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War From the Bleachers

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Jay R. Strisik
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They invited some older folks to watch a war.
We sat uncomfortably on slat, wooden seats.
The noise was bearable off in the distance,
But a smell of body parts and putrid ammo,
Wrapping around us like unwanted caresses. Read on…

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The Parable of the Cows

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Allan Thorne
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Everyday
Year after year
Generation after generation
The cows
Walk up the ramp
And through the swinging doors. Read on…

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Afterlife, Cattle, Cow | 2 Replies

In the Kitchen of My Brain

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Michael J. Whelan
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The atheist agnostic mystic
free-thinker fundamentalist Episcopalian
heretic Buddhist fire-
eyed Muslim ritual-incensed Catholic Read on…

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Catholic, Muslim, Nixon, Theist | Leave a reply

Must sins be cleansed?

Posted on August 29, 2012 by A. D'Adgio
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Must sins be cleansed?
First, by apostolic decree
then by nailing men to trees.
Read on…

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Belief, Christian soteriology, philosophy;, Religion;, Salvation, Theology | Leave a reply

The Confessor of the Gods

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Daniel Xerri
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They tell me their secrets,
they feed me their sins;
they come seeking solace
and the assurance that they
are not beyond redemption. Read on…

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ECLOGUE

Posted on August 22, 2012 by E.M. Schorb
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Non nostrum inter vos tantas componere lites.
–Vergil, Eclogues

FIRST SHEPHERD:

We meet again upon this hill
but now we climb it with a will,
when only last time, when we met,
our breath was easier to get. Read on…

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Butcher, Nazi Germany, priest, Schutzstaffel, The Holocaust | Leave a reply

The dismal life of an autodidactic pariah

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Timothy Bearly
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People like him never belong.
Like the gargantuan, elephantine,
gothic chick, that no one is asking
to the prom, he spends his nights alone, Read on…

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Serf-ing USA

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Timothy Bearly
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“Give me Liberty or give me Death!”
Reads the bumper sticker on Bobby’s f-250.
Ironically, as he drives to work at 6:30 am
he is oblivious to his own indentured servitude. Read on…

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and still the wars rage on

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Bill Sargeant
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and still the wars rage on
and still the dying mock
the love of god Read on…

Posted in Poetry | Tagged Christian theology, Forgiveness, Positive psychology, Spirituality, Theology | Leave a reply

The Originatorâ„¢

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Timothy Bearly
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if i was a superhero
i would be called the originator
i would defend the world against
pseudo-science and plagiarism Read on…

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