by Jody Seymour | Apr 16, 2022 | News, The Written Word
Search for: NEWS “Death Hung in the Air” A Poem for Easter Death hung heavy inthe airwaiting like a bridefor her groomBut there would be nobringing togetherthis day No, this would be aday of separation-a divine unbinding-A wedge was nowdriven betweenwas...
by Jody Seymour | Apr 15, 2022 | Local, News, The Written Word
Search for: NEWS “Silence in the Clouds” A Poem for Good Friday Some thought it thunderfrom heavy dark cloudsBut broken hearts belowheard only silencefrom a heaven thatseemed so empty His broken self hangingso alone with griefcould only cry out asolitary...
by Jody Seymour | Apr 14, 2022 | Local, News, The Written Word
Search for: NEWS “Now What?” A Poem For Holy Thursday Peter’s thoughts as Jesus tries to wash his feetJohn 13: 1-17 Wanting me to be a rock-what is this pebble-likegesture of humility?Surprise is his naturebut this is too muchIf his desire was to be a...
by Jody Seymour | Dec 20, 2021 | Local, News, Top Middle Box, Voices of Davidson
Search for: NEWS The Missing Child of Christmas She had just turned two, and we were excited to observe Amanda’s first Christmas that she would be “aware” of what was happening. She was our second born and was just starting to express herself. It was Christmas Eve and...
by Jody Seymour | Dec 1, 2021 | News, Top Middle Box, Voices of Davidson
Search for: NEWS A Blue Christmas But Not a Bad One On a foggy morning at 2:00 a.m., I stepped off the train and ran into the open arms of my father who had left Mom and me months earlier to “prepare a way” for us to move from Biloxi Mississippi to the strange land of...
