By Alixa Brobbey
November—a creaky oak table.Doors open and close withthe arrival of hands. They carry salt, and patchedplates, and boundless bowls.Lemons and limes insidelustrous white bowls. Nobody warned me how griefmultiplies. Cups filled with vinegar,and more vinegar. More cups. And more cups. If I could, I would scoopstrange griefs from sore hands,like siphoning seeds fromcitrusy pulp. My …
By Melonie Cannon
As ifI could find metaphorsfor Godor Griefor the way a heart shreds in on itselfand tries to mend again,I pick up the penhoping that an angel with wide wingswill clasp it and form the words for methat will heal or praise or claimmy broken placein the Universeas holy space. Holybecause oceans have parted thererivers cleaved …
By Sherilyn Stevenson
Congratulations on making it through January! For your literary treat, the Prose board presents two pieces. The first is a short story with technology themes fresh and relevant and spiritual themes of eternity. The second is a personal commentary on new grief and the revisiting of faith as a response. Both will have you thinking …
By Micah Cozzens
Forget crosses, bleached bibles, many-eyed angels on Christmas trees—this is my most religious accessory:the feeling of a congregation watching meas I unravel, spilling all my griefsfor everyone to see, voluptuous and streamingfrom the spiritual abscess clinging, dark, to some light-deprived organ—my heart, stomach, spleen, sticky with impious dreams—my indecorum excused by the setting,the license afforded …
By Anne Thomas
While the long grain softensin the kitchen table of round-edgedhoney ash—fork-scarred,newsprint-stamped,marker-grazed, shin-grazing—my childhood steals along in socksand murmured songs. While the long grain ripensin the valley and the granite domeshimmers above the orchardsand the Japanese maple sinks its rootthrough the bottom of the potand the grey-copper cat suns on the patio,my childhood drifts with the …
By Linda Hoffman Kimball
On a recent trip to Amsterdam I signed up for a tour to visit the Holocaust Names Memorial. Dedicated on 19 September 2021, 76 years after World War II, the monument displays walls of bricks with the names of more than 102,000 Dutch victims of the Holocaust.
By Linda Hoffman Kimball
HONOR ALL WHO SERVE Veterans Day holiday – formerly known as Armistice Day (so designated after “The Great War” or World War 1 in 1918) – was signed into being on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. It was renamed Veterans Day in 1954 years after the conclusion …
By Shari Crall
Ripple and Blow I am feeling Too much these days Clients yell at me Too much! I yell at others Too much! Too many stones Causing too many Ripples Blowing Too many grasses Sending Too many people To graves To grief To gravel. I went back to work. After two years off, managing our local …
By Linda Hoffman Kimball
Maryna Lukach: Textile Artist and Sister Saint in Kyiv, Ukraine interviewed via internet by Linda Hoffman Kimball, Segullah Art Director Segullah: I believe God guided me to you and your fabulous artwork, Maryna. Besides rejoicing in your bountiful talents, we also pray for you and your fellow Ukrainian citizens that this war will end soon …
By Linda Hoffman Kimball
I’m going to call it a miracle. It was time for me to contact an artist to interview for the Segullah Journal artist’s profile. This was in late Feburary 2022 when Putin had just bombed Ukraine. I was gripped with anxiety, outrage, and a sense of impotence. What could I do to aid a …