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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.


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


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...


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 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


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


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


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


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...


Visual Art/Photography by Kahlil Crawford
Kahlil Crawford is a co-editor and contributor to Synchronized...


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...
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