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In my soul is a gate
I cross every morning, Mindful of the great Bright dawn daily rising. I cross every morning, The threshold of my soul – Bright dawn daily rising Of His constant presence. The threshold of my soul – Ambiguous border Of His constant presence – Receptacle of Grace. Ambiguous border: In my soul is a gate, Receptacle of grace. In my soul is a gate. -- Yannick Imbert teaches theology in southern France at Faculté Jean Calvin. He is a Tolkien scholar and publishes books and articles at the intersection of theology and culture. He has also published online in Transpositions, Ekstasis, Macrina, Inklings Studies and other theological journals. He writes in French at delagracedansencrier.com.
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after artist Michael Healy
Can I hold your image as the panes of glass? There the golden sunrise nudges up the field, rosy luminescence bleeds out from a flower. The blueness of water skips on the rock that once carved a valley from the spotted hills. Every place you walk in whinnies with light, though I often do not notice this. Sometimes I spend hours wanting to be noticed, just to find myself curled over your shoulder, covered in dust and merino spirals. You tell me I have been here for years. -- Aisling Cruz is a Midwest-based poet and artist. Her work has appeared in Gotham Literature, Agape Review and Oyster River Pages, among others. I’m not good with plants
But I found this seed, if you can help. There are some cracks, Exposure has caused it to suffer. The soil doesn’t look good: Dry and inhospitable. Are you surrounding it with manure? Is that the right thing to do? The plant looks sick. Ashen leaves with brittle branches. Do we need to resoil? Replant? Will fresh water be enough to save it? Can you take this seed, this dream, in my heart – That time and heartache have beaten down, And make it something more? Will you breathe new life into this and cause something to grow? -- Kris Green lives in Florida with his beautiful wife and two savage children. He’s been published over 60 times in the last few years by the wonderful people at Nifty Lit, The Haberdasher: Peddlers of Literary Art, In Parentheses Magazine, Route 7 Review, BarBar Magazine and many more. He won the 2023 Barbe Best Short Story and Reader’s Choice Award for his short story, 'Redemption'. Currently, he has regular nonfiction articles being published by Solid Food Press on fatherhood entitled 'On Raising Savages'. |