Monthly Archives: November 2016

early morning grace – November 25

Posted on November 28, 2016 by landl30

11.25.2016 early morning darkness   pinpoints of grace in my sky. ———————-

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promised – November 23

Posted on November 26, 2016 by landl30

11.23.2016 blue denim shirt and jeans, navy guy school janitor thin, curley haired hoped for hero   that I reached out to when the big kids threw my treasured blue plastic automatic pistol up onto the school roof over my … Continue reading →

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audition – November 22

Posted on November 23, 2016 by landl30

11.17.2016 he was angry the first time he came with his small son and a big chip on his shoulder.   an angry dad, mid divorce, ticked at the women who might turn him away.   and his son got … Continue reading →

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it depends – November 20

Posted on November 20, 2016 by landl30

11.20.2016 There are many sons of God wise teachers, compassionate caring, moral, mystical and insightful in their spiritual depth.   I believe in the only Son of God who was eternally begotten, light from light, begotten not made, of one … Continue reading →

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winter’s nap – November 19

Posted on November 20, 2016 by landl30

11.19.2016 the finest skim of ice covers the pond, the glare of late afternoon sun blinding off the sheen thinner than thin.   we count seventeen muskrat houses on the way around, now unhidden by the straw grass fronds that … Continue reading →

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the dog and I – November 16

Posted on November 16, 2016 by landl30

11.16.2016 the dog and I take different walks together   one staring downward in thought, other times head up noticing a leaf blowing, birch tree across the pond, light in the bottom half of a third window to the left, … Continue reading →

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moon shine morning – November 15

Posted on November 16, 2016 by landl30

10.20.2016 moon shine morning spotlights the street on my way to the newspaper   magical shadows hint, suggest, evoke, the spirits of trees.   we listen closely for pre-dawn murmurings   from a world holding its breath. ————————

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day-after paroxysms – November 9

Posted on November 11, 2016 by landl30

11.9.2016 blinding numb paroxysms of disbelief, slow motion car wreck still to happen coming, coming down a road all too obvious   and we chose it.   rage, loss of control visit these things upon us, fantasies of payback, blind … Continue reading →

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for Leonard Cohen – November 10

Posted on November 11, 2016 by landl30

11.10.2016 There was a child named Bernadette, Leonard told us of her long ago   She saw the queen of heaven once while Susanne took her the way to go   Your priesthood raised from in your soul distant longings … Continue reading →

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tunnels of trees – November 5

Posted on November 5, 2016 by landl30

10.23.2016 tunnels of trees gold, flame, fading browns fill us as we drive.   my heart slows back to times when we piled then crunched   ourselves into the musky crisp that held them and wrapped around us.   we’d … Continue reading →

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