poem Archives - The Allender Center

Processing Trauma Through Poiesis

by The Allender Center

We are excited to have Sue Cunningham, who is acclaimed by Dan Allender as the officially-unofficial Poet Laureate of the Allender Center, back with us....

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New Normal?

by Becky Allender

An unexpected shift At first so shocking, So unsettling, So off-center. Fear began without understanding. A kidney donation surgery canceled. Fury and outrage, “Why?”...

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Holy Ground

by Becky Allender

Holy ground, where are you now? The place Jesus stood before the High Priest… Do you still remember? Where are you, dirt, which the...

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Mary Christmas

by Jill Dyer

I imagine her Girl with dust-smudged cheeks. Robe wrapped tight around swollen belly, Fringed dirty. Windblown. Grit in teeth. Inner thighs burning and chapped. Donkey...

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