1 The Christmas Truce A Spiritual Narrative Poem about the Christmas Day and Eve ceasefire of 1914, during the height of World War I along the Western Front. I draw from the Book of Job and Machiavelli's "The Prince", for inspiration. I hope you all enjoy reading this.

The CO A poem about a prisoner's forgiveness and understanding of his captors.

1 A Prisoner's Poem A poem about a prisoner having a spiritual experience, which leads him to repent and be saved, while locked away in solitary confinement.

1 God in the City If the wind that whistles between the mighty skyscrapers of Chicago and hugs the avenues of the New York Islands could speak the will of heaven, as the forest wind that the shakes the limbs of oaks... If it could be understood in the same way by Men, this is what it would say.

1 The Jewish Cemetery at Pittsburgh A lamentation for the dead, specifically those who perished in the mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in October of 2018.

An Act of Faith A darker poem about Dominican clergyman Tomás de Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition.

The Midnight Tide A Poem about the Ocean at midnight; written on a beach.

Western Winds A Poem of Gratitude about the wind and appreciating the overlooked.

Reflections in Loxahatchee Park Whenever my life descends into times of struggle and decision, I walk to a certain cypress tree near my apartment and pray the rosary beneath it. This poem was written under that tree, during one of those times.

1 Letter to a Cloud Enough politics. Here is a poem about a cloud.