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- Psaltery & Lyre’s New Site
- 123 Psaltery & Lyre: “Agricola Dreams of Flying” by J. Rose Lara
- 122 Psaltery & Lyre: “Communion: a love poem (a villanelle)” by Rachel Bollinger
- Book Review: Philip Metres’s Sand Opera
- 121 Psaltery & Lyre: Rachael Matthews, “Horsehead Nebula”
- Book Review: Monica Ong’s Silent Anatomies
- 120 Psaltery & Lyre: Rachael Matthews, “Return, pt. III” and “Gaia”
- Book Review: Claudia Rankine’s Don’t Let Me Be Lonely
- Book Review: Matthea Harvey, If the Tabloids Are True What Are You?
- Book Review: LoterÃa Cards and Fortune Poems: A Book of Lives
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poetry Archive
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122 Psaltery & Lyre: “Communion: a love poem (a villanelle)” by Rachel Bollinger
Posted on April 28, 2016 | No Comments"Make it more than bread and wine-- / more than unleavened and red / --lace your heart into mine." -
99 Psaltery & Lyre: Cheryl L. Bruno, “Garden Games”
Posted on July 10, 2014 | No Comments"Elusive God of the garden, who, / when rain is roaring, winds are high, / delights in the playing of peek-a-boo . . ." -
96 Psaltery & Lyre: Dayna Patterson, “New Moon”
Posted on May 8, 2014 | 3 Comments"Mother, You are new moon / Reveal your glorious face / Give us Mother-knowledge soon . . ." -
95 Psaltery & Lyre: Jonathon Penny, “The Lord’s Prayer”
Posted on May 1, 2014 | No Comments"Thy Kingdom come when it's time and everything, and not before or after, upon which score we'll just have to trust thee, not knowing the hour or the day . . ." -
94 Psaltery & Lyre: Sarah Dunster, “God Filled the Earth with Tigers”
Posted on April 24, 2014 | No Comments; ; God Filled the Earth with Tigers God filled the earth with tigers; men and beasts warring for blood. He painted them with warning signs-what scarlet spots! In God we do not doubt; God filled the earth with tigers. The Father blessed his […] -
93 Psaltery & Lyre: Jonathon Penny, “God is Great”
Posted on April 17, 2014 | 1 Comment"He / Hears and will consider prayers and tears, will / Weigh wildest hope and wilder worry in His palms / Will bear our heaviest burdens in His arms . . ." -
90 Psaltery & Lyre: John McDermott, “Nothing to Prove”
Posted on March 27, 2014 | No Comments"Which king brought myrrh to him, / in Bethlehem, how did he know / dull pain would be a gift / fit for a child thirty-three years / away from the waiting / cross?" -
89 Psaltery & Lyre: Sarah Dunster, “Xenophilia”
Posted on March 6, 2014 | No Comments"I would bend myself into an / impossible position and look out through my heels, / my head where my feet ought to be, finding / new angles of humanity." -
88 Psaltery & Lyre: John McDermott, “Sunday Discount at the Texas Car Wash”
Posted on February 27, 2014 | 4 Comments"my daughter is eyeing / the bloody images on the racks of Christian t-shirts, / My God is Tougher than Nails reads one, / My Lifeguard Walks on Water declares another." -
87 Psaltery & Lyre: Deja Earley, “Upon Attending a Yoga Class with My Husband”
Posted on January 9, 2014 | 1 Comment"We're on the floor moving like elephants, like cows, like our cats, like the very deliberate and slow." -
86 Psaltery & Lyre: Michael Hicks, “Joseph’s Song”
Posted on December 18, 2013 | 2 Comments"I sang it once. Three hours / stacking crates in the belly of a U-Haul truck, / its snout facing dead west into a sunset / a carpenter would cut a window for." -
85 Psaltery & Lyre: John McDermott, “The Loaves and the Fishes”
Posted on November 28, 2013 | 2 Comments"How many people / have needlessly starved since that show-stopper?" -
84 Psaltery & Lyre: Deja Earley, “Red Rock”
Posted on November 21, 2013 | 1 Comment"I meet an oblong angel with streaming wings, / drawn on rock. Ants trek across his feet." -
