More than 350 Catholic poems with a new poem published each Wednesday.
For years I’ve had
a two-way ticket
back and forth to you.
I tire,
mostly of myself.
In a dream an angel
named Joseph tells me,
“Throw away the ticket
and pray ‘Tattoo me,
Lord, as your own.’”
I travel no more.
Thomas Lequin is a Catholic priest who lives in Maine. He is also a farmer, hunter, fisherman, Maine Master Guide and writer. Some of his stories and poems have appeared in Chiron Review, Plough, The Anglican Theological Review, Presenceand other journals and anthologies.
Since 2019, the Catholic Poetry Room (www.CatholicPoetry.org) has shared a new poem with readers each week. Poems range in style from formal to free verse to ekphrastics, with an honest expression of each author’s spiritual journey. Many Catholic Poetry Room adult readers are new to poetry and find the poems both accessible and enjoyable. The Catholic Poetry Room is also used by Catholic School teachers, who find the poems an excellent way to begin the day with their students, to pray, or use Catholic Poetry Room verse in their academic classes.