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Arts & Essays: Music & Poetry

Written By: Marye Trim

April 16, 2021

Funeral
Then do not sorrow, / for he who wakes the lily and the rose / the resting place of each believer knows.
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Written By: Don Williams

April 07, 2021

A Brokenhearted Elegy
There was no one there to say a few words / over the place you finally found rest. / Here is the elegy I wish your mother had heard. / It might have...
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Written By: Olive J. Hemmings

April 02, 2021

To Restore Humanity Lost — The Third...
This is the story of humanity / yearning to be free / from hate and fear and hostility.
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Written By: Soraya Safavid

April 02, 2021

By the Boats of Magdala
The first time I saw your son was at the docks. / Hands scarred, even then, by the nails / he drove through wood — a cruel trade / for a man now...
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Written By: Marye Trim

April 02, 2021

Recognition
She looked through a veil of tears to see / the one who spoke to her tenderly. / Nail scarred feet and outstretched hand / her seeking heart could...
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Written By: Marye Trim

March 26, 2021

Shabbat
Only they who know the harbour master find its peace / and are renewed to sail again to oceans of infinity.
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Written By: Marye Trim

March 05, 2021

Reminder to the Wise
They warned / of punishment and penalty, of exile, / and of a Sovereign Lord who could and would restore, / leading with cords of human kindness, /...
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Written By: Marye Trim

February 12, 2021

Valentine’s Day Love Song
Aromatic as a knotted garden, / of lavender, lemon balm, rosemary and thyme, / blended hearts bloom and flourish both together, / survive as one,...
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Written By: Don Williams

February 05, 2021

The Wonder of Ichabod’s Return
Ichabod, naked and hulking, / huddled among the tombs, / head in hands trying to / hold on to his sanity.
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Written By: Barry Casey

February 02, 2021

Three Prose Poems in Winter
How do you stop people like that? What do you count as success? And when do you decide that enough is enough? The jail break should have been a tip-...
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