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Robert Peace Jordan

Robert Peace Jordan is a lover of Jesus, a seminary school dropout, an urban farmer and birdwatcher, a badly-smitten husband, and a father of two living children and six angels. A mild-mannered software engineer by day, he writes to express his true passion that God's love, respect, grace, and redemption are for all people. He publishes weekly on his blog at http://www.oneforjesus.net/. He lives in southern California with his family, which includes various humans, dogs, chickens, and fish.

PoetryMarch 7, 2017

Memory Song

By Robert Peace Jordan

Without showing, the time is wearing out. Frail paper flowers bloom and wither and time is in the heart of us all. Frail paper…

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Topology Magazine is a place for active contemplation through prose, poetry, and art: the produce of thoughtful labor in the places where we find ourselves. Each person is inextricably tied to their physical location, and Topology cultivates that connection by publishing work which explicitly or implicitly recognizes the influence of place. Read more …

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