ash wednesday, early
poetry Alyssa Stadtlander poetry Alyssa Stadtlander

ash wednesday, early

a poem for Ash Wednesday, which occurred this last week, and marks the beginning of Lent, the forty days of fasting before the celebration of Easter, in which we remember, mourn, consider, draw in, and draw near

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i am/you are
poetry Alyssa Stadtlander poetry Alyssa Stadtlander

i am/you are

I am a child of the maker. 

I am an artist, like my maker is. 

I am the home of the Spirit, the mystery that lives inside of me that I wish I could figure out. 

I am a daughter of a brave woman and a driven

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