Lawrence Dugan

Nov 30, 2023 | nationalreview.com | Lawrence Dugan

Nov 29, 2023 | commonwealmagazine.org | Lawrence Dugan |Matt McManus |Marcia Chatelain |Brad East

Ilium would have been found had she searched for it,Its buried towers uncovered and exposed,Swept of debris, stripped of its prideForever. The dust would have risen in clouds over the windy plainAs she uncovered it, directing the laborersAs they bent in the unmitigated Aegean heat,To work carefully, as slowly as they ever had,To search with their hands, not tools,To brush the stones with their palms,To softly wipe away what covered the past.

Jul 19, 2023 | commonwealmagazine.org | Lawrence Dugan |Matt McManus |Gary Dorrien |Megan Buskey

“Tunc Jesus ductus est in desertum a Spiritu, uttentaretur a Diabolo.”  Matthew, 4:1                Most of the great painters never saw Palestine,Nor any desert, and even Sicily in JulyWas full of life; but the voice of a desert birdWas a cry in the wilderness, to the wilderness,Striking the rocks and cliffs,Which, hearing nothing, send it back to the sky.

Jun 22, 2023 | nationalreview.com | Lawrence Dugan

Each barstool is paradox empty . . .

Feb 2, 2023 | nationalreview.com | Lawrence Dugan

Standing for a mystery, vigilant and strong . . .