elizabeth Brooks
I Speak to the Sound of My Cry I speak to the sound of my cry and try to stifle it inside but the sound has pain of its own; unable to breathe it wrestles to be free looking for opportunities and possibilities. And with a gasp and a grunt it storms through my soul and disses me. My bones are creaking, out of joint. My outer layer distressed like denim, my skin shredded like wheat. I am left abandoned and mute. The sound of my cry reverberates around the world in agony - frant
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A Poem by Sharon Hawley: "Seder"
Seder Table set with metaphor
blood and flesh
wine and bread unleavened
baked scroll of ancient words
curling parsley, bitter herbs
a simple obedient supper
relic of sacrifice
bleating lamb
blood around the door
horseradish of slavery
on matzo
apples and walnuts of freedom
on matzo
both together, bitter and sweet
on matzo
parsley dipped in salt water
tears of joy, tears of sorrow
salt of the desert
salt in the eye
slavery escaped
Jeru
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A Poem by Ken Allan Dronsfield: "Earth Cries-Heaven Smiles"
Earth Cries - Heaven Smiles White rose petals gently fall floating down to bare ground lilacs open inhaling the sun essences of both waft ab
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Three Poems by Scott Thomas Outlar: "When Fire Meets Flesh", "Igniting Intention"
When Fire Meets Flesh There is holiness in the heat that pours through the sky with beams of light from heaven. This sun is no fireball of h
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A Poem by Kai Coggin: "Good Friday"
good friday this morning I am going to focus on the sun how it paints the leaves in bright yellow before it settles into sky a chipmunk just
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A Poem by Edilson Ferreira: "The Voice Within"
A Poem by Edilson Ferreira: The Voice Within- There is a voice that never stops speaking, no one hears it, but me. It talks to me wherever I
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Two Poems by Sanjeev Sethi: "Face to Face" and "Beat"
Face to Face (1) Vise of worldly snares, when one’s mural is mosaic of messiness, or one’s filly is in forefront, it’s time to seek an audience. (2) Of your spirit I seek my source. I invoke your essence to permeate my pores. You ordain my outlines. Your energy impels me to the adytum. Beat Unilateral crewels knit the ornament of this cosmos. Gonfalons of faith gear the whereabouts. A connect with conscience fuels this machine. Wit and wordplay animate the en- vironment. Cal
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Visual Art/Photography by Kahlil Crawford
Kahlil Crawford is a co-editor and contributor to Synchronized Chaos journal. He also contributes to multiple design and music publications.
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A Poem by Surbhi Anand: "Choose Your Name"
"Choose your name" Wash your lime, peel yourself Be blue gem Never be in hot pursuit O blunt, lopsided smile! Your spirit has must
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