First Things RSS Feed - Daniel Leonard https://www.firstthings.com/author/daniel-leonard en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:56:20 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/daniel-leonard 60 Minor https://www.firstthings.com/article/2014/11/minor https://www.firstthings.com/article/2014/11/minor Sat, 01 Nov 2014 00:00:00 -0400 Pillar of cloud
parting the cold:
first breath
post-birth.

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]]> Accidents https://www.firstthings.com/article/2012/04/accidents https://www.firstthings.com/article/2012/04/accidents Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 On the verge
of the unthinkable,
the iceberg turns unsinkable
to the hull. The buoying force
of water reverses pull
the precise moment
we’re short a few lifeboats
to get home in.
On contact, the accident
doesn’t change,
claims Thomas Aquinas;
it’s a shift in substance
as when sipped wine
becomes sanguine
against the lip,
what’s manifest
of the great mass
of which liquid
in the vessel
is just the tip.

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