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Category Archives: poetry
heart sounds – April 3
4.3.2015 blue jays shriek in their lonliness looking for a mate lovers listen to the whistle of trains running late time changes nothing but the passages and gate I find my heart sound with you as my … Continue reading
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Tagged longing, love, mate, nature, partner, searching, soulmate, springtime
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voices in a chapel – April 2
4.2.2015 voices in a chapel not private nor hushed. women speaking of ancestors neither private nor hushed. ———————
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Tagged ancestors, Bible, Christianity, conversation, Prayer, retreat, saints, Women
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angel of compassion – April 1
4.1.2015 the night when the chills come, I wrap deep into my blanket wool cap on my head, toesies in socks, sniffles and sneezes tearing at muscles and the angel of mercy and generosity brings to me a cup … Continue reading
a friend lain low – April 1
4.1.2015 grizzled hospital photo a friend lain low grins up, faith holding him close in arms and heart. —————
life along the banks – March 31
3.31.2015 trees swaying in winds bolder than daylight slower than haste cobalt blue sky reflecting the half light of mid day changed now season snow gone, ground bare, waiting, birds rap-a-tat at dappled deer while pond ice melts away … Continue reading
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Tagged changes, creation, fercundity, growth, life, nature, renewal, season change, spring
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body gratitude – March 30
3.30.2015 body awareness maintenance care for body appreciation feel of, touch gratitude for the wisdom of the giving gifter who made you. —————————-
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Tagged appreciation, bodies, Gift, God, gratitude, nature, physicality, thanks
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palm procession – March 29
3.29 we cheered you on especially when we thought it would go our way but when it didn’t follow our script we turned and still do. forgive us our stupidity, cupidity, rapidity, done-deedity. we don’t make it … Continue reading
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Tagged cheers, Christianity, expectations, fickle, flip-flop, forgiveness, Holy Week, Lent, Palm Sunday, Prayer, rage
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magic show – March 26
3.26.2015 Illusion, misdirection, that shows us things we wish to believe even knowing the truth of tricks and fast hands a willing suspension of disbelief. ——————-
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Tagged compliance, desire, fun, illusion, Magic, misdirection, tricks, truth
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poems come – March 25
3.25.2015 poems come when they want to or when the writer opens a vein to let them in ————
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Tagged inspiration, letting go, muse, objectivity, openness, poems, poetry, subjectivity, writing
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nudging horses – March 24
3.24.2015 graying eyes, a droop of eyelid. thinner skin out, tougher in. younger men ignore you now. it is their time, even while you still try to hold reins in your hands. or at least nudge to the … Continue reading