82 Psaltery & Lyre: Kayla Haas, “Winter of 1997, Missouri”
Posted on November 7, 2013 | 1 Comment"She stares at marble / eyes, the deer gazing / beyond her maybe seeing Van / Gogh's Starry Night / upside down from the bed / of a pickup truck . . . " -
80 Psaltery & Lyre: Deja Earley, “And I Remember He’s My Father”
Posted on October 24, 2013 | 1 Comment"I'm Mormon, and as such, long / to scrub babies in sinks, / deliver vegetable casseroles to wakes, / find a husband willing to unclog drains." -
79 Psaltery & Lyre: Rima VIII de Bécquer, translated by Charles Patterson
Posted on October 11, 2013 | No Comments"it seems possible to tear myself / from the miserable ground / and float with the golden mist, / in weightless atoms, / undone." -
78 Psaltery & Lyre: Deja Earley, “Your Ex-Girlfriends Ruined All the Good Baby Names”
Posted on October 3, 2013 | 5 Comments"Forgive the walk in Central Park, / my pitter-pat over prams and kites and tiny shoes / the color of jelly beans. Forgive my weakness / for striped bellies, for onesied rumps pointed skyward." -
77 Psaltery & Lyre: Christen Mattix, For Longing [Cyanotype Blue]
Posted on September 26, 2013 | 1 Comment"your fingerprints stuck / to the tape like mushroom / spores or the dust / of a moth wing." -
Psaltery & Lyre in Print!
Posted on September 13, 2013 | No CommentsOur first print volume of Psaltery & Lyre is ready to come live at your house! It includes the outstanding poetry of Michael Hicks, Christine Butterworth-McDermott, Tyler Chadwick, Elizabeth Pinborough, M. Brett Gaffney, Aaron Michael Kline, and many more! Click HERE for more info. […] -
76 Psaltery & Lyre: Murray Alfredson, “Peaceful Blessing”
Posted on September 12, 2013 | No Comments"I could not pick his speech, and asked / where he had come from. 'Afghanistan.' I told / how once his folk were honoured in this town, / their little mosque a glory, qibla tiled / deep blue." -
75 Psaltery & Lyre: Becky Sirrine, “An Original Thought”
Posted on September 5, 2013 | No Comments"Raised religious, / so many words, sentiments, / (buzzphrases, actually) / were programmed into me / little square holes of doctrine / like punches in old-style Hollerith cards . . ." -
74 Psaltery & Lyre: Theric Jepson, “Being a High-School Teacher Is a Great Disguise”
Posted on August 29, 2013 | 1 Comment"Being a high-school teacher is a great disguise . . . " -
73 Psaltery & Lyre: Kayla Haas, “I Am Not Vanilla”
Posted on August 22, 2013 | 2 Comments"Put me in a ruby red / corset and lace me up like pleather / knee high boots. Measure my thighs / in degrees of sexiness and run a tongue / under my ear lobe to make me shiver." -
72 Psaltery & Lyre: Murray Alfredson, “Silences”
Posted on August 15, 2013 | 1 Comment"A dog sits silent. Her gaze shafts up / in study of her master's face; / nostrils twitch and forelegs quiver - / she waits the crinkle of a smile, / the open hand that reaches down, / that turns her silence to a lick . . . ." -
71 Psaltery & Lyre: Kayla Haas, “An Elegy for the Phoebe Caulfield of the South”
Posted on August 8, 2013 | 2 Comments"Bring back fireflies in mason jars, / bring your bell curls as blonde / as blonde could be." -
70 Psaltery & Lyre: Becky Sirrine, “The Martinet”
Posted on August 1, 2013 | 1 Comment"Colors are brighter, and the days / are far too short. / People look at me / As if there's something different in my face. . . ." -
69 Psaltery & Lyre: Theric Jepson, “Amtrak to SAC”
Posted on July 27, 2013 | No Comments"The next pier is blackened by once living flames. / Then a rusted mount of steampunk in the brackish waters. / So many broken teeth reaching from the brackish shallows. . . ." -
68 Psaltery & Lyre: M. Brett Gaffney, “Salt Girl”
