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Celebrating God's Goodness through Poetry, Creative Nonfiction, Visual Art, and Music

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The Fog & The Laurel: poems by Juan Pablo Mobili
horse, image by amar42, on Pixabay, modified Old Ways My grandmother would tell me how stonemasons would whistle while they spread...


Writer’s Block: three poems by Stephanie E. Holden
stacking letters, image by David Peterson, on Pixabay The Cherry Blossom Festival Beneath these snowy boughs of fragrant flowers...


The prayer shawl: a poem by Wendy Westley
shawl, image from Pixabay The prayer shawl I liked the idea of a prayer shawl. Softly covering me with gentle grace, Muted colours,...


This Morning: two poems by John Jay Hunter
image by Oberholster Venita, on Pixabay, modified Solace and Sense It was yesterday, the rains fell bullet proof, pocking the lawn,...


Show Me Mercy: two poems by Ferdinan Ngomba Vevanje
image by slowrabbit, on Pixabay, modified Gracious God Special and influential is your grace. God’s...


Fixing the Jericho Road: poem by Lara Dolphin
(road construction, image by Gerhild Klinkow, on Pixabay) “I don’t want to pick up anyone else, along this Jericho Road; I want to fix…...


Sweet Forever: three poems by John S A Watts
cross, image by congerdesign, on Pixabay, modified Immeasurable Divinity Immutable His love so kind, Immediate His word assigned,...


Black Sea: four poems by Rebecca Collins
piano keys, image by Uwe Baumann, on Pixabay Adonai Now I know who You are, stained in fibers and place the excruciating, merged in...


Valentines: two poems by Don Narkevic
image by Renee Olmsted, on Pixabay, modified Emerging Stone Like Father’s unfinished life, the half-dressed donated stone stands in the...


Photography by Michael Shoemaker
"TWO PEAKS" Photograph by Michael Shoemaker ...


Mud: a poem by John Szamosi
sprouts in soil, image by วรพจน์ พนาปวุฒิกุล, on Pixabay Mud the ignorant glance at mud turn up their noses despise it to no end ...


Surprise Upon Awakening: poem by Nolo Segundo
fabric, image by Wajahat Ahmad, on Pixabay, modified A Surprise Upon Awakening I woke up and, in the mirror, Saw a stranger—a face...


The Lazarus Dove: personal narrative by Gary Ingle
doves of peace, image by Gerd Altmann, on Pixabay The Lazarus Dove The boy was 11 years old in the summer of 1957. He had seen a...


Today: two poems by Patrick Connors
scribbles, image by H G, on Pixabay, slightly modified Preparation "Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the...


Resolutions: a poem by Mark James Trisko
image by Yolanda Díaz Tarragó, on Pixabay Resolutions “Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit.”...


Fragment of a Smile: two poems by Marietta Lea B. Rosana
irises, image by Alicja, on Pixabay A Fragment of a Smile There’s a tinge of joy in each fragment of a smile fresh as the first glow of...


Evelyn’s Junipers: two poems by Charles Hughes
juniper, image by Bronisław Dróżka, on Pixabay Evelyn’s Junipers She and her husband chose the name: A restaurant soon to be. With...


Holding On: two poems by Rhona Gandy
image by Valter Cirillo, on Pixabay, slightly modified Emotional Healing Adjusting to loss takes time. It can’t...


Help in My Time of Need: 4 poems by Emily Trester
image by 愚木混株 Cdd20, on Pixabay, modified The Lord’s Help in My Time of Need I’ve traveled down slopes, Deep, dark...


Sunset Blue, Sunset Gold: poem by David Calhoun
image by Enrique, on Pixabay Sunset Blue, Sunset Gold Sunset blue, sunset gold, Are just a couple of colors it holds. Over land,...
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