The Common Good

Joseph Ross

Joseph Ross teaches at American University and coordinates poetry and lectures at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.

Articles by Joseph Ross

Luke 5:1 Disciples
March 1, 2011

This time they are the ones cauth, though they try to close their eyes.

Audio Reading and Interview with Joseph Ross
March 1, 2011

Hear Joseph Ross read his poem, Luke 5:1 Disciples.

The Church is Already Split
April 1, 2004

My concern with "Should the Church Split Over Gay and Lesbian Christians?" (February 2004 cover) is simple: For gay and lesbian Christians, the church has been split for a long, long time.

A Man Playing the Flute from a Cliff Above the Pacific
July 1, 2003

Indigo true

purest blue,

a man on a cliff

waits with open hands

and closed eyes

to receive

a breath.