Monday, 6:19 p.m.

Posted by Jeffrey Essmann | Apr 19, 2023 | General, Poetry, Spotlight |

This week’s poem in the Catholic Poetry Room is by Justin Lacour.

Monday, 6:19 p.m.

Evening mass:

Bread the color of broken bones

preparing me for the day

nothing will frighten me.

Justin Lacour is a poet living in New Orleans. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Presence: A Journal of Catholic Poetry, Amethyst Review, and The Windhover. He was a finalist in the Catholic Literary Arts 2022 Advent poetry contest.

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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.