Category Archives: poetry

non-original sins – January 22

1.22.2016 dead bodies in the streets wounded pleading faces, our enemies at the mercy of our whim   seeing our fantasies play out in real life is not always pretty or ennobling.   what evil lurks in the hearts of … Continue reading

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Intermittentcy – January 21

Hello friends, Some intermittentcy (is that a word?!) coming up this month, as my writing energies are channeling into a six week course on The Story of The Silver Screen Cowboys that I’m teaching at UofMinnesota’s OLLI program starting next … Continue reading

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years – January 19

1.19.2016 years feel like moments or eons   depending upon who   you are spending them with. ————

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spandex – January 18

1.18.2015 wrapped up in furs like kleenex   nothing stops winter’s spandex   from clinging to skin with fire. —————–  

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frozen waterfall mouth

1.16.2016 frozen waterfall mouth grins out at us   what are you doing so wrapped up   come play with me if you can. ==============  

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different takings – January 13

1.13.2016 young faces show different takings on how life works.   when did we come to mix and match genders   as if they were social constructs instead of givens.   biology seems to have gone lost along the way. … Continue reading

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grown men with bibles – January 12

1.12.2106 grown men with bibles   wrestle with whether god is needed.   and yet there they are   working with the word. ————–                                 … Continue reading

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orange mists – January 10

1.10.2016 orange mists blow off above frigid swirling morning waters   like the hand of creation moving across the deep. ============

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a writing day – January 8

1.8.2016 a writing day stuck to the chair   fingers on the keyboard unaware   of any time to be off   ideas floating constant ahead.   no rest until done   a writing day ended only   by son. … Continue reading

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winding road north – January 7

1.7.2016 winding road north along gitchi-gami through trails and tales of years gone by   salted fish, potato cooked simple salt, pepper a touch, and water from the lake   unfiltered like the sound off the shoreline, winds strong over … Continue reading

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