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Resurrection
April 10, 2018One gunmetal day, late fall,
a fat shabby robin tired
of flying in her natural world,
desired to swoop across our couch,
The Ordeal of Lowry Nelson and the Mis-spoken Word
April 10, 2018
Our Fecundity
April 10, 2018What have we done?
This wrinkled child
did not ask for entry;
it answered our call
B.H. Roberts’s Studies of the Book of Mormon
April 10, 2018
Remembering B. H. Roberts
April 10, 2018In my early years, I had occasional personal contact with B. H. Roberts. He was a friend of both of my grandfathers, and one of his daughters was married to my mother’s brother, with whose…

For My Father, 1934-1990
April 10, 2018Have you noticed, then, that sound moves
differently in fall—such falling
of leaves, a fall
from warmth and

Mama and Daddy Standin’ By
April 10, 2018Best thing that ever happened
In church was when Martha
Got Nancy to sing “Summertime”
On Mother’s Day—