Category: poetry

  • Nighttime Sounds

    Nighttime Sounds

    .Creak of staircase sounds.Eyes through spindles peering.“I’m thirsty Mommy.” .The clock ticks constant.Refrigerator purring.Air through nose louder. .Rolling over, pops.Rejected sheets whisper,one more bathroom trip. ©2021 Mary Grace van der Kroef

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  • Hope/Calla Press

    Hope/Calla Press

    At Calla Press, we are unashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ and we desire to glorify His name above all else. – SAMANTHA CABRERA, Calla Press Founder and Editor It blessed me to be in the right online writing group at the right time to hear Samantha Cabrera’s announcement about reopening Calla Press. What…

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  • Love Is/Self Control/Goodness/Agape Review

    Love Is/Self Control/Goodness/Agape Review

    I finally got up the courage to send three of my poems in for consideration at Agape Review and was very pleased to have all three accepted. The editors said my work resonated with them. It’s always great to receive feedback like that. I invite you to read ‘Love Is‘, ‘Goodness‘, and ‘Self Control‘. Agape…

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  • Stealing Visits/Global Poemic

    Stealing Visits/Global Poemic

    It’s not over, but I am honored to have my piece ‘Stealing Visits’ stand alongside the works of other poets and writers as we seek to highlight our individual and collective battles.

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  • Only People

    Only People

    Only people the flame of soul is all you take to heaven, you know. All else crumbles to dust and ash, but flames of soul are made to last.

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  • The Creatively Christian Podcast

    The Creatively Christian Podcast

    A few months ago my new friend Andrea Sandefur reached out to me and asked if I would like to be featured in The Creatively Christian Podcast by Theophany Media. Well, today my episode has dropped and I am so excited to share our conversation with all of you! “Theophany Media utilizes various forms of…

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  • Contempt

    Contempt

    Crumpled papercreased beyond repair,cast in exasperationfrom a corner, glare. Proof of irritationan act of my contemptfor this, my situationfor being nonexempt. A deadness percolatesthoughts refuse growththe thing one loves,slowly steeped in loath. All a point of viewmutilated pagesilence feeding ghostsrising poets rage. ©2021 Mary Grace van der Kroef

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  • Would You Go?

    Would You Go?

    If one could step out on waves, feel the liquid coolness flow, where would you go? Ride the tide, watch moonlight collide with creatures, microscopic soul.

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  • Electric Lights

    Electric Lights

    Eyes so tightly shut, dark edges shimmer red. Electric blotches painted in yellow’s glowing thread.

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  • Free

    Free

    No one saw me head to the ground, feet to the sky, pretending to fly. It would have made you cry hilarity.

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