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A woman who is a neighbour of one of my colleagues home schools her three kids. She does a great job—except for one thing: She won’t let them read novels. At worst, they might be trashy; at best, [...]

1 What is Crucial   To be dignified when facing death is mainly a matter of pride. What matters most is to trust the One who was crucified.     2 What is Certain   When I face [...]

Finally, one arrives at the place of the skull because there is nowhere else to go. And there before the face of bone one pauses in despair.   The culmination of all evil is displayed before [...]

When it dived, the dabchick, I ran towards the swamp, wanting to get closer to see better before the bird surfaced and saw me— I sprinted towards the swamp, my eyes on the black hole in the [...]

  Pain   Yesterday, when I woke early with that pain and got up and got no relief, I thought of death, my death. This is it, I thought.   And I felt grief for my family and [...]

Five Islands Press has published a new collection of poetry by Andrew Lansdown. Titled Fontanelle, the book is Andrew’s first major collection in ten years. His last collection, Between Glances, [...]