woman in warm coat, image by Epi_, on Pixabay, modified The candle of remembrance (This poem is about the author’s mother, who was born...

Never Lose Hope, image by ShonEjai, on Pixabay, modified Violet One candle flickers in the cold dark waits for the light of the second...

abstract image by Layers, on Pixabay, modified All That I’ve Loved Most Dearly: for Helena Qi Hong When I die at another antlike moment...

pink and lavender flowers, image by Manfred Richter, on Pixabay My Prayer Forgive me when I fail to see how much You love and care for...

child in poverty, image by Ashutosh Goyal, on Pixabay A Christmas Cento What child is this? Blessed are those who consider the helpless...

multiple masks, images from Pixabay The Light I share my light, it lies deep inside. A light that is needed to live a life that...

tools, image by "CogSciLibrarian" on Pixabay In olden terms If thou create something with thine own two hands, then it shalt stand to...

pit, abstract, image by Sergio Cerrato--Italia, on Pixabay Totality is no longer weeping, creation once groaned, the hunger of creation...

photo by Cindy Bousquet Harris More Than Three Wishes I wish you gentle sunshine And, more so, gentle rain, I wish you deepest slumber, I...

Christmas star poinsettia, image by Susanne Jutzeler, on Pixabay FLAMING crimson Star of Bethlehem poinsettia petals yellow amber centers...

wrought iron, image by Helena Volpi, on Pixabay

image by Annabel P., on Pixabay Think back to when you first imagined yourself a writer, an artist. Oh, the places you’d write! The...

"sunflower," painting by James Eric Watkins Congratulations, Spirit Fire Review's nominees for Best of the Net! POETRY: Isabel Chenot,...

abstract, yellow and red, image by Edith Lüthi, on Pixabay, modified Dear readers, contributors, and visitors, Greetings to you! It is...

near Norfolk, England, photo by Chris Roe Dawn A gift, An empty space To retreat, To rethink, respond, To recall, understand. Stand still...

northern lights, image by Martin Str, on Pixabay Prophecy III. Your Time Isn’t Yours O, the wheeze of the horsemen’s stallions at my...

field of barley, image by Uschi Dugulin, on Pixabay, modified A Silent Joy Silent joy trembles so shyly inside my heart when I rise, a...

marbled background, image by Milena Mazurek, on Pixabay, modified Longing for the Infinite, Finding the Finite “The soul must long for...

twilight silhouette, image by Melk Hagelslag, on Pixabay Lord, I tried Lord, I tried to make it on my own, I tried the world's ways I...