Category Archives: poetry

bag lunch lady – September 4

Posted on September 6, 2014 by landl30

9.4.2014 in a rain slickered coat she asks for four lunches each time, carefully weeding out the apple sauce and sweet potato chips   asserting to the world and to herself that beggars can indeed be choosers. —————–

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big bed – September 3

Posted on September 3, 2014 by landl30

9.3.2014 the big bed still holds my love, her taut calf catching at my heart   the softness of limbs that have welcomed me   the soft hand reaching across to caress my pillow   how could I have slept … Continue reading →

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the season turns – September 2

Posted on September 3, 2014 by landl30

9.2.2014 the season turns on a moment   air chills, crickets change in the night   puzzle places of damp appear on roadways to reveal odd passings of sudden rain   the owl’s hoots suddenly sound more urgent.   how did … Continue reading →

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there are aches now – August 31

Posted on September 2, 2014 by landl30

8.31.2014 there are aches now regular as rising   pains that shoot across a thigh or beneath an ankle   creams, gels, pills and stretches to welcome each and every day   making me aware of the Gift of my … Continue reading →

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time and place – August 28

Posted on August 29, 2014 by landl30

8.28.2014 fawn colored deer walk through our yard munching the tomato plants and hostas down so that we want to shoot them   but for that we need a license and to drive four hours to northern woods where they’ve … Continue reading →

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first-world problem – August 27

Posted on August 28, 2014 by landl30

8.27.2014 worst dinner out terrible service in an expensive setting. slow, graceless uncomfortable and uncaring   but a first-world problem. while people starve who would wait half a day for even a nibble   chalk it up. —————————-  

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when pain comes to stay – August 25

Posted on August 25, 2014 by landl30

8.25.2014 when pain comes to stay the mind starts to play   does this mean done why me the one do I have time to run does this end the fun   answers will come. ——————

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eden – August 22

Posted on August 23, 2014 by landl30

8.22.2014 butterfly benches swide open fields water drippling, running spraying, flowing through flowered gardens and Japanese teas.   chi-chi-chiping voices on softening breeze moving full tipping branches with wind blown sub-ease.   a garden, a garden from world’s first pray … Continue reading →

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old friends – August 21

Posted on August 22, 2014 by landl30

8.21.2014 a few old friends went away today. the bed we made babies in the car that taught our boys the way home.   inanimate. metal. wood. and wire. stuffing. only stuff.   and yet they were friends.   godspeed. … Continue reading →

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sabbath lands – August 15

Posted on August 17, 2014 by landl30

8.15.2014 verdant waving farmland crops flowing yards and acres and hectares to the horizon   a town below bluffs, the drop immediate and precipitous to the river   where one can float away into patterns of flow and serenity, dalliance … Continue reading →

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