Rising Wind

Posted by Jeffrey Essmann | Jun 1, 2022 | General, In the Spotlight, Poetry |

This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by Stephen Pohl.

Rising Wind

Rising wind
Falling fire
Life abiding
Soul’s desire

Word speaking
Babel cure
Earth renewing
Spirit pure

Claim us
Cleanse us
Make us
Yours

Stephen Pohl writes from Baltimore. His articles, essays, poetry, short stories and photographs have appeared in regional and national print publications, including the National Catholic Reporter, U.S. Catholic, and other print and online venues.

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Jeffrey Essmann

To submit poetry to be considered for the Catholic Poetry Room, visit our submission guidelines page. Jeffrey Essmann is Poetry Editor for IntegratedCatholicLife.org and always searching for the best Catholic poetry from today's poets as well as those of the past. Jeffrey is an essayist and poet living in New York. His work has appeared in numerous magazines and literary journals, among them America Magazine, Dappled Things, the St. Austin Review, Pensive, Agape Review, Edge of Faith, Grand Little Things, and The Road Not Taken. He is a Benedictine oblate of Mt. Saviour Monastery and a certified Catechist in the Archdiocese of New York.