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11Jan 2023

Sign of Contradiction

by Mike Bonikowsky ⋅ 3 Comments
image description: A person is silhouetted in front of a vast night sky filled with constellations of stars.

As we welcome the new year, we’re pleased to share this poem by Mike Bonikowsky. … Read More →

25Nov 2020

Advent

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An advent wreath sits on a table. The candles are unlit and it is in shadow. In the background is a nativity scene.

In the group home they are waiting… … Read More →

20May 2020

A poem – Beloved

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The sun rises over a city filled with skyscrapers, shining long beams of light onto various buildings.

In every season, in every storm
In moments of questions
In moments of fear
In moments when everything seems so unclear
Be still and know that you are loved … Read More →

12May 2020

A poem – Sensory Processing Disorder

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Emma smiles at the camera, wearing red glasses and a dark red tshirt.

There is a subtle panic

in her eyes: she is trying to read me,
trying to understand what it is I could want

from her, but she picks up nothing at all
from my best encouraging face. … Read More →

15Jun 2017

Keeping Silence (Mike Walker)

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My silence can be holy, if I feel
The presence, and the touch, of those who care.
A gentle hand, or word, makes joy more real,
And griefs gain substance in a loving prayer. … Read More →

04May 2017

Medication Administration (Mike Bonikowsky)

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Cormorant Lord Poetry

I have seen that shape before

And now I find it troubles me.

Those hands held in just that way.

But I can’t place the memory. … Read More →

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