JD DeHart | spirit-fire-review

Two Poems by JD DeHart: Parable Mountain, and Child

Parable Mountain I call to you in my high places where it is easy to forget your name. I call to you in lower places, where the...

An Essay by JD DeHart: "Incorporating the Bible as Literature"

Incorporating the Bible as Literature Discussing religion in public schools can involve occasional tension. The role of Christian...

Two Poems by JD DeHart: "Promise" and "Rock"

Promise I can’t promise you that where you go will be easy that there will be a comfortable chair, kind people, or a system that works...

A Poem by JD DeHart: "Amplified"

Amplified Hello, Father. Quick question: Does a loss amplify the sounds of life, bring all emotions into greater magnitude -...

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...

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

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

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 JD DeHart: "Words of My Mouth", "Multi", and "Builders"

Words of My Mouth I have been taught to let my words be acceptable, these arbitrary curlings of ink and sound, why would I shape them to...

SPIRIT FIRE REVIEW