Category Archives: poetry

forty four years – January 10

Posted on January 12, 2014 by landl30

  1.10.2014 forty four years, vows taken. Peter’s line through hands lain on. voices, eyes, empty moments, opened then to what will come.   fortyfouryears run together as if a path lain out like string, winding, straggling, stumbling forward to … Continue reading →

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we hardly did anything – January 9

Posted on January 10, 2014 by landl30

1.9 we hardly did anything and my son said it was the best of times.   there is a learning here. ———  

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afternoon firestove – January 8

Posted on January 9, 2014 by landl30

1.8.2014 afternoon firestove warms soles, soul, heart and hearth for reading a book, cat’s napping, dog snoozing toesies keeping.   listen to the faint crackle, read lies and life into the leaping oranges blues and hissing waters that bubble atop … Continue reading →

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miss piggy pants – January 7

Posted on January 8, 2014 by landl30

1.7.2014 miss piggy pants strolls across the floor, queen of all that she surveys and all that can come within the rasp of her claws.   tobey dog wisely backs off whenever she gives him the eye of death. he … Continue reading →

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epiphany 2 – January 6

Posted on January 7, 2014 by landl30

1.6 wisdom written upon the sky is what they followed, best minds, hearts atuned to a pattern in the universe.   the clouds at evening now stretch like a dark puzzle, spaces pushing light through the edges asking to be … Continue reading →

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epiphany – January 5

Posted on January 6, 2014 by landl30

1.5.2014 Mary looks awkward, Joseph stern, the shepherd boy fidgits while the wise kings approach in song   the three of the orient bearing their gifts, while the choir angels, wings pasted to their backs, tell of glorious tidings   … Continue reading →

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crisp crinkly snow squeaks – January 4

Posted on January 5, 2014 by landl30

1.4.14 crisp crinkly snow squeaks underfoot. the dog rushes ahead then stops to snuff at whatever relieved itself at trailside.   our boots mark the pace forward though even a step to the side will leave us with unsure footing. … Continue reading →

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weather watching – January 3

Posted on January 5, 2014 by landl30

1.3.14 weather watcher rushes through. forty seven high, tomorrow three below.   fifty degrees in twelve hours. hello. what part of winter did we miss.   today the long under wear was in hibernation tomorrow I am. —————————–

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bitter cold – January 1

Posted on January 2, 2014 by landl30

1.1.2014 bitter cold holds us in as if we needed more to hold us back from the world.   hiding is the preferred way through. never let ‘em see your real self.   never trust. never tell. hold yourself in … Continue reading →

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at the turning of the year – December 31

Posted on January 1, 2014 by landl30

12.31 wide flat snow fields fade up into the sky, pink blushes sliding by at the horizon as we travel north towards homes that have forgotten the prairie runs which gave them life.   breath catches in our throats like … Continue reading →

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