April Error
A robin sang “April.” My heart did the same, And a calendar hailed The month of that name. But nature, distracted, Mismanaged things so; She sent with the springtime Not flower, but snow.
—Sr. Mary Catherine Vukmanic, OSU
Sr. Mary Catherine Vukmanic entered the order of Ursulines
of Pittsburgh following high school graduation. She received her
master’s degree from Duquesne University and later her doctorate
from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary after joining the
Ursulines of Louisville. Her poems have appeared variously in
America, Review for Religious, Spirit, etc. Now in retirement, she
sees poetry as a form of continuing her work as a teacher... teaching
the beauty of God’s creation and the goodness of life.
