Tag: art
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The Great Triduum
Years A, B, and C Since the readings are the same every year, I’m not going to address them directly in this post. Next year, or the year after, I will. Maundy Thursday—April 2, 2026Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-141 Corinthians 11:23-26John 13:1-17, 31b-35Psalm 116:1, 10-17 For the Triduum, I can’t think…
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Call & Response 5—my poems!
“On Emerging—Strangely, Alive” “Restoring a Sentimental Wheelbarrow with Rust” In 2025, I was invited for the third time to participate in Call & Response, a fantastic program of the Grosse Pointe Congregational Church’s Arts Ministry. The premise of the program is that poets and visual artists respond to each other’s…
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The Second Sunday after Christmas
Years A—January 4, 2026 Happy New Year! And Merry Christmas. The readings for this Sunday are: Since these are the same readings assigned to all three years of the lectionary cycle, I will use the first Gospel listed for today. (Additional note: I will cover the Feast of the Holy…
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Squirrels!
Two poems about those adorable pests So, I have a hole in my roof. My 101-year-old Detroit home has one of those very typical additions, a kitchen nook with a room above it. On the second floor, that creates a room off the bedroom I use as my office. It’s…
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A Phenomenology of Trees Before Dawn
(Response to Theresa Moore’s reduction linocut print, View of Loch Long) Elaine Elizabeth BelzA PHENOMENOLOGY OF TREES BEFORE DAWN any unenumerated morning— early chill resolved with tea& cardigans—you’re already out by the lakeside I fumble with paper—still sloughing off sleep— eyes still trying to dreamopen—pull trees out of dark silhouettesone…
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Call & Response 4
OK, that was amazing. Last night’s Call & Response event centered around poets reading and artists talking about their work. The watercolorist Carol LaChiusa (pictured with me above) responded to my poem, “Mind Game” with her painting, “Mind Games.” She said that she tried to capture the imagery of my…
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Coming Up!
A couple local poetry events where I will be reading, along with others: 1. This Thursday, November 9 from 7:00-10:00 p.m. in Grosse Pointe. See my last post for a listing of all the folks involved who will be reading poems or showing their art. 2. Sunday, November 19, 3:00-5:00…
The Sound 