Author Archives: Chris Floyd

The Interim I entered the night star. It was a long journey in the cold sky, passing through all the Divine Glories, like a diamond soaked with royal wine. Good Friday, 2020

“An exquisite. That’s the word they used. Well, there are worse words, I suppose. I’ve certainly had worse hurled in my teeth. What of it? We come into this world the way we are; the world makes of us what … Continue reading →

“You came to me in diffusions of green and milky streaks of blue, until nothing was newer, stranger or more familiar than you.” American poet Rodrigo Morton (1928-1999). Best known for his break-through 1972 volume, Idiot on the Holy Mountain. … Continue reading →

“Jennifer Atkinson, first date with her second husband three years after their divorce. ‘I feel so stupidly happy and giddy with hope tonight! What if it all works out somehow? What if this is how a new life takes hold … Continue reading →

Red pillow where the head of Christ has lain swallowed up by blue green gold flora in the wash of the sea Red pillow where Christ dreamed someone was sleeping beside him nestled warm against his back Sea creatures, coral, … Continue reading →

Excerpt from a sermon by the Rev. Jasper Alexander, August 17, 1954, Seven Hills Baptist Church, Liberty, Tennessee. “People have a lot of funny ideas about Satan, and most of them come from fairy tales or folk tales or cartoons … Continue reading →

“Lois Kaminsky (1936-2017). Originally a leading Freudian psychoanalyst, she ‘turned apostate’ and later became a noted philosopher of science. Although her groundbreaking work on conceptual spaces in the processes of cognition is considered her most important contribution, leading to new … Continue reading →

“Carpet adorned with maps of the cosmos, Damascus, 1097.” Circular pen, digital paint.