It’s strange to say, but one of my “favorite” sequences in the Old Testament is the story of Absalom, David’s son. In 2 Samuel 11 David abuses his power and brings Bathsheba in to sleep with him (it’s not called …

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I’ve got another car-related poem today. Don’t worry; this isn’t based on personal experience, though I’ve had enough car crises in my life that I’m sure people wouldn’t be surprised. It was for the Poem A Day challenge back in …

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I don’t remember much about my course in the Classical World from my senior year of college (2004), but apparently it was a good class for writing poetry. Today’s poem was inspired by Greek tragedies and Biblical leaders; the surrounding …

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