Feb 27, 2017 | Word Among Us
Thus should one regard us; as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. If you have read “The Lord of the Rings” books or watched the movies, you may remember Denethor, the steward of Condor. Like his ancestors before him, he governed and...
Feb 23, 2017 | Word Among Us
When Mother Teresa of Calcutta heard of God’s call to start a new religious order to serve the poorest of the poor, she was already a full professed member of the Sisters of Loreto. She brought the proposal to her religious superiors, who thought it sounded...
Jan 11, 2017 | Word Among Us
on the top shelf of the closet is the hat my father wears on special occasions it rests next to the large jar he saves pennies in his head is always bare when i see him walking in the street i once sat in his bedroom watching him search between sweaters and suits...
Jan 9, 2017 | Word Among Us
Here, she said, put this on your head. She handed me a hat. You ’bout as white as your dad, and you gone stay like that. Aunt Sugar rolled her nylons down around each bony ankle, and I rolled down my white knee socks letting my thin legs dangle, circling them just...
Jan 7, 2017 | Word Among Us
Billie Holiday’s burned voice had as many shadows as lights, a mournful candelabra against a sleek piano, the gardenia her signature under that ruined face. (Now you’re cooking, drummer to bass, magic spoon, magic needle. Take all day if you have to with your mirror...
Jan 5, 2017 | Word Among Us
Your body, hard vowels In a soft dress, is still. What you can’t know is that after you died All the black poets In New York City Took a deep breath, And breathed you out; Dark corners of small clubs, The silence you left twitching On the floors of the gigs You...
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