by Kelly

“God moment,” Mom says.

“Haiku moment,” I believe.

Really, we’re both right.

by Alison

he’s Jewish I’m not

and neither is our daughter -

it’s complicated

singing high school girls

ringing bells for Salvation —

I pitch in a buck

Photo from LIFE.

by Alison

whether or not

there is a god -

heavenly skies

by Kelly

So many people

to keep in my prayers — the end

of the year draws near

by Alison

Have I been hurtful

in any way this past year?

Yom Kippur’s question

by Kelly

interfaith marriage

on CNN because of

Chelsea Clinton’s beau

What do these pundits

know of me and my husband?

I stab the remote.

Outside it’s humid

83 at 8:30

no forecast of rain

I sigh into the

stickiness, breathe it in

till I acclimate.

Then, turning around,

I open my front door to

the cool air of home.

by Alison

i wasn’t looking

for god but I found her in

the hum of the marsh

by Kelly

Easter comes and goes

and my spring break skin still peels —

I too am reborn

by Kelly

Mormons at the door

faith knocks and I feel guilty

turning it away