http://slow.writerscafe.org/catholicpoet The original writings of author David Welch en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776045033 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 It’s official: no redribbons this Labor Dayfor the workless, the luckless,our utilitarian flotsam.  Newspaperheadline asks:“Is nation tired of jobless?”At a working man’s funeral mass,one of these unfortunate statistics satamid the mourners and envied the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/catholicpoet/800054/ In burnt fields following spring fires,drought grips the hard-landwith grey hands that must be pried fromflowered sheets stiff with fearsome sweat.In this pastoral desolation, monkschant the dry hours. Their long, cowled headspray over flapping pages of dirt and weedas the eternal wheel spins behind.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/catholicpoet/800018/