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Mountains Rise
Posted on October 2, 2025 Leave a Comment
Mountains riseBefore meI wish I couldRun my hand Across the crest of themAs one caressesA pup’s headNoble and watchfulLined uniquelyWith purposed shapeBeautifully invigoratedYet they are bigAnd I smallIn statureBut not soIn heart and spiritWould I one dayBecome their masterDignified in gratitude? This poem was written at my parents’ house in North Georgia sometime last year. […]
Blitz
Posted on September 25, 2025 1 Comment
Blitz me bleary-eyedUnnumbered thoughts, encumberedWords washing over downAn ever-moving streamSuccessive excessesRush, a burst breakingSteady in suitScattering light, senseA rained on sopShaken top through Written on a frenzied, rainy December day in Texas. Unfinished, but maybe it’s enough. Ever had this feeling?
Tracing the Line
Posted on September 18, 2025 Leave a Comment
At a glance unseenCrystalline tendril Leading up and onStout in swayShining, lightingThe path homeHeaven and earthSpanned somehowBefore very viewEver present lining Daily anew, renewingHope, bright possibilityGift for allConditioned onlyFor the still, slowedWhose way seenAs light anglesAngels upward go This poem was written on my back patio last Spring in a moment of inspiration while trying […]
Crushed For a Season
Posted on October 28, 2021 Leave a Comment
Background In this poem I connect the image of winemaking with that of suffering, grief, and growth. The winepress is a symbol both of judgment and discipline as well as celebratory rejoicing. Wine resembles and signifies blood, but it is also a sign of the coming kingdom of God. Suffering and death precede resurrection. A […]
A Poem for Fall: Stillness Moving
Posted on September 9, 2021 Leave a Comment
Background Fall is the best season. Hands down. As the first hint of the changing leaves appear (and college football season gets going) I instinctively rejoice and relish the stretch from Labor Day to Thanksgiving. It doesn’t hurt that this time of year reminds me of when Mary Jane and I fell in love and […]
One Winds the Spiral Down
Posted on April 28, 2021 Leave a Comment
Background I wrote this poem during this past season of Lent. I was inspired by Malcolm Guite’s reflections on different selections of Dante’s The Divine Comedy. In particular, my inspiration came from Guite’s poem “Through the Gate” and the selection of Dante he entitles “Towards a Shining World” from Inferno (lines 133-end) and Purgatory (lines […]
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