Featured Poems from Hymnody of the Blue Heron
Published 2015

A Note to His Doctor
"Don't rescue me too much," says an old farmer, still loving the natural beauty of his farm. 
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Sentence Fragments
A look at our nation's progress, from the perspective of a young man wandering through the land and through its history.
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Alleluias of the Red Tail
An appeal for inspiration and purpose beyond the isolate Self.   
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The Day Becomes Cathedral
​We find reasons everywhere and all the time for expressing wonder or worship.
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We Are Going Away
In the face of painful loss, we search for words of love that will endure.  
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For My Sister Dying
The pain of losing a loved one imposes itself repeatedly throughout our days.
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Featured Poems from A Farewell To Lent
Published 2018

Tumbler
Does divine Grace heal us? Indeed, although the process might seem lethal.
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Soul, Dive Down and Rise
An invitation to explore the Incarnational nature of our experience, immersion and transcendence.
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Now Sing, My Lovelies
An invitation to sing for the Christ
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A Farewell to Lent
The process of rebirth may come like a violent storm.
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Our Wild Hallelujahs
Why do we not dance, as well as speak and sing, our praises?
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Stir
An appeal for divine intervention--and alcohol, sort of.
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Featured Poems from BELOVED BROTHER, BELOVED SISTER: POEMS FOR PALESTINE
Publication Date TBA

Sniper - Gaza, March of Return 2018
The killing of a Gazan protester, a child, from the perspective of the IDF sniper.
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Jeje on the Beach of Gaza - for Wajiha
Imagining Wajiha on a Gazan beach, expressing her defiance, her dignity and independence as a woman and as a Palestinian.
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A Riddle For Habibti  -for Doaa, Gaza
The speaker expresses a longing and a deep sense of connection, despite physical, cultural, and religious differences.
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If Only You Could See the Bright Flower  -for Huda, Ein el Hilweh​
The speaker addresses a statue of Mary, appealing to her to notice Huda, and the other bright flowers of Allah.
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To A Princess of the Lion Hearts  -for Hanin, Gaza
An appeal to a young teacher in Gaza that her love will be strong in a time of war, even as it is in the classroom. 
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Physiotherapist  -for Basman, Gaza
A physiotherapist in Gaza tries to teach his oppressors and the world how to “breathe.”
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