By death, “we get nearer and nearer to our home, Heaven” and to God, “who is our only security.”
Category: Literature
Review: To Keep Time
One of my favorite things about The Twix (my name for Twitter/X) is all the new friends I have found, especially in the poetry world. I shared one friend's poetry book recently, and To Keep Time is a collection by another friend, Joseph Massey. I will admit, his style is not the typical form of …
Poetry Repost: “How can I call it good?”
At the beginning of the Lenten season, I shared a poem I wrote a couple of years ago for a project a friend headed. This is another artistic reflection for that same project, only specifically written for Good Friday. I actually wrote this poem before being approached for this project, but I shared it there …
Review: Hasty Corporeal Ink
Happy poetry month! My friend Lisa Cooper published this book last November and I am so excited to share it with you. She is a phenomenal poet, and I am amazed at the number of forms she can write in. I have read a couple of her poems in the past, which can be found …
Review: A Child’s Garden of Verses
Happy Poetry Month! In an effort to have more poetry in my life and my children's lives, I decided to get a book of poetry just for them (ok, and for me too). I first borrowed a copy from the library. But after reading it with my kids (my three-year-old son especially seemed to love …
