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Two Poems by Elizabeth Brooks: "No More Tears, I Surrender", and "Scattered"
No More Tears, I Surrender I can’t even remember the beginning it was all a whirlwind. A one line text from my baby sister, bypass...


A Poem by Bevan Boggenpoel: "The Way of the Righteous"
The way of the righteous I might be in this world, But I will not partake, Indulge in its pleasures, For heaven's sake. The good times...


Two Poems by Faleeha Hassan: " "My Home is Contaminated by War", and "How Diffic
My home is contaminated by war We were As a night that had lost her light bulbs We wore our disappointments Split ourselves from grief...


Haiku by Martina Robles Gallegos
HAIKU Four-time survivor of blood trapped in arteries but body is free. Her sight almost gone yet her spirit keeps going strong with love...


Testimony/Essay by Stacey Louiso: “Singing From Hallelujah to Hallelujah”
“Singing From Hallelujah to Hallelujah” A movement of music can become so deeply embedded into the hearts of both an audience and those...


Testimony/Essay by Diane Quick-Machaby: "Tragic Accident With A Happy Ending"
Tragic Accident With A Happy Ending I've heard many times through the years, "It’s always in God's time, not mine." In this story you...


Essay by Don Lane: "Who God Created You to Be"
Who God Created You to Be Have you ever looked into the mirror with thoughts dancing around in your head about how nice it would be if...


Spirit Fire Review: February 2017, Issue #7
POETRY
JD DeHart, Ken Allan Dronsfield, Shola Balogun, Donal Mahoney, Romaine Washington, Prerna Bakshi, Peter Venable
VISUAL ART
Junior M


Four Poems by Romaine Washington: "The Joy of Elohim", "Inseparable", "The
The Joy of Elohim Everything I see is You And everything I don’t see is You. You are the yellow eye of joy that lights my day In the...


Three Poems by Peter C. Venable: "Light's Waves," "Seven Miles from Home," and "You Were My God"
Light’s Waves Located 1.3 billion light years from earth, gravitational waves were detected, caused by the collision of two black holes, 100


Two Poems by Ken Allan Dronsfield: "Respite", and "Song of the Garden Chimes"
Respite Face, a wrinkled rustic tan eyes, clouded faded blue tattered, old yellow raincoat stands, watching the sea dog, spying hungry...


Three Poems by JD DeHart: "Mother Lion", "Tree of Life", and "Will"
Mother Lion Desert God, Yahweh, whose paws carved a nation whose wings and winds whirled across vast plains on incomprehensible history...


Three Poems by Shola Balogun: "Wipe Your Tears", "Bethlehem Songs", and "Sp
WIPE YOUR TEARS Child, let your eyelids gleam Like a thousand suns. Let your smiles radiate Like the stars In the sky at night. ...


A Poem by Donal Mahoney: "Stumps in His Cabbage"
Stumps in His Cabbage You would think you would love a man who died for you and for everyone else, even those who will never know that he...


Two Poems by Prerna Bakshi: "Minor Changes" and "Size never really mattered that much
In memory of my beloved sister Minor changes Everything is still the same as you left, just with minor changes. Like this chocolate-brown...


Photography by Fabrice Poussin
Fabrice Poussin teaches French and English at Shorter University. Author of novels and poetry, his work has appeared in Kestrel,...


My Testimonial by Don Lane
My Testimonial - I feel pleased and humbled to share with you my testimonial, which reveals the role Jesus and the Holy Spirit have played i


A Call to Love by Elizabeth Brooks: "Rejection"
Rejection My divorce was a mutual rejection between me and the Catholic Church. Later that year, I hinted to my sister that I wanted...


Visual Art by Junior McLean
Junior McLean is Bronx native, for a time lived in Anderson, Indiana and back, current freelance digital artist and graphic designer...


Spirit Fire Review | January 2017, Issue #6
"And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the...
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