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The Forest

On May 17, 2022 By Nathaniel StewartIn Poetry1 Comment

There is an ancient forest within my soul Or a soul, blowing in the wind through an ancient forest within my chest There, at the center of this ancient forest, a gnarled table within the center of my soul  Everything I need is here, within the forest, in the space between God and I, resting, …

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My Name

On April 1, 2020March 24, 2020 By Nathaniel StewartIn PoetryLeave a comment

My name holds a story yet to be told...

The Silence of God

On March 31, 2020March 24, 2020 By Nathaniel StewartIn PoetryLeave a comment

The silence of God is deafening, my ears are bleeding...

Worship

On March 30, 2020March 24, 2020 By Nathaniel StewartIn PoetryLeave a comment

Worship. Knees bowed, hands raised. Try it. Sing louder, sing softer, quiet...

Culture

On March 29, 2020March 24, 2020 By Nathaniel StewartIn Poetry1 Comment

Adonis sulks into the room...

Summer and Fall

On March 27, 2020March 24, 2020 By Nathaniel StewartIn Poetry1 Comment

Summer, the gentle friend of innocence...

Romance

On March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 By Nathaniel StewartIn Poetry1 Comment

"I have romanticized fantasy and fantasized on loveless comedy..."

Humanity

On March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 By Nathaniel StewartIn PoetryLeave a comment

Silver spoon bought too soon, in mockery of the Church...

Wind

On March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 By Nathaniel StewartIn PoetryLeave a comment

Nothing but the wind, window rolled down on the interstate...

Tongue Depressors

On March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 By Nathaniel StewartIn PoetryLeave a comment

Put tongue depressors on depressed confessors. It's much better. It's cold in church so I wear a sweater. Letters on my jacket. Sin light as a feather...

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