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Strewn

Strewn Strewn It'd been a long winter, rags of snow hanging on; then, at the end of April, an icy nor'easter, powerful as a hurricane....
Christian Century, 06/30/09 by Barbara Crooker · More from publication
Yes

"Yes was the best answer to every question." Frank McCourt, Teacher Man So I said yes to everything, yes to the green hills rolling out ahead,...
Anglican Theological Review, 01/01/09 by Crooker, Barbara · More from publication
Cold Easter

Cold Easter Cold Easter Not even early, but the weather's all turned around; this April's colder than last December. Every day, a sputter...
Christianity and Literature, 01/01/09 by Barbara Crooker · More from publication
Euonymus Alatus

Euonymus Alatus Euonymus Alatus Outside my window, the bushes have turned, redder than any fire, and the sky is the same blue Giotto used...
Christian Century, 10/16/07 by Barbara Crooker · More from publication
At the Winter Olympics

At The Winter Olympics At The Winter Olympics The poem knows a good start is everything-- run like hell, then fall on a skeletal...
Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature, 03/22/07 by Barbara Crooker · More from publication
Narrative

This morning's miracle: dawn turned up its dimmer, This morning's miracle: dawn turned up its dimmer, set the net of frost on the lawn to...
Christian Century, 10/03/06 by Barbara Crooker · More from publication

Poem Ending With a Line by Rumi

Poem Ending With a Line by Rumi Poem Ending With a Line by Rumi White-throated sparrows dart in and out of the hedgerow, their sweet long...
Christianity and Literature, 06/22/06 by Barbara Crooker · More from publication
Lemon

Lemon Lemon The pebbly map of its thin skin, the pith, the thick walls, the tough little seeds. It needs to be married to sugar,...
Christianity and Literature, 06/22/06 by Barbara Crooker · More from publication
The VCCA Fellows Visit the Holiness Baptist Church, Amherst, Virginia

The VCCA Fellows Visit the Holiness Baptist Church, Amherst, Virginia The VCCA Fellows Visit the Holiness Baptist Church, Amherst, Virginia We...
Christianity and Literature, 06/22/06 by Barbara Crooker · More from publication
Geology

Geology Geology Place a stone in the palm of your hand; it lies there, inert, nothing but itself. It revels in its stoniness, its...
Christian Century, 10/04/05 by Barbara Crooker · More from publication