Catholic Poet and Novelist

CATHOLIC POET & NOVELIST
Sandra Marek Behringer

ALWAYS MORNING

I believe
Your presence in me

binds the light of my soul
to the atoms of my body,
ignites the electricity of thought
and quickens the pulse
that squeezes my heart.

I believe Your breath
is the ocean of air where I live
through You
with You
in You.

I believe that moment to moment
You create me.

                           Sandra Marek Behringer

Welcome to my website. My name is Sandra Marek Behringer. Poetry is my first love and this month, April 2009, Prairie Hawk Books is announcing publication of my poetry collection, ONLY A PASSAGE. My poems are poems of faith and reflect Catholic life with its emphasis on Eucharist, family, sacramental life and prayer. I hope they touch your own experience.

If you like the poetry on these pages and would like a copy of ONLY A PASSAGE, send $6.65 (includes postage, tax and handling) to Prairie Hawk Books, 1427 W. 86th St., Suite 518, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46260. And please contact me via this website if you want to comment on the poetry or the B&W photos which illustrate the poems. The photographs were taken by my photographer husband, John Behringer. Both the poems and the photographs are copyrighted.

If you prefer to read fiction, my HAWKS CROSSING novels may interest you. The trilogy is set in Indiana, where I live. You'll find more about the first book, HAWKS CROSSING, on this web site. The sequels, ELIZABETH'S DAUGHTERS AND TESSA, continue the story of Kate Brady's family.