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The Delta Dawn is Always Different: A Poem

a person stands in silhouette holding a camera against a sunset surrounded by low water as if in a marsh

The delta dawn is always different with thechanging tide of seasons. The early purpled lightbecomes a red that slowly scrubs the sununtil the skies are clear white.When the storms abate โ€” or maybethey just wait …

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They promised us a meteor shower

-For S. They had promised us a meteor shower, but all we saw were lightning bugs. Down the street, you could hear the lowing and occasional roars of livestock, the bulls and broncos that had …

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Exvangelical: Not a journey, but a day

A Chinese landscape painting is shown.

Iโ€™ve been in the world for thirty years, And I must have traveled a million miles. Walked by rivers where the green grass grows thick, And entered the frontier where the red dust rises. Purified …

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This is how we pray today

Sadness Crying Cry Crying Man Sad Tears

The poem, some say, has been given to us for times when prose cannot express the heart. Itโ€™s an art form that has been used to elevate, to devastate, and to strike mood. It can …

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