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Looking for the Light

Poetry and prose from a person wanting to live the ordinary days noticing the wonder in it all.

Newsletter · By Jessica Hanke · Official site

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Sep 9, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 9, 2026

    September Poems (opens the original)

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    Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedThen the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being ~ Genesis 2:7 Can a prayer be a sigh not a wail or a sob or even a strong sentence through soft shiny lips what if day to day tiredness has left arms limp, lips dry hands that barely manage to turn, palms up a begging woman's silent cup an offering of surrender, fill me up fill me up

  2. Issue · Jul 26, 2026

    Summer Snippets (opens the original)

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