More than 350 Catholic poems with a new poem published each Wednesday.
A dove cooed
The bells chimed
Police sounded sirens
Two creatures there, though,
Made no sound
One bat in flitting orbit
One monk quite, quite still
Each intently occupied
Pursuing his respective goal
One at seeking supper
The other seeking God
One evening in Rome
Father Gerard Garrigan, OSB, is a Benedictine monk of Saint Louis Abbey.
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.