May 10, 2018 / Creative Writing
Rita Willet tells the story of Guy and his unconventional journey to baptism.
Rita Willett
May 10, 2018 / Creative Writing
May 10, 2018 / Creative Writing
Creative Writing
The Creative Writing section engages various themes related to faith, spirituality, and human interactions through poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and memoir.
Rita Willett
May 7, 2018 / Creative Writing
May 7, 2018 / Creative Writing
Rita Willett remembers the old Saint Louis City Hospital and realizes that some things really haven’t changed.
Judith H. Montgomery
March 2, 2018 / Creative Writing
March 2, 2018 / Creative Writing
Poet Judith Montgomery offers a meditation on the painful repetition of caring for an ill spouse.
Michael Dean Clark
February 27, 2018 / Creative Writing
February 27, 2018 / Creative Writing
Michael Dean Clark explores the mistakes we make and opportunities we miss when we save our eulogies for the memorial service.
David Southward
February 22, 2018 / Creative Writing
February 22, 2018 / Creative Writing
In this sonnet, David Southward offers a modern take on exorcism.
Sarah Neff
December 22, 2017 / Creative Writing
December 22, 2017 / Creative Writing
In this poem, Sarah Neff imagines Mary consoling Eve.
Jeanne Murray Walker
October 13, 2017 / Creative Writing
October 13, 2017 / Creative Writing
Jeanne Murray Walker’s poem regrets how political decisions negatively affect the environment.
Daniel Tobin
September 21, 2017 / Creative Writing
September 21, 2017 / Creative Writing
Daniel Tobin places the vicissitudes of life against the backdrop of the steady flight of an Irish kestrel.
Maryann Corbett
August 10, 2017 / Creative Writing
August 10, 2017 / Creative Writing
Poet Maryann Corbett reminds us of the “cost and pain” of beauty.