Theotokion
Oh Mary, I suppose that God could have
Borne Himself to us in some other way:
Release His transcendence as glaciers calve
Their ice; float like a dust mote into day;
Just suddenly
Michial Farmer
Michial Farmer is the author of Imagination and Idealism in John Updike’s Fiction. His poems have appeared in St. Katherine Review, Ground Fresh Thursday, and Relief. He lives in Minneapolis.
Occupational Hazard
The lion’s share of cars up here
Are being consumed from below:
A bitter ring of rust appears
On the chassis, a reverse halo
Or muzzle that each winter grows
As road