On Distant Shores

...not really, but I did read a fascinating book recently by a man whose surname is Reno. In fact, his name is Rusty Reno (savor the alliter...

I became married on December 20, 2008, to she who has now become Melissa Grace Butler. While contemplating this action in the moments when I...

I know, and why shouldn't it be? I have heard it said that the internet is the single-most democratizing invention in human his...

Pull Question: Hamlet Hayden Butler Mr. Llizo Pull Question: Hamlet Intention: to compose another poem attempting Shakespearean t...

Romans Pull Question: Free Verse Poem Amid the paths you would choose, Along a path that is no longer yours to decide, You might run across ...

Submitted for your loving critique: my "As You Like It" pull question Hayden Butler Mr. Llizo Pull Question: As You Like It...

While reading in the library today, I happened upon a copy of "Sacred History Magazine" that was on the table I was sitting at. As...

“In an age barren of magic, where is our poetry?” This quote begs the immediate question, when we have removed the magic from our socie...

Does it ever seem awkward when considering the place of life that we are currently at? Do you ever feel that you are in a limbo of sorts, th...

"These woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep. And miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep....

This is for her. The woman who, when she knows I am in the heat of fierce struggle, and feel that I can take no more steps, takes me to see ...

"There is a pain at the heart of the fallen world that creates a relentless difficulty...We are dying...The Spirit awakens in us a reso...

It is never a good idea to start a multi-front war, but what if you are attacked from multiple sides? Then what? For a long time I was able ...

...And in that moment the battered knight aboard that earthy ship saw that God had sent him a fiercer storm than any he had ever faced. It w...