Posted on July 21, 2013 | 3 Comments"Wind / scattered my crystals / to the lands beyond our city. . . ." -
Book Review: Salt
Posted on July 11, 2013 | 5 Comments"Each poem in this collection is a little jack-in-the-box, tightly coiled and waiting to spring." -
67 Psaltery & Lyre: Theric Jepson, “God”
Posted on July 7, 2013 | No Comments"God / was here this morning while I was out . . . " -
63 Psaltery & Lyre: Annaliese Wagner, “There are Volcanoes in Iceland”
Posted on June 6, 2013 | No Comments"They must look like chalices toasted / by tectonic plates, their lava must taste like red wine. / They bubble like witches' caldrons, stirring up trouble . . ." -
62 Psaltery & Lyre: Theric Jepson, “Rifflection: ‘To His Mistress Going to Bed’ by John Donne”
Posted on May 30, 2013 | 1 Comment"My favorite part is when you take political control and License / my roving hands, and let them go / Behind, before, above, between, below, / Turning you from queen to America, my new found land . . ." -
61 Psaltery & Lyre: Kay Porter, “Mother Mold”
Posted on May 23, 2013 | 4 Comments"Palm to palm, / hands clasped in front of unbeating hearts, / they look over their congregation / never quite meeting the eyes / of the men that long for them but settle / for the farmer's daughter . . ." -
60 Psaltery & Lyre: Jeremy Windham, “Goliath in Love”
Posted on May 16, 2013 | No Comments"Summer has never gifted me with love, / the sparkling spell of July's golden hand / does not know my shoulders. . . ." -
59 Psaltery & Lyre: James A. Clark, “Elegy for a Stranger”
Posted on May 9, 2013 | 1 Comment"God, what a shame / to die so young. Soon after, the rain came. / Fat, angry drops began to pelt and sting / my skin." -
“Motherhood” in six short words
Posted on May 6, 2013 | 15 CommentsA few months ago, I was lucky enough to spend three blissful days reading, writing, walking, jogging, eating, and mostly gabbing for hours with four amazing women. (Before this weekend, I had never met these women in real life-only virtually–which kinda makes it one of […] -
58 Psaltery & Lyre: Annaliese Wagner, “The Pathway to the Sun”
Posted on May 2, 2013 | No Comments"I am running away / from my new home, / past the blue green / chlorine pool where / the big kids play. Away / from the rat faced girl / who made fun of my accent . . ." -
57 Psaltery & Lyre: Elizabeth Pinborough, “The Egret and the Faun”
Posted on April 25, 2013 | No Comments"Her dress is white, scored with black squares. / There is matter in the pattern. / The pattern matters-" -
56 Psaltery & Lyre: Jeremy Windham, “Boy Raised Gorgon”
Posted on April 18, 2013 | 1 Comment"But if our strengths are measured / with a gaze, observe the statues / our beholders will become, / wide-eyed and petrified . . ." -
55 Psaltery & Lyre: Dayna Patterson, “When She Prayed”
Posted on April 16, 2013 | 5 Comments"I heard the angels' joyous song / An ancient temple's brassy gong / Bagpipes, trombones sang along / When she prayed" -
54 Psaltery & Lyre: James A. Clark, “Succession”
Posted on April 11, 2013 | No Comments"I used to stand with him / among the budding clover. / I was King of the Park / and the young prince / rode my shoulders." -
Book Review: Her Side of It
Posted on April 7, 2013 | No CommentsIn honor of national poetry month (hooray for April!), we will be featuring a poetry book review once a week. This week's pick: Her Side of It, by Marilyn Bushman-Carlton. -
53 Psaltery & Lyre: Annaliese Wagner, “Arizona Is Built On Geometry”
Posted on April 4, 2013 | 1 Comment"The rectangles and squares of adobe houses / bake under blazing heat. The perpendicular / lines of crucifixes are etched with names / lost and ignored . . ." -
Parenthood Juggle: Depression and Poetry
