"The living come with grassy tread To read the gravestones on the hill; The graveyard draws the living still, But never any more the dead."
Tag: Family
Poetry: Shelley – Music, When Soft Voices Die
Music, when soft voices die,Vibrates in the memory—Odours, when sweet violets sicken,Live within the sense they quicken.Rose leaves, when the rose is dead,Are heaped for the belovèd's bed;And so thy thoughts, when thou art gone,Love itself shall slumber on. Considered a poetic fragment, I find these two verses by Shelley complete in their simplicity. Unlike …
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Christ and Culture: The Miraculous Message in Encanto
But by missing the grace, by infantilizing the men, by ignoring the evident Christian themes to prove a completely separate point, their story loses its heart, because the miracle, the Encanto, was to be loved by a father so much that he gave his life so his family might live.
Poetry: Moore – ‘Tis the Last Rose of Summer
In the waiting and holding out in this bleak world, we find that we have hope and that we are not alone.
Review: The Choir Immortal
Image from Katie Schuermann's Website Author: Katie Schuermann Publisher: Concordia Publishing House Once again, I was blown away by Katie Schuermann's writing. Like the last book, this one was full of heart, suspense, and intense emotion. Best of all, it had a fulfilling end. I thought my heart would burst during the final pages. I …
Madelyn Rose Craig 