i awake from a cloudy dream of dark leaf horses running with wild bronze manes. i slide open the bedroom drapes as a sweet design unfolds as I watch playful birds – imagining that they are flying towards an eastern … Continue reading morning: | A Poem by Rick Davis | PAROUSIA Magazine
moment sitting on the porch i relax as sparrows peck at the bird feeder. wind. chirps. sound is a true vocabulary of nature. the sun glitters my shadow. clouds gather speed. the sky is a miracle. Rick Davis lives in the Chicago area, USA. He is married to Marianne. Marianne has five children, and twenty-four grand & great-grandchildren. They have a loved cat & dog. Rick graduated from Northeastern Illinois University, and several graduate schools. He’s has worked in market research and other positions. He has worked as a volunteer pastoral counselor at Blind Service Association in Chicago, and at the … Continue reading moment | A Poem by Rick Davis | PAROUSIA Magazine
my idealism: my idealism is like bare feet in summer grass and blossoms that drift like stars resisting water-hazards of apathy. my idealism is like city lights that speckle wet streets with vibrant paint. stuck in right-wing mud my nights … Continue reading my idealism: | A Poem by Rick Davis | PAROUSIA Magazine
Sunday October 13, 2019: Today my dear brother, we will examine the word “Courage.” The Oxford Dictionary defines courage as “The ability to do something that frightens one.” The proverbial singer, “Bob Marley,” demonstrated courage based on his belief in … Continue reading God’s Blessings! by Joseph S. Spence, Sr | PAROUSIA Magazine
The Eternal House The colours are beautiful Glistening like an early sun The paints are not just rare alone, but its existence is banned For it is a winsome beauty, glowing more than the earth destined light A man once … Continue reading A Poem by Tope Ashaolu | PAROUSIA Magazine
I lay in bed Whispering to You. My love of You Feels like joints And bones. As I lay In twilight half-sleep I eclipse You With tender feelings. The sweat of life Always continues Like a cruel Walk into sun … Continue reading MORNING PRAYER by Rick Davis | Poetry | PAROUSIA Magazine
shuffling near the lake quietness shakes the wavering air. purple lilies sigh. sun and moonlight blend in watery shadows. the creamy moon is infinite. gusts of wind sing. a woman with heavy pale make-up exits a high-rise and scowls at … Continue reading up at dawn: by Rick Davis | Poetry | PAROUSIA Magazine
Today my heart is heavy, filled with mixed anxiety, and grief My beloved alumna sister, Toni Morrison, is now in relief Read about her, as I entered the halls of Howard University Where she attended, graduated, and taught … Continue reading Tribute To My Dearly Beloved Alumna Howard University Sister: Toni Morrison! by Joseph S. Spence, Sr. | PAROUSIA Magazine
Prof Pius Adesanmi’s horrific death aboard the crashed Ethiopian Airlines’ flight 302 on 10th March, 2019, rightly drew an outpouring of responses from around the world. While many of the tributes were occupied with the … Continue reading ADESANMI: RELIGION AND THE PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL By Mike Ekunno | Essay | PAROUSIA Magazine
IMAGINATION & GOD Walking the neighborhood I am struck by the dishonest wind of sleeping embers in the eyes of fragmented souls. In my imagination urban speed is replaced by sugarcane stalks bending in breeze and deer emerging from shadows, … Continue reading IMAGINATION & GOD by Rick Davis | Poetry | PAROUSIA Magazine
true kabbalah: breathing Light I rest peacefully lying on the loveseat acquiescently observing the television and luminous blue white sky above. rushing purity from vents below as i lovingly peck at the tablet allowing my higher self to express him/herself — knowing that this is the only self that i am — knowing the Unity of all that was, is and will be, so time dissolves and God ceases to suffer as He/She is no longer fragmented by my divisions, objectification and theology. i breathe softly content to experience the friendship of God found in poetry & the glances of … Continue reading Three Poems from Rick Davis | PAROUSIA Magazine
SERMON ON MOUNT KNOWLEDGE He slapped me for no reason I wanted to slap back, but held back my hand for fear of treason I viewed my fused face and discovered the only solace was to cry As in such … Continue reading SERMON ON MOUNT KNOWLEDGE by TUMININU AIYEDUN | Poetry | PAROUSIA Magazine
The Road leads Us To Somewhere somewhere the road drives the children into the school of art and humanity full of fruits pocket with challenges as we walk the road to a map of destination. the road doesn’t have a gate so we are opened to errors and distraction. the last thing i could remember was when naming every road we pass not to get lost. the last road was beautiful tender but filled with strange design. nothing last on earth. birds dies. flowers dies. human dies. but something still remain: the road still leads us to somewhere. Joseph … Continue reading The Road leads Us To Somewhere by Joseph Adeniran | Poetry | PAROUSIA Magazine
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For Those Who Don’t Know Chocolate : Angelic Vision of Love for a New World Title: For Those Who Don’t Know Chocolate Author: Amirah Al Wassif Publisher: Poetic Justice Books & Arts Year: 2019 Pages: 44 ISBN 10: 1950433013 … Continue reading For Those Who Don’t Know Chocolate : Angelic Vision of Love for a New World by Joseph. S. Spence, Sr. | Book Review | PAROUSIA Magazine
IN NEED OF A NEED! A need is something that is an absolute requirement for survival primarily and every living thing, man especially has got survival instinct in him. On this side of creation, we all do all we can to make ends meet, in order to keep body and soul together; no breathing human is exempted from the rat race for relevance, eminence, and excellence to keep one’s social influence or prominence. If one doesn’t achieve all in his life time, he transfers the desire to his children and that continues for generations. There is no end to … Continue reading IN NEED OF A NEED! by Mary Joy Orola | PAROUSIA Magazine
