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Winter Rain
J.B. Toner
A sad grey dawning, this; a sad grey cloud Bemists the morning’s eye with doleful mirk; And under dreary treetops’ drizzling shroud, Bedraggled crows in lonely murders lurk. The whiskey's all but spent, the wine is lost; The beer-fen on the bare cold floorboards molders; The fridge holds half a jar of apple-sauce; The last butt in the brimming ashtray smolders. [Continue reading...]
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The Vocation of Flannery O’Connor
The upcoming edition of Dappled Things (due out at the end of January) features three essays that explore the work of Flannery O’Connor from different perspectives. The author of one of these essays, Fr. Damian Ference, has written a great little introduction to her life and work over at the Word On Fire blog: At first [...]
An Important Message from Arthur Powers
Those who perceive in themselves… the artistic vocation as poet, writer, sculptor, painter, musician, and actor feel at the same time an obligation not to waste this talent but to develop it, in order to put it to service of their neighbor and the humanity as a whole. (Pope John Paul II) Friends— Those of [...]