Category Archives: poetry

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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cathedral – November 3

Posted on November 4, 2016 by landl30

10.30.2016 the cathedral still calls opens to prayer in the midst of secular days. holy spaces holy places speak of the more that feeds. —————— (Holy Name, Chicago)

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all the saints – November 1

Posted on November 2, 2016 by landl30

11.1.2016 no one named the saints today but they were here   and made my day. ————–

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Montague Bookmill – October 30

Posted on November 2, 2016 by landl30

10.30.2016 waters slide down sloped moss-grown falls where the mill grew until the market turned and the village folded into itself.   books are the churnings now that feed hungry souls who come by for a view and a half … Continue reading →

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I fall more now – October 25

Posted on October 26, 2016 by landl30

10.22.2016 I fall more often now on a stair across a pup into a plastic pile and down a slope   my friend fell over his puppies’ feet as they scrambled with the Sunday paper and cup of coffee in … Continue reading →

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