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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...

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Two Poems by Donal Mahoney: "Lady Goulds", and "Easter at the Nursing Home"

Lady Goulds- Moving from Chicago to Missouri wasn't easy but breeding Lady Goulds kept me sane for many years--well, almost. I was writi

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Four Poems by Donal Mahoney: "A Fine Distinction", "Monks in the Orchard Picking Peac

A Fine Distinction- What we are not who we are matters to the world. Who we are not what we are matters when we leave it.

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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

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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...

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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 boo...

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A Poem by Donal Mahoney: "Never Know Who Might Be Listening"

Spirit Fire Review|A Poem by Donal Mahoney: Never Know Who Might Be Listening-

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Three Poems by Donal Mahoney: "OMG", "Bell and Star" and "At Traffic Stops

OMG Seeing is believing smart people often tell me but no one ever told me believing is seeing except this blind lady I help across the s...

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A Poem by Donal Mahoney: "All Aboard"

All Aboard Next to me on the train going home to the suburbs is another guy stuck in a suit reading his paper, a normal-looking guy who s...

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Essay by Donal Mahoney: "Believe it or What?"

Believe It Or What? He doesn’t have to prove anything to me. The Holy Spirit, that is. I’ve always known He’s there, from childhood on, e...

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