His Shining and Unconditional Love (Septolet) Love Gracious savior Preserving our souls Such comfort Resurrection Saving grace His love for us Author’s Comments: The Septolet poem has seven lines with a total of fourteen words. It has two parts … Continue reading His Shining and Unconditional Love by Joseph S. Spence, Sr. | PAROUSIA Magazine
SLIPPING OFF I see Him healing my wounds, wounds that words cannot say Scars fading Filling my void, voids that I have long lived with I never believed in a God for a while Though, I dare not question or … Continue reading Three Poems from Damilola Omotoyinbo | 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 … Continue reading NOTES TO GOD by Rick Davis | PAROUSIA Magazine
Angelica Always eager for the cheap laugh, I’d make fun of her brown teeth, dandruff, moustache, and long chin hairs. She’d park her fender-bashed car in the middle of Main and shuffle into senior lunch. She’d drink too much coffee, … Continue reading Angelica by Bruce Pemberton | PAROUSIA Magazine
A Plea to Dear Lord I ask Not for silver and gold Nor for the luxuries that make one err I ask not for joy That makes for grief at sunset But that I may be your mind The best … Continue reading Two Poems from Olatubosun David | PAROUSIA Magazine
THE WISDOM OF ART The rain Is steady As I let The dog in. Playing with her I activate Tender hemispheres – Just unwinding In the nothingness Of being – The Divine Reaches down Like a hand And lost, … Continue reading THE WISDOM OF ART by Rick Davis | PAROUSIA Magazine
true self: 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 … Continue reading true self: by Rick Davis | PAROUSIA Magazine
CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER Sin Like rain Drumming Causes me To feel Prayful So, with Veneration And dragon Fierceness I spiritually Fly Inside, Through the Vastness Of the galaxy, Leaving behind A crowd Of sorrows And stars Begin to Burn Beginning … Continue reading CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER by Rick Davis | PAROUSIA Magazine
Inhale Easter Grubby months of heat, dawn hauling dry days of dust, wearing down, wearing through Lenten testing northern people discover resurrection in pastel flowers and trees bursting leaves while in this tropic land of dry and wet, … Continue reading Inhale Easter by Victoria Crawford | Easter 2019
The Empty Pot When I’d suggested to my son that we move the seedlings from the foyer to the corner of our lot, I thought I was saying Goodbye in the usual, sheepish way but, in late fall, he marched … Continue reading Three Poems from Rita Anderson | Easter 2019
SLIPPING OFF I see Him healing my wounds, wounds that words can not say Scars fading Filling my void, voids that I have long lived with I never believed in a God for a while Though, I dare not … Continue reading Three Poems from Damilola Omotoyinbo | Easter 2019
Awake! Awake my heart it’s time to pray To pray for all he’s done And raise the anthem loud and clear For Jesus made the way. Awake my mouth and sing his praise So sing it everywhere And let the … Continue reading Two Poems from Ogunojuwo Oluwaseyi Damilola|Easter 2019
WALK EASTER AWAKE Grow my palm leaf Grow into faith Of birth, death, Crucifixion, resurrection and ascension. Grow my old hope Grow into sympathy, empathy, Triumph and mercy Ferment like yeast Firm like a seed, mustard; Grow my palm leaf … Continue reading WALK EASTER AWAKE by Chenjerai Mhondera | Easter 2019
Title: Healing Through Poetry Author: Mary Ann Duhart, USA Publisher: Publish America Year: 2008 Pages: 64 ISBN: 1606727702 Reviewer: Joseph. S. Spence, Sr. Mary Duhart is the author of twelve religious’ books of poetry, and resides in California. This poetry … Continue reading Healing Through Poetry—God’s Dynamic Poems for the Family by Jospeh S. Spence, Sr. | Book Review | Easter 2019
My Lord, What a Morning “Let my arms be as your branches yours the song that must be sung…” … Continue reading Two Poems from Marianne Peel | Easter 2019
Title: The Manifesto# An Anthology of Peace Author: Chenjerai Mhondera Publisher: Alakowe (Parousia Magazine) Year: 2018 Pages: 102 ISBN: 978-978-969-403-7 Reviewer: Olubola Alamu BUY HERE The Manifesto# is an eclectic volume by Chenjerai Mhondera, Zimbabwean poet, playwright and comedian. … Continue reading A POTPOURRI FROM ZIMBABWE: A REVIEW OF CHENJERAI MHONDERA’S THE MANIFESTO# BY OLUBOLA ALAMU | PAROUSIA Magazine
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