By Marianne Brems Previously published in Stepping Stones in May 2024 From lakes to vapor to clouds to raindrops to earth and lakes, the everyday cycle of transferand renewal, a circular path, until it breaks. When a deluge of raindrops loosens soil,fells trees,spills mud, clogs drains,pools water,when a deficit of raindrops drains lushness,releases turgor,shrivels leaves, … Continue reading A Circular Path
Review of Unsung Offerings by Marianne Brems
Unsung Offerings By Marianne Brems Release Date: September 3, 2021 Review by Thomas Page Nature is an integral part of art. It has a vivacity that will remain despite all of the factors that seek to destroy it. We are all a part of Nature and it is a part of us. Marianne Brems’ Unsung … Continue reading Review of Unsung Offerings by Marianne Brems
Marianne Brems’ New Chapbook Out Now
Marianne Brems, who shared her work in our journal throughout 2019 and 2020, has a new chapbook Unsung Offerings that was published by Finishing Line Press in September 2021. Some of the poems in the chapbook include pieces published in this journal including “Seven Seconds” (October 30, 2019), “A Treelike Shape” (January 2019), and “Their … Continue reading Marianne Brems’ New Chapbook Out Now
Four Poems by Marianne Brems
Their Ritual Sparrows prance on slick rock where water bubbles down from a fountain. They primp and fluff and puff their dripping chests. They wet their heads and rub them clean with the undersides of wings. They peck and chase and squawk at each other, their energy focused like a spear as they jostle … Continue reading Four Poems by Marianne Brems
A Treelike Shape
By Marianne Brems The elderly Blue Oak near my front door stands intact with bark that hugs her girth photosynthesis coursing through her veins molding the air around her into a temple for her soul. Were she to crumble and collapse in a moment, atmosphere in the shape of a Blue Oak would … Continue reading A Treelike Shape
Banana Spots
By Marianne Brems The crackling green of early life becomes the yellow jacket of pride in perfect banana ripeness. But soon shy specs of brown rear their tiny heads, grow confident, mature into warrior spots puffing out their chests, charging into a softening yellow marsh, rejoicing in their twilight advance. Multiplying, Conquering, until finally … Continue reading Banana Spots
A Piano Falls
By Marianne Brems As I climb up a third flight of stairs, a piano falls from the sky. Invisible, silent. It lands slowly, deliberately burrowing into my quads. No path to climb out. Somewhere along the way a neuron shifts. A familiar handle sits just out of reach. A window seems harder to … Continue reading A Piano Falls
Trust
By Marianne Brems Within the quiet interstices in our conversations, small voiceless moments of trust in sheep’s clothing bring our humanity together like nickels to magnets. Trust that our message can sustain suspension. Trust that this suspension can enhance our message. Trust that we can stand tall in our tolerance for silence. Trust that … Continue reading Trust
Academy of the Heart And Mind 