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Category Archives: poetry
grounded – July 26
7.26.2015 oppressive heat switches off brain cells, the body shutting down blood flow to sustain. grounded to our physicality despite all our protestations to being above it all we can fool our minds but the body knows. ————————-
athlete’s body – July 24
7.24.2015 athlete’s body worn before normal time tissue, bone, corpuscles wear and tear exacerbated. is there something about the winning that we lessers don’t get for the losing was it worth it ————————-
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Tagged assessment, athletics, bodies, consequences, costs, extremes, losing, nature, overuse, perception, wear and tear, winning
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sugar before vinegar – July 23
7.23.2015 awkward. disagreement. trying to speak truth without overkill when the blood runs hot in response. listen for the voice present, hidden, that is not an enemy. sugar first, before vinegar. ———————
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Tagged caring, communication, conflict, disagreement, method, reaching, resolution, sensitivity, truth
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osprey mother – July 20
7.20.2015 osprey mother slips away wing clipping the wire the talons beak fine strong corpus no longer matter in the world of instinct to be wounded is to die. she sits on the low timber, wing askew, … Continue reading
shallow roots – July 19
7.19.2015 eased up in the mud roots sideway to their grounding, straight line winds took their sixty foot wavings to the ground. shallow depths can do that to you. ——————————————-
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Tagged depth, life, nature, roots, shallowness, storms, trees, weather
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son at the wheel – July 18
7.13.2015 the car rolls out son at the wheel we have to trust now that the lessons taught over years and days and instants took. —————-
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Tagged Children, daughters, letting go maturity, parenting, parents, recognition, sons, trust
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making peace with mortality – July 16
7.16.2015 making peace with mortality is just part of the game unless you plan on losing early. ——————–
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Tagged acceptance, ease, God, grace, journey, life, mortality, perspective, reality
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Gertrude – July 14
7.14.2015 you’d be a hundred today she’d be a hundred today in 1915 the US legislature turned down women’s vote but Orson Welles was born Thomas Merton was born Billie Holiday was born and you. … Continue reading
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Tagged appreciation, Birthday, century, love, milestone, mother, Parent, remembrance
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turning homeward – July 13
6.30.2015 turning homeward, life on the road has become a burden that no longer feeds. it used to be the journey, now the destination beckons more. home, where one has taken a stand, put down the roots, saying … Continue reading
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