Segullah's Blog, page 4
February 9, 2025
Love Poem
I don’t believe in love.Not the undying kind.Not anymore. But I love this snail.The silver lining he drawsacross my porch. The way he climbsthe door in reverse—vesicular eye toward earth As if living upendedis the most usualthing for any beating heart.
January 31, 2025
2025 Segullah Art and Writing Contest
The editors at Segullah are pleased to announce that we are accepting submissions for our 2025 Art and Writing Contest between February 1, 2025 and March 10, 2025. General submissions are closed during this time. All submissions received during this time will be considered contest submissions. Winners of the contest will be selected from each of ...
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November 10, 2024
Announcing Segullah November 2024 Edition
Please join us for our November 2024 Edition of Segullah, an online literary and art journal for Latter-day Saint women. Enjoy!
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November 2024 Edition
Editorial My mother-in-law passed away last week, and to the end of her 89 years there were hurts in her life she said were too painful to talk about. We will never know why she was a teenage bride who divorced, leaving two little girls behind. She finally shared a little about her divorce from ...
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Paige Crosland Anderson – Featured Artist
Paige Crosland Anderson’s magnificent triptych artwork “Again, Glorified” was recently purchased by Brigham Young University Museum of Art and is on loan at the Church’s Museum of Art in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is a glorious work to see and an even richer experience to perceive with an understanding of Paige’s aesthetic worldview. She ...
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Poetry Editorial November 2024
Poetry can be an astonishing glimpse into another person’s soul. If we are lucky enough to find a poem that opens the window for us to see in, I consider that space sacred ground. Usually, a poem springs from a deep life insight, a loss, an unexpected twist in the journey, or perhaps being overcome ...
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She
what if She was alwaysdeathless woman who wombed the earthstringing the stars like tinsel beadssmall-minded men wrote her outthe patriarchs, apostles, kingsscissored her out of the storyif men do not want methey shall not have mepurple mother who polished the sandunfolding trees with a wet whisperso She kept silentshut her box of wonderswithdrew from her ...
While Adam Slept
When rib became womandid he wake immediately to see his love?Or while Adam sleptdid Eve have a night alone? Did she run barefoot under the newly formed mooncratered and burning brightly Did she feel the silk of a silver lake on her bare skin,a foreign but familiar womb Did she sink her teeth into a ...
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Confluence
Surrender of rockMercy of flood Muddy red cascadesthrough bone-laced canyonyank leaf from root,frothing fury poured out upon the earth. Riotous sobs stitchedtogether with yuccasinew bitten through. The temple of your body, Mothernever loved without wounding,and being woundedeternally scarred by sacrifice. Feel the printsof my nails in my palms, the thorns fury torn, tangled in my hair. Taste ...
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Containing Universes
When I think of my Mother GodI do not picture slender wristsand a concave waist. Surely Her armsspan mountains, and a universe of earth enfolds her belly. When I think of my MotherGod, I do not picture her passing upthat last cookie—because honey,she knows how chocolatebrings you close to tasting heaven. When I think of my ...
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