Category Archives: poetry

in the fields of Bethlehem – December 24

Posted on December 24, 2015 by landl30

12.24.2015 in the soft night fields of Bethlehem you can hear a baby cry. ah. there it is. a young girl’s first. again. —————-

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gluff fluff – December 23

Posted on December 23, 2015 by landl30

12.23.2015 big gluff fluff snowflakes disappear as they arrive warning of odd Christmases to come. ———–

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12.20.2015 holiday fatigue comes late in the game when days have suddenly LEAPT forward an empty afternoon pushes buttons unfilled time hanging open uncomfortable. busyness becoming business in defense. —————

Posted in poetry | Tagged anxiety, defense, fatigue, hassle, Holiday | Leave a comment

little things – December 19

Posted on December 21, 2015 by landl30

12.19.2015 little things little faces and cries of small villages in small places small time backwaters where the hand of the One seems to arrive while we are looking the other way. ———————-

Posted in poetry | Tagged awareness, focus, God, intervention, micro-macro, missing, presence, smallness | Leave a comment

morning window – December 17

Posted on December 18, 2015 by landl30

12.17.2015 (10.18) mists ghost across the morning field like a whisper birds at the tube alternate their flitting in and away softly softly they say to my anxiety we are a window to a calmer world. —————–

Posted in poetry | Tagged anxiety, calm, messages, nature, reflection | 1 Comment

revisiting – December 16

Posted on December 17, 2015 by landl30

12.16.2017 giddiness at getting to do things that amuse childhood revisited but with understanding not just ‘rosebud.’ ——————-

Posted in poetry | Tagged childhood, Citizen Kane, joy, presence, reflection, remembrance, reminiscence | Leave a comment

signals – December 13

Posted on December 14, 2015 by landl30

12.13.2015 tree lights in the dark signaling warmth in the cold for all of us. ————–

Posted in poetry | Tagged Christmas, darkness, Decorations, faith, hope, light, meaning, signs | Leave a comment

red kettle blessing – December 12

Posted on December 12, 2015 by landl30

12.12.2015 red kettle ringing waving the bell smiling. humanity steps by, so many saying thank you for doing this or scrambling in wallets and purses for coins and bills. old man in aging cadillac shuffles up on his … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged Blessings, care, charity, Christmas, compassion, generosity, Gift, giving, goodness, grace, opportunity, Salvation Army | Leave a comment

cold weather’s come in – December 11

Posted on December 11, 2015 by landl30

12.11.2015 cold weather’s come in, stars clearer, a chill off the grass, leaves shoveling toward their winter graves. it’s going to be all right. (11.6) ———————-

Posted in poetry | Tagged affirmation, belief, cold, endings, mortality, trust, Winter | Leave a comment

Deer. dear – December 9

Posted on December 9, 2015 by landl30

12.9.2015 Deer. by the roadside. staring. headlights blinding or disregard doesn’t stop him from walking into my fender. oh, dear. ——————

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