Between
This is a poem about transitions in life. It may speak to you if you are facing transition, whether due to age, loss, or radical change in circumstance.
There is a space between chapters,
a crack in the spine,
an empty space
where two pages meet
and disappear
into a hidden abyss
where things are sewn invisibly together.
A Single Thread
This Blog is meant for occasional professional writings and events, but sometimes the boundaries between personal and public slip away and I feel compelled to write to you about the death of Steve DeGruchy, son of my dear friends John and Isobel DeGruchy. Steve was swept away in a river accident in South Africa and [...]
Body from Body
These words showed up as I went through long-forgotten pictures from our younger years. A fine Ash Wednesday homily brought them to rest. I thought I’d share them with you.
This body from body
erupting
in water and blood,
[...]
Lie, lay, lain, laid, lied
Beset for years by the popular destruction of English grammar (”lie and lay” being the bete noire) and dumbfounded by the sorry saga of John Edwards’ scandalous behavior, I wrote this little poem that speaks from my quirky wordplay side. I am not sure which is less susceptible to improvement — our grammar or our [...]
keep looking »About William J. Everett
In my teaching career I authored eight books and numerous articles in social ethics and religion. After over thirty years of academic work — in Germany, India, and South Africa as well as in the United States — I wanted to turn my hand to a poetically written novel to probe the issues of ecological and human reconciliation.
When I am not writing, I create furniture for worship settings. For more about my work, go to www.WisdomsTable.net, where you will also find galleries of artwork by my wife Sylvia, whose ancestors were the original inspiration for Red Clay, Blood River. Click to read my complete bio...
About Red Clay Blood River
Red Clay, Blood River
is a story told by Earth about two brothers from Germany and an enslaved
South African woman whose lives bind together America’s “Trail of
Tears” and South Africa’s simultaneous “Great Trek” of 1838.
Memories of their journeys through oppression, estrangement and reconciliation
reverberate in the lives of three contemporary students brought together
by their interests in ecology. Through their often difficult friendship
and a surprising discovery they begin to unravel the mystery of their
estrangements, struggles, and deep connections to each other and to
the earth.
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