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Bad Catechumen

Sam Downey-Higgins

The Bad Catechumen writes poems when he should be at church.

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The Great Noticing

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This is plenty. This is more than enough.
Geoffrey Hill, 'September Song'

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6 days ago
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Lament of the Millennial Millenarian

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I wonder what their bodies know
lost between the kingdom and the abyss
Patrick Friesen, 'Lost Boys'

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12 days ago
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Moon Traffic

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Too much said idly to the thief 
while moonlight burned the leaves
invisible at my window, 
now the objects held...
15 days ago
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Heat Wave

After a conversation with during a heatwave, June 2026.


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An hallucinated spell, out of some adept 
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March Labour

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So, the sun will give you signs of what late evening brings,
and from where a fair-weather wind blows the clouds,
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