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Wednesday, April 10, 2019 “If you remove from your midst oppression, false accusation and malicious speech” . . . Isaiah 58 Pre-note: today’s post is longer than ordinary, and quotes 3 authors, the prophet Isaiah, Pope Francis, and the muslim … Continue reading →

Wednesday,  February 27,  2019 “I want to be famous to shuffling men who smile while crossing streets,” One of the deep blessings of writing and posting on the “Work Day/Hard Time Poetry list” often arrives as a surprise, sent to … Continue reading →

Monday,  February 18 Why, I wonder this morning, have I never posted one of Wendell Berry’s poems?   He has written great and supple poetry since, at least, the early 1960s, poems and novels and essays about the land and … Continue reading →

December 21 – winter solstice  Antiphon 5 Friday , December 21  –  O Oriens” At Detroit’s latitude we will have 9 hours and 3 minutes of daylight, 14 hours and 57 minutes of night time. Our shortest day. Today’s O … Continue reading →

Wednesday,  December 19 Today’s Antiphon, “O Root of Jesse,” grew out of two Biblical texts recounting the genealogy of Jesus (Luke 3:23 and Matthew 1:1).  Both versions locate the new born baby as Jesus, a human being, more than as … Continue reading →

Wednesday August 29 “ But how can they believe me? When sometimes I don’t even believe myself. Maybe it’s time to be loud.” Today’s Post –  “Being Catholic” I wear my faith quietly, like a pebble in your pocket Smooth and … Continue reading →

Monday, August 13  –  “  . . .  How big is my heart, I wonder?” I’d looked at two or three poems before this one ran into me.  Bam!  So precise, so demanding.    At times, when looking for a … Continue reading →

Wednesday, August 8  “If Grand River were a river, I would walk along its banks From village to village, If Grand River were a river, Children could dance at water’s edge, Dances of freedom.” With thanks to Rosemary, here is … Continue reading →

This week, in celebration of African American History Month, I am pleased to be guest editing and to share with A Work Day in Hard Times readers some of the most recent poetry published by Broadside Lotus Press. The 2015 merger of Dudley Randall’s … Continue reading →

Dec 21 shortest daylight = solstice Posted on December 21, 2016 Thursday,  December 21  –  O Oriens” At Detroit’s latitude we will have 9 hours and 3 minutes of daylight, 14 hours and 57 minutes of night time. Our shortest day. … Continue reading →