Category Archives: poetry

at the gate – May 16

Posted on May 18, 2016 by landl30

5.16.2016 At the gate three TSA agents one private security and two staties.   whoever’s come in is probably not the Pope and not Prince. beyond that it’s definitely not you or me   but I think I’ll keep my … Continue reading →

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steps – May 15

Posted on May 16, 2016 by landl30

5.15.2016 home. feet up, good book. my love hoes the garden we sit and read, touch things, bury our minds and faces for moments now that the last of the nest has stepped out. —————————

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eye of the beholder – May 12

Posted on May 13, 2016 by landl30

5.12.2016 curved hip with leg tucked, lilac jacket, blonding hair   from across the room I watch her stretch a leg   and sip her cup of tea while she plays scrabble on her kindle.   all’s right with my … Continue reading →

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words start to escape – May 9

Posted on May 11, 2016 by landl30

5.4.2016 words start to escape you.   these yellow flowers that just cropped up on the lawn.   I knew them only yesterday what’s the word, I ask. dandelions, she says.   oh, right… something with animals. okay. ——————–

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late night sadness – May 8

Posted on May 9, 2016 by landl30

5.8.2016 late night two am sadness, when the family can gather and you’re just a sideline.   you raised them to be their own yet you’re never ready for the moment   when you know that they’re just fine or … Continue reading →

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silent trumpets – May 5

Posted on May 7, 2016 by landl30

5.5.2016 the great devils of the day sound siren songs, clamor of greatness if only one will ignore what all is obvious, but instead take and eat for surely you will come to know good and evil and greatness if … Continue reading →

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come Lord Jesus – May 3

Posted on May 3, 2016 by landl30

5.3.2016 so much scrambling day to day to night to day to fill, to foil, to find or forget   I call to you for quiet, or rest, or something, anything to calm the panic hustle hassle of my soul. … Continue reading →

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new muskrat house – April 30

Posted on April 30, 2016 by landl30

4.30.2016 new muskrat house today marsh weed neatly strewn. neighborhood growing.   rental ducks have moved out, only parentals top the mounds where eggs toast,   waiting for their time while the muskrats find new spots to call their own.

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the pond is still today – April 29

Posted on April 29, 2016 by landl30

4.29.2016 the pond is still today a lone mallard male sitting atop the muskrat house doing his part to keep the egg warm   cool, clear waters devoid now of the quackers and quakers who paddled so furiously just days … Continue reading →

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paisley park – April 26

Posted on April 27, 2016 by landl30

4.26.2016 the white factory buildings surprise. we were expecting funky funny for the music star.   instead there is burnished modern gleam of white for turning out turnings as if coils of steel looping from the cutting machines of tool … Continue reading →

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