Category Archives: poetry

Another Christmas re-gift, 2022: Once Again to Nabokov

Posted on December 14, 2022 by pbn

  Phyllis Beveridge Nissila 2012…2022  This post first appeared back in 2012, and has been featured several times since, each time for a new reason [and a more fearful season]  in an old story of evil versus good, fear versus … Continue reading →

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Part 3: What Happened (And Happens) Next (after Ezekiel got the “tour” of the corruption and idolotry in the Temple walls and after we have completed our investigations today?)

Posted on July 21, 2022 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila After Ezekiel’s “tour” (conducted by God) of the hidden rooms and hideaways of corruption and idolotry in the walls of the Temple (see Part 1 ), he began to prophesy and to teach, explaining not only the … Continue reading →

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The Trouble with the World (a reflection on Job 12:7-10)

Posted on July 2, 2022 by pbn

The Trouble with the World The trouble with the world is A or Z Black or White Sharp or dull Us or them.   Meanwhile, In the shadows, Suspicion murmers with Suggestion, Subtlety and nuance Starve for air.   Mockingbirds … Continue reading →

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On Light and Darkness in Today’s War of Good versus Evil (with 2 Guest Features by Colin Markham)

Posted on May 16, 2022 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila Some friends of mine and I have been discussing why it is so important to keep the engine of creation humming in art, music, literature, crafts, the trades, and all other works of mankind that lighten the … Continue reading →

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At the Crux of Jesus’ Plan (Guest Features: Pastor Ron Meyers, Reba Rambo)

Posted on January 11, 2022 by pbn

At the crux sum and substance long and short central t’all Jesus Christ at the cross Him crucified for our redemption always His plan that we can come just as we are– that I can come just as I am … Continue reading →

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A Little Christmas Present of Encouragements for Christmas, Present

Posted on November 30, 2021 by pbn

Click on the title to open the e-chapbook. For the Workers Late in the Fields          Poems of Encouragement for Such a Time as This              

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On the Virus That Is Not Science…

Posted on October 2, 2021 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila One of the politicians proclaiming the glories of a certain medical product and protocol has now gone religious, it seems, passing along prophecies and platitudes from her god. In a way she’s right, though. But where the … Continue reading →

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The Story About the “Six-Cow Bride” and the Other One About the Bride of Christ

Posted on September 21, 2021 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila THE “SIX-COW BRIDE” There once was a girl of marriageable age who was rather plain, to be honest. Now, in her land, the value of a prospective wife was determined in part by the number of cows … Continue reading →

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On the Marble Lot (Memorial Day 2021)

Posted on May 28, 2021 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila ON THE MARBLE LOT It is not the land you left, that’s for sure, nor the one you longed  to come back to,

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His Yoke (poem)

Posted on May 15, 2021 by pbn

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila   His Yoke Some say we bend the neck to the yoke of Christ, but I think He bends to us.

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