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Matthew 10:42

Jennifer Reeser

St. Patron’s School depends on your supportTo clothe the Native children, care for, feed,And to provide affection of the sortWe understand all human beings need. Enclosed in these white...

In Rare Form

Jennifer Reeser

Devotionsby timothy murphynorth dakota state, 192 pages, $24.95 Not a knee is padded in Timothy Murphy’s new collection. This is no minor point, considering that knee remains for the length...

You’ve Raised a Missionary

Jennifer Reeser

At Louis Armstrong Airport, Jason takesMy black-clad arm as we approach the gatesWhere no Saint Peter stands as guard, and slakesMy cheerlessness. The Czech Republic waits.My son—the one departing—jokes,...

One Brother Suffers

Jennifer Reeser

(for my sons) One brother suffers, and another brother—and then a third—is standing by his side.This is the surest sign to any motherby which her sons can be identified....

Dynasties and Ducks

Jennifer Reeser

Devoid of intellect and over-rated, this topic breaks the barriers of sound— an insubstantial episode created to bring both left and right wings to the ground. While here, aspiring...

Triolet

Jennifer Reeser

Believing in the Eucharist, My faith affirmed within the Host, I welcome”with an upturned wrist, Believing in the Eucharist” These elements, to take amidst The Father, Son and Holy...

Despair

Jennifer Reeser

She’s not the special one you thought would need protection till the end. She feeds on quarrel when it’s fraught with rude clichés meant to offend. You have conceived...

For the Black Cat Encountering Consequences

Jennifer Reeser

As wild and callous as you are, by rights You should be banished outside to the ditch, To pay your pen-ance in disturbing nights, Expecting to be rescued by...

To a Lady Contemplating Mischief

Jennifer Reeser

Encompassed at all corners by such fine a cadre of companions, knights, and flags as could be wished by any modern mistress between her piles of trashy plastic bags,...