Editor’s note: this poem was submitted to us by Jeffrey Klump, a 1P5 reader whose wife Maria passed away in April, 2016 from complications arising from multiple myeloma cancer. Today would have been her 52nd birthday. Please, in your kindness, offer …
Category: Poetry
I Am Forcing Myself to Watch a Muslim Killer at Work: A (Graphic) Poem
I am forcing myself to watch a Muslim killer at work, A hooded Muslim slashing another Muslim’s throat. He is using a dull knife. I force myself to watch the video over and over. It is the least I can …
On Pragmatic Theologians
O practiced hand of theory, ever taking paths that lead to “useful,” even making knowledge of divine like kit instructions turning points of dogma into functions: Away! and take your scheming sermons with you. I will not hear conclusions that …
Exsultet
With tread unsteady Breaking winter’s grasp, we thirst. Calvary looms blood red Felix culpa Joyful torments of this death. Shouldering cruel beams Wood of destruction and rebirth Heaving steps Faltering, falls What drives Him on Drinking to the dregs? This …
A Godforsaken Mind
Do you wish to know the mystery of a godforsaken mind? To wander through the crimson light to see what you may find? Amidst the walls of crumbling stone and pages that are tattered; amidst the long forgotten dreams and …
The Call of the Crusader
Come, come with me unto the fields of the LordBring your helmet and shield, bring your Bible and sword,For great is danger – greater still, the reward –for those who remain in the arms of the Lord.Oh why would you …