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a sky so bright – March 14

Posted on March 16, 2017 by landl30

3.14.2017 a sky so bright that my eyes hurt glinting off the new snow   trees hang at odd angles, blown sidedown from the drifts.   we turn and grin at the fun of simply breathing. ======================

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I think this is the year – March 12

Posted on March 15, 2017 by landl30

3.12.2107 I think this is the year I’ll die, she said sitting in the padded rocker, with a cup of decaf in her hand.   really, we said, this year. yes, I have no idea why I’m still around I’m … Continue reading →

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a visit with Mike – March 11

Posted on March 13, 2017 by landl30

3.11.2017 out for the day with the prodigal son, damaged by birth, by life, by all the bad chances and changes that can harm   and yet, he smiles and we try, because God made him   and somewhere in … Continue reading →

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presence – March 9

Posted on March 11, 2017 by landl30

3.9.2017 You were present today ahead, behind, beneath my entire day   though I was blind mostly not seeing nor aware except in fleeting glances   that You were here in every step. ————-

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interior work – March 8

Posted on March 8, 2017 by landl30

3.8.2017 [interior work: reflections on a dream] he slides his hand into the jacket pocket an envelope partly folded, holding directions he no longer wants to follow   burdens, laid on by connection to connection that need letting go of. … Continue reading →

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warming gifts – March 3

Posted on March 6, 2017 by landl30

3.3.2017 she comes home with a present, all unexpected and unannounced   I in my turn greet her with something warming in the oven, all unexpected and unannounced.   how do two hearts know to do these things. ===============

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in the morning – March 1

Posted on March 4, 2017 by landl30

3.1.2017 in the morning after the last morning we will wake each other with a touch;   soft hand to cheek that opened our eyes in the nights that we knew   forever. ——————

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Vernesta – February 24

Posted on March 1, 2017 by landl30

2.24.2017 [Vernesta] Vernesta smiled at us, the other seventh graders who came to play.   small, slight of build, but wary of gaze, she knew something   that the rest of us didn’t as we said come out and play … Continue reading →

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Lights flashing in the night- February 21

Posted on February 22, 2017 by landl30

Lights flashing in the night, Two cars stopped Going opposite ways And a policeman gesturing.   He looks safe. I worry for him That those he has stopped will do him harm;   Only because he has Chosen to stand … Continue reading →

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buttocks in yoga pants – February 20

Posted on February 22, 2017 by landl30

2.20.2017 buttocks in yoga pants designed to display the most curvaceous shapings.   or not. —————

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