Category Archives: poetry

waiting – June 9

Posted on June 10, 2015 by landl30

6.9.2015 waiting on a son late at night waiting for a time to make the flight waiting, waiting. fatherhood’s plight. ————————–

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6.6.2015 the grasses have taken over wood pine and buckthorn thistle and wild weed exuberant witness to life’s every flow upward and outward pushing and calling yelling in silence our rooting’s below. sun come and rain wash … Continue reading →

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two funerals – June 5

Posted on June 7, 2015 by landl30

6.5.2015 two funerals four families age being no barrier to lives passing on we gather in church telling stories from Jesus and stories from lifetimes that mean that we care we gather and notice we gather and mark … Continue reading →

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pots of gold – June 4

Posted on June 6, 2015 by landl30

6.4.2015 fine mist sprays a turn of head and the arc of sky opens rainbow above the trees down into laval scrub it sings of pots of gold. ————–

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empty rooms – June 3

Posted on June 5, 2015 by landl30

6.3.2015 I walked into the airport bathroom and there was blood all around, dripping still fresh, pooling below the fixtures. I turned to see if you were still there, had hidden, or fallen and I stepped to the … Continue reading →

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prophecy climates part 2 – June 2

Posted on June 1, 2015 by landl30

6.2.2015 Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos told us. IF you persist in this path, THIS is what will happen. the Lord speaks to us now through prophets in white coats and lab aprons who may or may not know for … Continue reading →

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climate changes, part 1 – June 1

Posted on May 31, 2015 by landl30

6.1.2015 the God of all creation loves it all but we forget and think it’s only us. when the mountain creaks, the earth shudders, the waves flow Pele is stretching her shoulders, easing a burden, releasing a … Continue reading →

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Kyrie – May 31

Posted on May 31, 2015 by landl30

5.31.2015 mortality creeps in on little scabs unhealing wounds ever so small. at a certain age the wheel turns and something, something, will be a turning that won’t retreat. the mind knows it but not … Continue reading →

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adjusting – May 29

Posted on May 29, 2015 by landl30

5.29.2015 we wake slowly go splash in the waves then return for a bite of lunch and nap afternoon walk prepares us for dinner and a mai-tai on a shoreview lanai. adjusting. ——————–

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Iolani Palace – May 28

Posted on May 29, 2015 by landl30

5.28.2015 uneasy lies the head that wears the crown so Kalākaua built his palace to fend the closing in presences from America. ————————–

Posted in poetry | Tagged annexation, betrayal, burdens, Hawaii, kingdom, leadership, pressure, projecting, protecting, royalty, strife, struggle, tension | 2 Comments