A Bride of Amazement

Who impels the birds to return, the fir trees to give off their scent in the name of spring?Who communes with the dead, sups at the poor man’s table in the hope things come right? What impels the father to cradle his sermon in the name of love, the woman to meet the world’s pain with a coronation of roses? Who calls the girl out of hiding, asks her to drink from a deeper well?

These poems explore faith, communion, longing, home.