Victoria Monet
A Poem of Praise on Psalm 1:1–3
Your goodness runs like a River through our bodies— Refreshing dry throats, Quenching parched bones, Nourishing us down to our toes....
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Victoria Monet
- Feb 14, 2021
- 1 min
Letters to My Son #2: You Were Made For My Left Hip
You were made for my left hip Legs hugged around my side Tethered to a safe place Like your shelter inside Bones shifted, Hips widened...
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Victoria Monet
- Feb 14, 2021
- 1 min
Letters to My Son #1: Find My Hand Upon Your Back
Love is in the morning When you wake up and smile at me Love is in the morning When you wake up early crying Love is going slow As we...
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Victoria Monet
- Jan 22, 2021
- 1 min
Un-Cursory
In November, I had the honor of having my poem "Un-Cursory" featured in the Ministry in an Angry Culture Hendricks Center Conference, and...
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Victoria Monet
- Jan 22, 2021
- 1 min
Why I Write #1
The first in a series of poems on "Why I Write."
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Victoria Monet
- Jul 30, 2020
- 1 min
A Holy Silence
This poem highlights themes of spirituality and silence.
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Victoria Monet
- Jul 4, 2020
- 1 min
Symbols
Symbols are just symbols? But symbols have meaning Symbols are not an end But they can be a meeting Place where we knock On the door to...
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Victoria Monet
- Feb 6, 2020
- 4 min
On Reading Poetry
“I don’t really get poetry.” “Poetry is hard to understand.” “Poetry doesn’t make sense to me.” “Why can’t they just say what they mean?”...
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Victoria Monet
- Jan 28, 2020
- 1 min
Hands
Hands conceal Hands reveal Hands murder Hands grapple with the soul His hands want to breathe free Exposed in the light of his lover, But...
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Victoria Monet
- Aug 14, 2019
- 1 min
Write Me A Poem
I’ll write you a poem And dig deep in To the depths of soul Find rhyme to reason Like light in a hole I crawl in caverns In blind...
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Victoria Monet
- Jul 29, 2019
- 1 min
Grace Incarnated
Grace is hot, honey-sweetened tea Running down my raw throat Coating the dry, sore spots. Grace is my body thrust Out of a cool, still...
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Victoria Monet
- Jul 29, 2019
- 1 min
On Rhythms & Routines
We cycle on rhythms That never repeat We find our hurry With us, begins We toss out the bottle We’re done with the breast Shed leaves in...
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Victoria Monet
- Jul 29, 2019
- 1 min
Home
Back to the womb The feeling of safe Away from the tomb And doom and gloom We just wanna go back To the place we first grew Where we...
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