A notebook left open. A thought worth following.
Welcome to a corner of The Lucent Rain. Settle into the writing, follow a familiar thread, or let something unexpected catch your eye.
Behind the pages
A place for the writer, as well as the writing.
The Lucent Rain brings poetry, faith, books, science, and everyday life into one reflective literary journal.
The author’s personal biography has not yet been shared. For now, the best introduction is through the writing: its questions, its attention, and the connections between its five Worlds.
About The Lucent Rain
Not everything worth keeping asks to be hurried.
This is an immersive literary blog for poetry and life, faith and fire, bookish things, rooted science, and stories gathered at the table. Each World offers a different way of looking; together, they make space for thoughtful reading.
Come for a poem. Stay with a question. Return when you need a quieter page.
Threads from the journal
Recent writing across the five Worlds. Choose a collection to read within one theme.
A Letter to My Body
How do I speak to my body? How do I write to it? How do I use my own words to say I love you? For all of the ways you have kept me, and in all the ways I tried to leave you We remain tied together so I love you for the gift from God that you are I love you for the beats your heart has given me I love you for being me And I am so sorry for treating you lesser than Even my dog.
What a Leaf Can Teach Us to Notice
Looking closely at a leaf opens a conversation between observation and wonder.
