poetry


Joseph O'Brien
Frascati


Paul Stilwell
Hidden in the Open


Paul Stilwell
Through Any Fissure


Gabriel Olearnik
Languedoc


Gabriel Olearnik
Thames


Gabriel Olearnik
Ice Wine


Amanda Glass
The Crown of Red


Eric Kingsepp
leaving and livening


Richard Rodriguez
Enlightenment


John A. Di Camillo
Prayer


Kate Bluett
Triptych


Leah Acosta
A Grief Sublime


Sr. Mary Catherine Vukmanic
April Error


Sr. Mary Catherine Vukmanic
New Love in Spring


Sr. Mary Catherine Vukmanic
Dogwood


Back to Easter 2008

leaving and livening
take the spring
take outward things
showing off their new-found greens

take the summer
heat and sun
overgarbed in light-streaked clouds

a pretty maid, but growing still
with much potential left to fill

leave me autumn
brisk and strong
yielding leaves of brilliant red

leave me winter
leave me wind
though nature look like she is dead

for every outward death she dies
makes her, inside, the more alive

—Eric Kingsepp

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Eric Kingsepp recieved his B.A. and M.A. from Christendom College. He is a member of the American Inklings writers’ group in Washington, DC.