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Where I Belong: a poem and photography by Michael Shoemaker


Photo: orchard of fruit trees just starting to bud, green fields below, purple and neon pink sky behind and above, image by the author, Michael Shoemaker.


























"From Here to Eternity" photo by Michael Shoemaker




Where I Belong


 

Latitudes north

draw me

where my destination

will be

a place

where I can

lean back in a camp chair

and breathe in the harmonious

smell of deciduousness

red maple, white pine, and sweet birch

and know from the heavens’

vaults and spires

down to the center of my core

in this late lazy afternoon daydream

that I belong

in Thine enraptured arms

sheltered, courageous, warm,

bold and free

for today and tomorrow

until time’s last

dangling moment of eternity




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Photo: wooden bench in sunlight, nestled up to the greens of forest trees and shrubbery, image by Michael Shoemaker.

 





"A Resting Place" photo by Michael Shoemaker




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Photo: lake in the foreground reflecting golden morning sun and reflecting a stand of trees, and, above, there are scattered clouds across a light blue sky, image by Michael Shoemaker.

























"Morning Meditation at Blue Lake" photo by Michael Shoemaker




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Michael Shoemaker is a husband, father, and Christian

who depends on Jesus’s grace every day. He is a poet, photographer, and writer from Magna, Utah. Michael

is the author of poetry/photography collections Rocky Mountain Reflections (Poets’ Choice, 2023) and Grasshoppers in the Field (New Harbor Press, August 2024). His written works have appeared in The Penwood Review, Valiant Scribe, The Christian Courier, Today’s Living Christian Magazine, Spirit Fire Review, and Pure in Heart Stories. His published photography has appeared in  Writers on the Range, The Denver Post, Sea to Sky Review, The Salt Lake Tribune, The Seraphic Review,

The Front Porch Literary Review, Solid Food Press,

The Denver Gazette, and elsewhere. Michael has been awarded a Writer-in-Residence at the Wollf Cottage in Fairhope, Alabama and at the Tilikum Christian Writer’s Cabin in Newburg, Oregon. His online photography portfolio is at: https://michaelshoemaker.crevado.com/.






November 2024 issue

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cmbharris
cmbharris
Nov 17

Love "red maple, white pine, and sweet birch."

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