Cathedral of the Pines

A glacier formed a timeless ridge
Shaped by rain, a hurricane—and, alas, a fallen man.
Now we walk the endless path they carved
To find their voice, resolved to understand.

A 2020 Pushcart Prize nominee and 2020 ‘Best of the Net’ nominee, John Mara writes lakeside in Rindge with the creative input of his wife Holly. They often attract mortified glances in Peterborough restaurants while discussing dastardly characters and plots. A multi-genre writer, John tends to converse in the genre he’s thinking about and makes better dinner company when it’s humor, not horror.

You can find John’s 20+ short stories and poems published in Liquid Imagination, J.J. Outre Review, Youth Imagination, and other venues.

Photos by Chris DiLoreto, summer 2020.