that’s all (matthew 14)
Alyssa Stadtlander Alyssa Stadtlander

that’s all (matthew 14)

you know what?

it’s a miracle, the perennial daring

of the bud to step into the sun in late February, after

a long sleep of subconsciously hoping

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unforced rhythms of grace
stories Alyssa Stadtlander stories Alyssa Stadtlander

unforced rhythms of grace

The sun was setting as I waited in my car in the parking lot of my friend’s apartment complex, jotting down some ideas for a poem in my journal. I looked up as two boys, probably about ten years old, came racing down to the dumpsters, laughing, hauling their massive bags of trash above their heads and hurling them into

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