Once Upon A Time
Once Upon a Time there was a woman. and she lived. Prince Charming never thundered on his mighty steed from a castle over the hill to...
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Oct 17, 20191 min read
A Marriage in Beds
I. Single The futon’s fabric was bare; the stuffing was shot through with collapse from our sitting lap-stacked in the center. One...
Oct 17, 20191 min read
House Church
If we still had house churches today, I’m sure they would be adorned with family size bags of Cheetos, air pods, satellite dish...
Oct 17, 20191 min read
God's Language
After dinner, the adults chat. I don’t know what they discuss. Their children make demands of me— Bring seven shells down from the...
Oct 17, 20191 min read
The Voice of the Dove
I’ve loved the mourning dove since I was a child— The soft, suffusing sound that always calmed Me then as it does now and must calm,...
Oct 17, 20191 min read
May It Not Come Undone
Thick rainbow chard and yellow corn; We run past the market tents To where the light hangs over the river In eternal September....
Oct 16, 20191 min read
A Rainy Day at Newman's Grounds
The raindrops dribble down the shopfront panes while back behind the counter the barista drips her own creation in handled earthenware...
Oct 16, 20191 min read
The Night Shift
every night we become master burpers, sooth sayers, rockers; our prayers go straight up every night we lose our breath, our pace ...
Oct 16, 20191 min read
Light in the Dark Night
(A Clogyrnach) Ripples whisper through fields of grass At nightfall when no footsteps pass Over this bare hill Where I linger still—...
Oct 16, 20191 min read
The Healer
Four-year-old David who has Downs snuggles into three-year-old Tommy’s chest like a Maine coon cat. He pets Tommy’s head flubs his...
Oct 15, 20191 min read
Psalm One
Half-uncial script letters almost as tall as my thumb the same thumb that drew a Cross with Holy Water on an infant’s forehead this...
Oct 15, 20191 min read
The Gloaming
There’s a time of day, just before night becomes, in which I feel powerful. I could take on the entire world, during this brief ...
Oct 11, 20184 min read
Ancient Paths 2018 Pushcart Prize Nominees!
Every year, hundreds of presses nominate poems, short stories, and novel excerpts for the Pushcart Prize. Pushcart Press has been judging...
Jul 10, 20184 min read
The Poetry of Nicholas Samaras
Nicholas Samaras was born in England and has lived on the island of Patamos, in Wales, Switzerland, Austria, Yugoslavia, Jerusalem, and...
Jul 6, 20181 min read
After the Marvelous Healing
This poem previously appeared in Issue 7 (Fall 2001) of Ancient Paths. After the Marvelous Healing by Walt McDonald Luke 5:25 His fists...
Jun 25, 20181 min read
Sister
This poem was the third-place winner in Ancient Paths literary magazine’s “Poems for Books” Contest. Sister by Marion Rosser I want to...
Jun 18, 20182 min read
Beautiful Beloved
This poem was the first-place winner in Ancient Paths literary magazine’s “Poem for Books Contest.” Beautiful Beloved by Linda Lee...
Jun 15, 20181 min read
The Last Breakfast
This poem was first published in Issue 15 (2009) of Ancient Paths literary magazine. The Last Breakfast by Anne Sheldon The black spine...
Jun 5, 20181 min read
Blessings
This poem was first published in Issue 14 (2007) of Ancient Paths literary magazine. Blessings by Taylor Graham Last night the horses...
May 2, 20181 min read
A Guide for the Perplexed
This poem was first published in Issue 14 (2007) of Ancient Paths literary magazine and is now part of the archives. A Guide for the...
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