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D-Day The tide comes in; the waves collapse like exhausted soldiers pushing their bodies onto Omaha Beach. The briny sea saturating field jackets now as…
Jun 6 • 
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Mary's Vision
Yes, the Blessed Virgin knew
Dec 12, 2024 • 
Rae
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I Lie Down with God
A Gaelic poem
Dec 11, 2024 • 
Rae
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Two Carols
Flores apparuerunt in terra nostra Very still was all the land, Very secret was the hour; Darkness as a guard did stand When the Rose brought forth her…
Dec 5, 2024 • 
Rae
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Making the House Ready for the Lord
A poem
Dec 4, 2024 • 
Rae
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Restoring the Roadmap
Finding Our Way Home
Nov 22, 2024 • 
Rae
19
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A Train in Appalachia
Trains pass by like hurried strangers shattering their way through the silence echoing on the face of this mountain a reminder of the lifeblood drained…
Oct 31, 2024 • 
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Blue Ridge Fall
Reflections of life in a small southern town in autumn
Oct 30, 2024 • 
Rae
15
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Thunder-boomer
Reflections on youth and middle age
Aug 23, 2024 • 
Rae
16
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Rebuilding Civilization
One Soul at a time
Aug 22, 2024 • 
Rae
28
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Sacred Moments
An original poem
Jul 29, 2024 • 
Rae
28
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The Appointment
I shifted, hip to hip, on the faded blue velour couch.
Apr 4, 2024 • 
Rae
24
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Home Fire
We became experts at woodstoves and fire, my brother and I taking comfort in the warmth, the smoking and heaving, the blue-orange blaze of rings burning…
Oct 25, 2023 • 
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Idyll
A poem
Jul 20, 2023 • 
Rae
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Educating Souls
Psychology, Culture, and Faith. Finding joy through truth, goodness, and beauty.
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