You know that thing called New Year’s Resolutions? I normally don’t
make them, and I don’t see that changing any time soon. However, back in December
I had an idea for something like a resolution. I’d written a few poems based
closely on scripture over the years,* and I always really enjoy those poems when
I’m done with them. I have scripture references or quotes in most of my poems,
so I’m not talking about that, exactly. I’m talking about something rooted a
bit more deeply in the text over the course of the whole poem, as in my Isaiah 65 poem.