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Empty Nest: A Reverso

Empty Nest: A Reverso

It's #PoetryFriday!  Want to know more? Click here. My Nevermores poetry partner, Rose Cappelli is hosting us this week. The Nevermores braved the reverso waters earlier this month, trying our hands at the form created by Marilyn Singer, Queen of Reversos. Rose's...

WHAT IS HOPE?

WHAT IS HOPE?

It's Poetry Friday!We're celebrating with Amy at The Poem Farm.And I'm celebrating with POMELO BOOKS' latest poetry anthology, WHAT IS HOPE?video © 2023 Patricia J. FranzLast week, Robyn Hood Black wrote a beautiful review of WHAT IS HOPE? She and 39 other poets, many...

Life at the speed of grace

Life at the speed of grace

One of the best – and shortest – homilies I ever heard was given by a deacon on Ash Wednesday some years ago. Instead of giving up something for Lent, he gently suggested we slow down and give God a chance to catch us. Grace is my shorthand for God. Grace as...

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