They Will Hammer Swords into Plowshares…

  … And so it is at Cantigny Park: A repurposed “V”, having sundered war and peace, Furrowed the way for the promise of seed, The mortal Spade, the top layer of soil it cut loose, The Implement of war having been turned from its use, To summon daylight onto a field and hope’s release.…

Five Day Notice

When Janet first saw Dashawna, Dashawna was walking up the front sidewalk to the apartment building gripping a baby carrier in her left hand, a diaper bag in her right hand and over her right shoulder was slung a large bulging sack which seemed to stabilize her mid-step. The apartment building complex where Janet and…

No Stone Left Unturned

“Jesus came out from the temple and was going away when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him. And He said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.””…