Posts Tagged ‘poetry’
ADVENT CANDLE: PEACE
A POEM BY THOMAS R. SMITH Peace to the goose with the broken wing, eliciting the maddening kindness of human beings, maddening because inconsistently applied. Peace to the snapping turtle burrowed in the riverbottom mud, frozen and sealed as if for Judgment Day. Peace to the queen bee in her hive, kept warm at the center of a ball made of thousands of her subjects, not all of whom will survive the winter. Peace to the bear in her leafy den, giving birth in her sleep, as it seems that poets sometimes do, astonished to awaken to the bright, hungry eyes of the poem. Peace to the trees keeping their minds on heaven, while holding fast the under-sky of roots and mycelia. Peace to the clouds, shielding the sun from the glaring follies of humans [...]
Have You Heard the One About…
By Patrick Cabello Hansel A lawyer, a pastor and a saxophone player walked into”¦a cemetery? What”™s the punchline? You”™ll have to come to “QUITTING TIME at a Place of Endless Time,” on Saturday, September 18th at 4 pm at the historic Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery at East Lake Street and Cedar Avenue in Minneapolis. Patrick Cabello Hansel”™s 2nd book of poetry, “Quitting Time,” is an extended elegy to his father, Walter Hansel. It engages his history from his birth into a German-speaking home in rural North Dakota, through the Great Depression, World War II, and becoming a barber and raising a family in Austin, MN. Patrick retired in 2020 after serving with his wife Luisa for 15 years at St. Paul”™s Lutheran Church in Phillips. He is the author of the poetry collection “The Devouring Land,” and his work has been published in over 70 journals. Twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize, he has [...]
