JESUS the IMAGINATION

c o n t e n t s

a wedding by Abigail Edmons vi
the being of marriage by Michael Martin 1
meeting of king solomon and the queen of sheba by Jonathan Pageau 3
the song of songs 3
in similitudinem by Devan Meade DeCicco 5
the persistence of nuptial union: desire, joy, & spiritualization in eternity by Fr. Jonathan Tobias 7
three poems by Katie Hartsock 13
intermezzo by Kevin L. Hughes 15
momentous by Ruth Asch 16
she by Darcy Blahut 17 
alchemical marriage: the bridal night of the soul by Therese Schroeder-Sheker 18 
adam’s rib by Amy Nemecek 27
to my wife on our anniversary by Samuel Guzman 28
married be the spring to winter by Tyler DeLong 29 
half-glimpsed outlines of something just beyond expression: An Interview with Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus
with Michael K. Kivinen 31

introduction by Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright 38

two poems by Daniel Polikoff 39
a wonderful parable of marriage by Anne Catherine Emmerich 42
one heart after another by Philip Martin 47
two poems by Rick Yoder 49
sestet: on the nature of love by Denise Sobilo 50
marriage as transfiguration and enchantment by Darrell Lackey 53
the vision of isis from Apuleius, The Golden Ass 56
zeus gives birth to dionysus by James Matthew Wilson 60 
three poems by Tomás Eyster 61
wedding procession by Timothy Matthew Collins 64 
sermon for a wedding on the feast of the holy innocents by Pater Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist. 65
poem read at the marriage of andré salmon by Guillaume Apollinaire 68
duet with brother francis by Valentin Tomberg 70 
grail and anti-grail quests by Michael Sauter 73 
two poems by David Craig 79
two poems by Michael Angel Martin 81

a terrible thing i said to my wife in a dream by Isak Bond 83
night watch by Randall Scott 84
the fire of love by Marguerite Porete 85
eurydice by Coventry Patmore 86
the crossing by Laurie Clark 88
contributors 89
book announcements 93