by Lisa Epp

prayer is not the words 
prayer is not the power
prayer is not the pain 
prayer is not the posture 
prayer is not the hoping
prayer‘s the reorientation
     a turning towards the light

Lisa Epp is an emerging Canadian poet whose work has been published in the Capital City Press Anthology (Volume IV) and who has performed works aloud at Sounds from the Valley. When she is not writing, she can usually be found enjoying time with her family and junior high school students in Edmonton, Alberta.