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Monthly Archives: September 2016
Busy editing – September 25
Hi friends, Wearing one of my other hats, I’m in the middle of editing someone else’s book for my publisher right now… hence a small hitch in my poetry postings for a bit. Len
no extensions necessary – September 22
9.22.2016 a baby’s cry down the hall young child face with cap looking up from the bag lunch table next to mom. grace, hope, forgiveness, failure, care it’s all right here. no extensions necessary. —————————
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Tagged care, compassion, cry, grace, helplessness, hope, poverty, sharing
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hiatus – September 20
[9.12] hiatus. pause. step away. to reconnoiter the inside of feelings empty times, hours, thoughts left intentionally open. to see what will emerge end, begin, cross pollinate. or not. on hiatus. —————–
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Tagged busyness, discomfort, hiatus, openness, pacing, reflection, Sabbath, sabbatical, step back, time out
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empty choir stalls – September 19
9.19.2016 empty choir stalls with gothic scrolls where young boys in starched white collars and black buttoned cassocks gave their voices up to God and found their ways in the world. miss bicknell would keep me in check barely … Continue reading
shared leadership – September 15
9.15.2016 [shared leadership] shared leadership she said that’s what we want except when another tried to share and then a firm hand she intervened. we often love the words more than the deeds. —————-
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Tagged blindness, deeds, dissonance, perception, reality, unconsiousness, words
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the blank edge – September 12
9.12.2016 the blank edge is what we fear that there will be no beyond beyond it is a step of faith everyday that the path chosen is not a sham. ———————-
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Tagged choice, faith, fear, hope, leap, mortality, path, resurrection
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I’ve been waiting today – September 7
9.7.2016 I’ve been waiting today for the leaves to start their fall, for the littlest gold yellow bits to sprinkle across the garden even while the humidity of late summer drags and pulls it’s a wait I can wait … Continue reading
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Tagged appreciation, attention, calm, change, God, non-anxious presence, patience, peacefulness, presence, quiet, reflection, seasons, welcome
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monsters have chances – September 6
9.6.2016 monsters have chances to get it right what did I do wrong the boy said turn around I have to go to the bathroom click went the revolver first chance bang went the revolver second … Continue reading
marlonbrando looms – September 5
9.5.2016 marlonbrando looms brooding, damaged dangerous or not are we in peril here a way out close to hand how to discreetly step away from the gorilla. ———————–
young and tough – September 3
9.3.2016 drawn face shows the stress of long days into nights of work young and tough is the assumption but human nevertheless. —————-
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