The Fitting You turn, turn, turn as the seamstress pins lace onto the perfect hem of your wedding dress. You turn on command. Reflected over and over in the mirrored room you surround us. "Fits like a glove," the seamstress says, then crowns you with flowers silk and braided pearls, a froth of veil softens your wild, loose hair. Somewhere in the shop your father waits. Since you asked him to come that he should see you this way before the … [Read more...]
Happenstance
Salutations! Hope August is going well for you. We’re already going into the second week of the month so if you have some summer activity on your to-do list, you better get to it. Before you know it, we’ll be raking leaves and setting our clocks back. As per usual, I don’t really have a list of things I’d like get accomplished – I am a meanderer that way. Last weekend I was happy to go, spur of the moment, to a poetry reading at Woman Made Gallery and then to an art fair … [Read more...]
Glimpse of Solace: Kevin Nance
There's one more week to see Kevin Nance's photographs of St. James Cathedral at the cathedral (at Kyle's Gallery Place in St James Commons, 65 E. Huron, Chicago). The exhibit is aptly titled: "How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place." You can also look at his work at the Andersonville Galleria, 5247 N. Clark, Chicago. Kevin Nance is a Chicago-based photographer, photojournalist, and freelance writer. His work appears in the Chicago Tribune, the … [Read more...]
Guest Post: Alfred Lichtenstein “Summer Freshness” and “Prayer before Battle”
Summer Freshness The sky is like a blue jellyfish. And all around are fields, rolling meadows - Peaceful world, you great mousetrap, Would that I might finally escape from you.. O if I had wings - One plays dice. Guzzles. Chatters about future countries. Each person puts in his own two cents. The earth is a succulent Sunday roast, Nicely dunked into a sweet sun-sauce. If only there were a wind... that ripped The gentle world with iron claws. That would … [Read more...]
Solace of the faithful
Hello, hello. Almost August—can you believe it? I know I am old because time is passing more quickly, and not just because it’s summer. When I published Solace in So Many Words I made a decision not to include work that was overtly religious. There were several reasons for that. But I know that God and religion and faith and prayer are all-important sources of solace for many people. So today’s posts reflect that. Laura Rodley’s poem "Meeting the Father" in the … [Read more...]
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