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The Poem That Desires

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A Poem that Desires: Changing the Secular/Sacred Conversation

“Let’s ignore for a moment the secular/sacred dichotomy and talk about how the writing of a poem is an act of desire, and that this desire is the same one that reaches out toward the other, the sacred, the little or big “g,” “God.” If this is the conversation we engage in, not only is there no need for the secular/sacred divide—it doesn’t even exist.”

Read more of my latest blog here

32 Poems

32Poems_Spring2013_Cover-1-388x60032 Poems is an excellent literary magazine that keeps the conversation going long after publication.

Read my explication of fellow contributor Michael Bazzett’s “Actaeon” here.

Read   Joanna Pearson ‘s explication of my poem “Persephone Willing” here.

Accidental Voyeur

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Where is the line between witness and voyeur? And as people of faith who are
often inundated with this call to “witness”—how can we know when
we’ve crossed the line into voyeurism?

Read about it in my most recent Ruminate post.

Dirt Hugger Blog Post

Dirt Hugger

My latest for Ruminate Magazine discusses why dirt matters. Give it a read here.

“We rise and fall by dirt. We breathe it, eat it, return to it in death. The ground-up bones, fermented food,

and skin particles—worms and all.”