Volume 12, Issue 7
Autumn 2005
Autumn 2005
Table of Contents
From Editor Cherie Staples
Thoughts of a Seeker - A New Look
Skyearth Letters: My Brother Phil
Short Stories
Twin Beds - by Harry Buschman
A Rose by Any Other Name - by Tom Sheehan
Poetry
Chapbook Column: Vista - by Richard Denner
Evil in Society and Other Poems - Sharran WindWalker
Reduced Speed Ahead and Other Poems - by Raud Kennedy
Negative Theology and Other Poems - by Duane Locke
Atonement and Other Poems - by Joneve McCormick
Ecology, Work, and Politics
Get on Board and Other Personal Essays - by Frank Anthony
Never Good Enough - by Peter Sawtell, Eco-Justice Ministries
Renewal, High Energy, and Culture Change - by Tom Heuerman
Ending Government Regulation by Manufacturing Doubt - by Peter Montague (from Rachel's Environment & Health News)
Personal Growth
Developing Compassion and Kindness - by Susan Kramer
Avant Soul: The Universe Shall Be Your Altar - by Darius Gottlieb (a reprise from the archives)
Belief: Step One to Knowing Who You Are - by Matthew David Ward
A Recurring Question - by Julie Bolt
"We are going to Hell" Sorts of Things - by Karim Dempsey
Outside the Box
Real Ghosts, Ghost Hunting, and Quantum Physics - by Robbin Renee Bridges
Seeker's Link of the Month:
Sojourners, Editor Jim Wallis is the author of God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It.
Seeker Mission Statement - What is Seeker?
Submission Guide
Index of Previous Issues
Index of Contributors (updated through Autumn 2005)
(A-J)
(K-Z)
Seeker Staff
Vista
by Richard Denner
Does love hurt?
—Yes, it hurts
.
Half cloud
half wave
Half sand
half moon
If I don't suffocate,
I'll drown
.
Sometimes a little
sometime much
sometimes nothing
.
What is to love, what
does it mean?
If I say "I love you,"
need this be true?
What kind of mistake
is there room for here?
.
Baffled,
I try to walk
backwards,
see backwards
The leaves lighten
and grow
visible
Light
filters down
.
Feeling is a path,
and when the path splits,
you must sit
and be quiet
until the ground
trembles
.
To say "I love"
is not the same
as what I feel
The sense is not
the sentence,
but the words
are enough
.
Would you be
the one, the only
one near?
Were you here
I would fill you
with my words
.
I don't mean to wheedle,
flatter or maneuver
You are in my poem, your
presence, strong and real
From his chapbook "Vista"; copyright 2005 by Richard Denner - No reproduction without express permission from the author.
Letter to the Author: Richard Denner at rychard@sonic.net
You're invited to Richard's website: dpress
Letter to the Editor: Cherie Staples SkyEarth1@aol.com