Contrition
No hesitation, Lord, Do I, in sinning, feel In thought or deed or word. Keep back, I pray, my sin’s reward, Nor let me hesitation feel In repenting afterward.
Articles by Michael Yost
Michael Yost is a poet and essayist living in rural New Hampshire with his wife and children. His work has appeared in Modern Age, First Things, The University Bookman, Dappled Things, New Lyre, Hearth & Field, The Brazen Head, and elsewhere. He writes at The Weight of Form on Substack.