Posted on April 1, 2013 | 25 Comments"I started writing poetry before I had kids and was struggling with infertility. [ . . . ] Poetry became increasingly important as I grappled with the strong emotions of being a mother. Writing poetry helped me navigate days when, within minutes, my feelings would swing between euphoric and frighteningly negative." -
52 Psaltery & Lyre: Dayna Patterson, “There is a certain comfort”
Posted on March 28, 2013 | 5 Comments"There is a certain peace / to feel your feet planted / in the place where they will stop / the hop skip jump of life . . . " -
51 Psaltery & Lyre: Murray Alfredson, Two Poems
Posted on March 21, 2013 | No Comments"She stood short of the ford, / dainty footed, silken kimono / splashed red against the mud and autumn dun." -
50 Psaltery & Lyre: Ed Snow, “On Hearing ‘God Willing’ by the Dropkick Murphys for the First Time”
Posted on March 14, 2013 | No Comments"Twelve Irishmen scream / from gastrointestinal pain, / thrash splintered guitars, / race headlong down dark stairs . . ." -
49 Psaltery & Lyre: Michael Hicks, “The Laying On of Hands”
Posted on March 7, 2013 | 5 Comments"Tonight, in this chair / you bow your head / as if being crowned, / the tiara of my fingers / settling on your hair." -
48 Psaltery & Lyre: Murray Alfredson, “The pivot”
Posted on February 28, 2013 | 2 Comments"And would I not feel diminished / a little, were that plant to die? ~ / just as I sense concern to see / the leaves on three or four twig-clusters / lately turned from green to dun? / I am already lessened." -
47 Psaltery & Lyre: Murray Alfredson, “Skull-locked”
Posted on February 21, 2013 | 1 Comment"o quiet indweller / can we ever / know if you / be more / than skull-locked?" -
46 Psaltery & Lyre: Elizabeth Pinborough, “Ciggy”
Posted on February 14, 2013 | 1 Comment"Smoldering and cold, my little cigarette, / empty and old, my little smoke stick." -
45 Psaltery & Lyre: Poet Laureate Highlight
Posted on February 7, 2013 | 2 CommentsDo you know who the current Poet Laureate of Utah is? Watch this video! -
44 Psaltery & Lyre: Alex Wiggins, “Clumps”
Posted on January 31, 2013 | 1 Comment"Cloudy, he recalls / his late night study of it, in the liquid / too liquid there were little jelly clumps / like the half-dried hair gel that clung to the / lid back before his hair graduated / with honors." -
43 Psaltery & Lyre: Michael Hicks, “Skin Dive”
Posted on January 24, 2013 | 1 Comment"We are not furred like dogs / or feathered like ducks, no / rows of scales clog our touch / like tree bark . . . " -
42 Psaltery & Lyre: Murray Alfredson, “Prince of Peace”
Posted on January 20, 2013 | No Comments"Plucked and torn / and capped in thorn / that sprig was hung / from cross bar slung / with ache of nails." -
41 Psaltery & Lyre: Angela Felsted, “Sons”
Posted on January 17, 2013 | 3 Comments"I believe / you put the compass in me, / you are the needle / that directs us on the / path to godhood; . . . " -
40 Psaltery & Lyre: Angela Felsted, “From Zina to Henry”
Posted on January 13, 2013 | 8 Comments"Miles away my lips / taste the prophet's skin / moist with salt . . . " -
39 Psaltery & Lyre: Michael Hicks, “To a Black Velvet Jesus”
Posted on January 10, 2013 | 5 Comments"At the flea market today I called You Lord of the Fleas / and my lover laughed . . . " -
38 Psaltery & Lyre: Angela Felsted, “Helen Mar Kimball to Joseph Smith”
Posted on January 3, 2013 | 3 Comments"If I were permitted selfishness, I'd ask God to / catch a ram inside a thicket, send an angel down / to smite the chains that bind my will." -
37 Psaltery & Lyre: Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, “There Will Be Poetry,” translated by Charles Patterson
Posted on December 30, 2012 | No Comments"the sun dresses the tattered clouds / in fire and gold . . ."