MOTTO (after Bertold Brecht) After these dark times will we still sing? Yes, we will sing. We will sing loudly and clearly about these dark times. LAMB Not the knife or the wound the knife makes not the … Continue reading Three Poems from Jamie Parsley | PAROUSIA Magazine
Wash Day I wash the dishes at the sink scrub-a-dub old food and grease plates and bowls and silverware clink Ah, for a moment of peace but daily duties call my name— dishes! laundry! floors! without cease grubby, my house bears … Continue reading A Poem from Victoria Crawford | PAROUSIA Magazine
NOTES TO GOD You guide the Pencil from My teeth As I write Words – Touching You. You spin Me dizzy Never lost But always Present. You are so Close to me And micromanage My happy soul With alluring Fumigation, … Continue reading NOTES TO GOD by Rick Davis | Poetry | PAROUSIA Magazine
Welcome Feast for Pip, 1957 to October 2019 Welcome to the feast! exclaims chef exceptional, recipes and meals at the ready, opening wide his door. Come sit, have a seat at the table A delicious meal spread before … Continue reading Welcome Feast by Victoria Crawford | Poetry | PAROUSIA Magazine
Always fresh and new,
river renews this life
of ever present change
ready always for us, Continue reading Gone Fishing by Victoria Crawford | PAROUSIA Magazine
Forgive them, O Lord, for they know not what they do!
Continue reading A Poem from Giti Tyagi | PAROUSIA Magazine
Can I have the things I pray for? God knows best; He is wiser than His children. I can rest. Source: Collection Poems Stir Heart Believer Prayer – Bible.org Continue reading God is Wiser | PAROUSIA Magazine
Bouncing from rock to rock
slippery stepping stones,
willy-nill-she,
Martha on the river Continue reading Besides the Waters by Victoria Crawford | Poetry | PAROUSIA Magazine
Your Hands, Instruments of God after Francesca Bell Oh, the mooring. The fishing boat stranded, sandbarred & unsaved. Who can salvage when each net is tangled in coral, when what is underneath & unseen is fated. Then the pierced … Continue reading A Poem from Kelsey May | PAROUSIA Magazine
I find strength to carry my cross from every battle I’ve won (& lost)
& the remembrance of the man who bought me’
I’m a bond-slave & I’m in love with a Man— Continue reading Three Poems from Adeola Juwon | PAROUSIA Magazine
His impact It happened And again it happened Just like the breaks of new day And again and again I followed Not to be alone left But following, is not enough To join, I have to be It went on … Continue reading Two Poems from Adaobi Chilekezi | PAROUSIA Magazine
Jesus Christ Most respected Jesus Christ is the father of religion. Mediator of love and humanity; the best dignified personality. Beloved Christ is the supreme mark of sacrifice. The ideal of the Christian as well the all moralities. Dearest Jesus … Continue reading Two Poems from Suranjit Gain | PAROUSIA Magazine
LOVE AND A PHONE CALL I call you On the phone And as we talk Angels glow. We share secrets Like whispers of wind Reclining beneath Moonlit night. The outside world Is voiceless lightening And our shared Conversation Is … Continue reading A Poem from Rick Davis | PAROUSIA Magazine
Balm Jagged glass shards shedding their twinkle slivers crystals of dust lacerating callused soles, souls dry air, hard air slicing skin dogs panting hot season gasps beyond even the embrocation devotion of balm Mary Magdalene rubbed over the feet … Continue reading Balm by Victoria Crawford | Poetry | PAROUSIA Magazine
Thirty Candles Burning I never expected the betrayal, the dew so sweet I hit it under my tongue and didn’t tell a soul. Days passed, and I didn’t sleep. I untied all the ropes. The morning thistled … Continue reading Three Poems from Kelsey May | PAROUSIA Magazine
lying on the pillowy bed i count my breath running from random thoughts like jonah fleeing nineveh i encounter a system of larks realizing that the observable universe is transient and less than real as i eclipse the depths of … Continue reading true self by Rick Davis | Poetry | PAROUSIA Magazine
