The Cartography of the Heart
Where Home Isn’t a Place, But a Night Sky The “Four Walls That Don’t Judge My Ice-Cream Raids” Chronicles “The…
Literature & Languages
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Anybody There?
Warm summer day – hearing a sound, walking to the screen door to the broad, open porch: “Anybody…
Footsteps of Belonging
Laughter. Joy. A happy family scene. A baby wrapped in white was sleeping sweetly. She resembled the angels…
Future
Future is dim but not hopelessThe rebellion in you is not worthlessStop listening to songs of cowardiceAct yourself…
Words as Pictures
Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center discovered that when we look at a written word, a special part…
Ph.inisheD—How I Went from GED to Ph.D
Following thirteen months behind my only sibling’s academic footsteps was hard. From elementary school on, she was a…
Reboot
The morning had withheld its sunlight and left only a gray hue to open its doors when the…
Irritated by Trivialities
Irritated by trivialities, overwhelmed by brutality and innocent suffering, disappointed by our own inadequacies – –in anxiety, confusion…
Too Often
Too often, O God, the terrors of the world seem to overwhelm the promises of Your love. Too…
Saadi Shirazi’s Influence on Ralph Waldo Emerson
“To Baron von Hammer Purgstall, who died in Vienna in 1856, we owe our best knowledge of the…
Lovers Are Gnostic and Gnostics Are Poets
Love is the only path to recognizing and reaching God. It is the only power that will enable…
A Tale of Two Ends
My pen is heavy and my words are messy; is the world I know gone already? I miss…
The Faithful
I felt Your Infinite Mercy in my soul, While wrapped all around With the divine fear’s glowing coal.…
Dad and Luna Park
Those were the days when we barely made ends meet. When we went to Luna Park, we watched…
The Mist
Love is in the air, in the early morning mist. I inhale, and inhale This secret should be…