Old Man finds Photo of Boy
It’s early evening, the chores are done, and the sun is setting on the 1960s.Young people in San Francisco are conspicuously hip —not one having heard o...
Author: stephen t berg
Wisdom and the Women who have Gone On Ahead
The following was kindled by the writings of Stephen Jenkinson and his book, Come of Age, and by women I have known: the quiet courage of my own mother, three a...
I’m a Skinned Christian
I’ve read the old Hebrew poets for years, and oh, the stuff they say: beautiful, odious, comforting, confounding, sometimes you just have to pick a clause...
When I Heard the Poet Read
A couple days ago I had the honour of reading with three poets, each one outside the insular advantage of my own culture. And as much as I consider myself enlig...