Candle Lighting at Fátima by Joan Leotta The scratch of our match brings flame to the thin wick. Delicate wax drips on our fingers as we search for just the right spot to place the candle, lit for friends who are sick. Lightly burned by beeswax, our fingertips finally secure a place for our lightContinue reading “Candle Lighting at Fátima by Joan Leotta”
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Beyond the bend in the road by Fernando Pêssoa
Beyond the bend in the road by Fernando Pêssoa Beyond the bend in the road there may be a well, a castle. There may be simply more road. I neither know nor ask. As long as I’m on the road before the bend I simply look at the road before the bend, since I canContinue reading “Beyond the bend in the road by Fernando Pêssoa”
POETRY and PLACES 