Ash Wednesday

By Timothy P. Schilling
February 25, 2013
Poetry
Share

I boiled my life down

to the purest extract

and watched it dry

and flake away

—Timothy P. Schilling

Published in the 2013-03-08 issue: 
View Contents
Tags
Poetry

Timothy P. Schilling lives in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Also by this author
The River Runs On

Please email comments to [email protected] and join the conversation on our Facebook page.

Share

Must Reads

Politics

The Fallen Idol

Neoliberalism has failed. Catholic social teaching can help us replace it with something better.
By Anthony Annett
January 3, 2022
Religion

Where the Action Is

Questions of ministry in the Catholic Church—and who ministers—suggest way to bring Vatican II principles into practice.
By Rita Ferrone
January 5, 2022
Culture

The Empowerment Trap

The documentary LuLaRich shows how the LuLaRoe multilevel-marketing scheme preyed on women’s desire to balance careers with families.
By Emma McDonald
January 6, 2022
Books

Clearing the Field

Is it possible to talk about the moral aspect of sex in a way that does not put sexual harm at the center of the subject?
By B. D. McClay
December 21, 2021
© 2022 Commonweal Magazine. All rights reserved. Design by Point Five, NY. Development by Deck Fifty Design.