Poems for Summer

Poems selected from our call for submissions

Photo by Ed Aust
PRAYER WITHOUT WORDS
Susan Cowger

THE BRIDE OF CHRIST CONSIDERS THE UPCOMING WEDDING
Susan Cowger

THE WONDER OF WEEPING
      Orison (a prayer of supplication)
Susan Cowger

AGREE TO DISAGREE
      Thirst of shore meets parch of water
Susan Cowger

Susan Cowger is a poet and visual artist who focuses on images that represents the human condition. Her book Slender Warble (Poeima|Cascade) was released 3/2020. Her poems have appeared most recently in publications including In A Strange Land: Introducing Ten Kingdom Poets (2019), Ekphrastic Review, Windhover, Perspectives, Crux, McGuffin, and Presence. Publication also includes the chapbook Scarab Hiding.



Reading
Psalm 19:1-4
Chris Mark

Chris Mark is a Michigan native living in Los Angeles with his wife Taylor. Having had many career paths including academia and ministry, Chris is now an aspiring mechanic. A poet at heart, Chris studied English Literature and Classics. He desires to experience a living relationship with Jesus and capture that beauty in the written word.



What I’ve Thought and What Is
Mark D. Bennion

Mark D. Bennion’s poems have appeared in Aethlon, Dappled Things, Sijo, Spiritus, Windhover, and other journals. Last year Resource Publications published his poetry collection Beneath the Falls: poems. He and his wife, Kristine, are trying to figure out how to raise two teens and two tweens. They welcome your advice.



every crossing has doldrums
James Butler Dewey

advice to myself on writing
James Butler Dewey

James Dewey’s poetry has appeared in Irreantum, Inscape, Perspectives, and Reformed Journal, and it will appear later this year in Off the Coast, Sojourners, Rock & Sling, and Integrated Catholic Life. Originally from Boise, Idaho, James currently lives in Bogotá, Colombia.