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Antithesis of Holy Week

Antithesis of Holy Week

March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 29 Last week I shared a sonnet by poet-priest Malcom Guite, “Palm Sunday” (read my post). Today, on Palm Sunday, as we enter Holy Week, I am sharing a poem, also named “Palm Sunday,” by Marie J. Post. With haunting...
Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday

March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 27#PoetryFriday 26-0327 This Sunday we will celebrate Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem. And so I am sharing “Palm Sunday,” one of the Holy Week sonnets by the poet-priest Malcom Guite published in his book Sounding...
We Are Writing

We Are Writing

March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 19 On Tuesday, St. Patrick’s Day, in the spirit of the Irish, I decided we would write limericks. “We” refers to my daughter’s three youngest children, teenagers who school at home, and me. I teach their writing...
Write a Limerick

Write a Limerick

March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 16 In celebration of the Irish, I share this limerick slice. Limericks first appeared in England in the early years of the 18th century and were popularized by Edward Lear in the 19th century. They were combined and sung as traditional...
Book Spine Poems

Book Spine Poems

March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 13#PoetryFriday, 26_0313 I’ve always been drawn to found poetry. I love lifting someone’s thoughts, their subject, their words to create something new. I’m familiar with four kinds of found poetry. We can find poems in...
In the Spring

In the Spring

March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 8 While thumbing the pages of an 1920 reader [one that was read by students a hundred years ago], I found a short verse. It spoke to me of spring, its beauty and life, connecting me to past years, to many a springtime with trees blooming...