In the next few months, I hope to self-publish my next book, Voiceless Choirs: Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs. Every book I’ve put out is important to me since it represents a season of writing; each contains poems I’ve labored and agonized over, some of which I particularly love. But the poems in Voiceless ChoirsContinueContinue reading “Resurrection”
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A Poetry Handbook—Mary Oliver
Last year, my wife gave me a volume of poems by Mary Oliver, who quickly became a favorite poet. While looking through her books on Amazon, I discovered she wrote a couple books about reading and writing poetry. I picked up A Poetry Handbook: A Prose Guide to Understanding and Writing Poetry. This book isContinueContinue reading “A Poetry Handbook—Mary Oliver”
Once More
April brings up a host of feelings for me. Warmer weather begins, which I love. Easter is often in April, infusing this month with the hope of Christ’s resurrection and the destruction of death. For now, death is still a reality we face, and April 2009 is when my dad died. Dad’s death has twoContinueContinue reading “Once More”
A Wandering Minstrel 