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Godsonย 

Steven Knepper

I doubt youโ€™ll be a simple kind of manbut listen to the song.ย  Itโ€™s a good plan. Cuss rarely and for maximum effect.Attention doesnโ€™t mean youโ€™ve won respect. In...

Joy in the Lord

Steven Knepper

Itโ€™s Sarahโ€™s old-bone incredulity wrecked by the coos of borne-out prophecy. Itโ€™s Jacob learning that his sonโ€™s not dead, the brothers scrubbed of blood they long thought shed. Itโ€™s...

Ash Wednesday

Steven Knepper

The clouds are fused with amber fire As vultures climb a dirgy gyre, Babel building with each bird, Glutted on the primal Word. Later one lights on my head,...

October Twilight

Steven Knepper

The sky pools red this Hallowtide.We enter, ease into a pew,And whisper prayers for those who died,For relatives she never knew. Theyโ€™re my lost souls. She wears all blackFor...