Short St Thomas Poems

Left just one chance
  to gild the night

One kiss,
… before you leave

        8th Grade Poetry Contest
St Thomas Of Villanova Grade School
                May, 1962...

Read More

Left just one chance
  to gild the night

One kiss
  —before you leave

        8th Grade Poetry Contest
St Thomas Of Villanova Grade School
                May, 1962...

Read More

One brisk Saturday morn,
I left the house with glee

To find myself within the woods,
in perfect harmony


(Rosemont Pennsylvania: May, 1959)
Miss Annette’s 5th Grade Class
St Thomas Of Villanova Grade School...

Read More

Closeted belief…
 atheist's disguise

Slings and arrows,
 boomerang's surprise

Empty of graces,
desperate to fill

Shot through the heart
—their spirits to kill

(Noon Mass: St. Thomas of Villanova Chapel, February, 2020)...

Read More

Rise To the Occassion

We finally found  another Priest;
For him decided to have a feast;
Occasion rose,
We suppose;
Had made sure we added yeast.

Jim Horn

Our new Priest for St. Thomas
Episcopal in Shallotte, NC is 
from Long Island....

Read More

If God and Heaven don’t exist,
  their facade is fine with me

The simulation of a thought so pure,
will satisfy my needs

So take your theories and quantum math
painted corners left to dwell

I choose the beauty of a life divine
disproven—not dispelled 

(St. Thomas of Villanova Chapel: June, 2019)...

Read More

Deep
                        turquoise
                       clear water
                       tropical isle
waves on white sand beach and cocoanut trees
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~



 Theme  ~ Magen's Bay
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
Lin Lane ~ December 6th 2015
Language of Water Contest
Sponsor ~ Nette Onclaud...

Read More