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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


Spirit Fire Review: June 2017, Issue #10
Welcome to the new issue of Spirit Fire Review! We hope the stories, poetry, and visuals delight, bless, and encourage you as you visit...


A Poem by Bruce Owens
I enter the woods and trespass through the quiet gates I see my life in one leaf as it falls through the light and I go about...


Two Poems by JD DeHart: "Master" and "Sand Castle"
Master I am master of the foundless worry, and so these concerns try to master me, a long history of chains formed hypothetically in my...


A Poem by Kimberly Ariel Abreu: "A Tribute to Christ"
A Tribute To Christ God has taken responsibility for our care and worry There's no need to be anxious or always in a hurry You can be...


Two Poems by Edilson Ferreira: "Past Revisited" and "My Creed"
Past Revisited I have a past that is so mine and no one else’s. They have no notion of misdeeds, even many sins I have perpetrated in it....


A Poem by Martina Gallegos: "Golden Thoughts"
GOLDEN THOUGHTS The miles your feet have traveled cannot be erased by any tool; the worlds your eyes watched cannot be wiped away; the...


A Poem by Surbhi Anand: "A smile the sign of peace"
"A smile the sign of peace" I don't know why the people Make the choice of weapons, When only one smile is enough To eliminate...


Two Poems by Anwer Ghani: "Secret Smile" and "The Coffee Man"
Secret Smile O dreamy bird, show me the secret smile of life. This is my heart stumbles on valley’s sands as a traveler. His foot was...


A Call to Love by Elizabeth Brooks: "Prodigal Child"
PRODIGAL CHILD REMEMBER THERE IS NO DAWN WITHOUT A NIGHT! No matter how human beings try, they cannot shed their skin of origin. They...


Essay by Don Lane: "A Gift of the Spirit and a Software App"
God calls us to do great works for Him. Then He gives us what we need to accomplish what He wants us to do. In my case, God gave me a...


An Essay by Donal Mahoney: "Call a Priest, My Father Said"
Call a Priest, My Father Said My father never talked much about religion but he went to Mass every Sunday, the 6:30 Mass where few people...


April 2017, Issue #9
Wishing everyone a beautiful April, and a Happy Easter/Resurrection Day! Jesus is alive! This issue presents with poetry by Cindy...


Photography by Cindy Bousquet Harris
The photos are a celebration of the glory of God, manifested in the beauty of spring: "Blossom Fest", "Pink Joy", "


A Poem by Lucia Walton Robinson: "Easter Morning"
Easter Morning Light had gone from the world: Their Master, Jesus, crucified– They were alone, to darkness hurled the fearful, darkening...


A Poem by Elizabeth Brooks: "Daughters of Our Cities"
Daughters of Our Cities in urban towns and rural villages we celebrate you! The spirit of God dwells in you. You may be broken, violated but


Two Poems by JD DeHart: "Visiting Again", and "Prerogatives"
Visiting Again I don't care any more about the rejection of ten years ago. I'm revisiting some of those voices who spoke to me, list


Light Effect: four poems by Cindy Bousquet Harris
Fade to Spring (Inspired by a painting by Ramón Chirinos.) Shadows condense to wide-weave lace, grey and blooming in the garden of...


Two Poems by Edilson A. Ferreira: "Hope", and "Sometimes it Happens"
Hope Who will write my life? Who will weigh my sins and all the good perhaps I have had?Who will pardon me for having existed for so long, h


A Poem by Bina Pillai: "My father called her “We”"
"My father called her “We”" My father called my mother "Nammal". I found that unique and strange. I asked my father, “What does that...
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