Tag: Catholic poetry
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Psalm for the Future
When I am lonely, and mired in hopelessness, lift me. When I am angry, and aflame with incredulity and indignation, cool me. When I am spinning with joy and ease, nudge me. When I am drowsy with contentment and bliss, wake me. When I am overcome with grief and sorrow, uncover me. When I am laden…
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Call to Balancing
I hear the silence pop out of nothing. The baby gulps his water with determined breath beside me on the floor. He eats only my breakfast from my plate resting on my lap when I finally spread the blanket and bring my coffee to the ground. I listen to the crunch of toasted rye and…
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Waiting Through
The glass door is decorated with nose-smudges,tongue-presses, and who-knows-what kinds of fingerprintswhile the Christmas window-clings lie sparkling on the floor. Advent has popped upon the top of me,quick on the heels of a slow-in-coming Autumn,a Thanksgiving whose late appearance leaves me rattling. Our hand-made turkeys still hang on the wall,probable witnesses to the Epiphany this…
Amy Secrist 