Category Archives: poetry

house of the warrior – November 11

Posted on November 11, 2013 by landl30

house of the warrior *Hale Koa, Honolulu   waterfalls, pools, waikiki shores for those who stand and fight for the rest of us.   arizona resting place where too many died, now beneath the phosphorescent waters   and we recline … Continue reading →

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ice and fire – November 10

Posted on November 11, 2013 by landl30

11.10 the burnt golden color leaks through the glass and ice gives the illusion of more or less   depending upon how my taste buds are feeling about temptation at the moment   choices, choices, sitting by the fire. ————————– … Continue reading →

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birds are huddling – November 9

Posted on November 10, 2013 by landl30

11.9 birds are huddling on the feeding tube perches for food and protection as the blasts chill in,   shivering in the shrubbery to generate body heat, as if the fire of life was not enough on its own to … Continue reading →

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santa without elves – November 8

Posted on November 9, 2013 by landl30

11.8 he arrived on a bicycle, wool hat, scarf wrapped, and we shared coffee.   santa without elves anymore, a life of jolly business overrun by the mistakes.   and then he found Jesus, or Jesus found him. so he … Continue reading →

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he asked for a hat – November 6

Posted on November 7, 2013 by landl30

11.6 he asked for a hat. I was there to give out someone else’s peanut butter sandwiches and bag lunches on the first snow day.   and the cap I thought I’d lost was there, could’ve given it. but I … Continue reading →

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first flakes – November 5

Posted on November 6, 2013 by landl30

11.5 first snow flakes dingle down like visitors from another planet   the walk home is soft with expectation and reverie   liminal time. ——————

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her smile broke me open – November 4

Posted on November 5, 2013 by landl30

11.4 her smile broke me open the very first time   sitting on the back porch when I drove up   and lighting up the whole sun in my sky.   years in the doing asking, loving, making   I … Continue reading →

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squirrels’ nests – November 3

Posted on November 4, 2013 by landl30

11.3 the squirrels’ nests dangle high above now visible in the denuded limb crooks, pine needles, leaves, twig snips made, they will sway and cling through winter’s roughest blasts standing the tests of wind and fury, cold and time.   … Continue reading →

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all saints – November 1

Posted on November 2, 2013 by landl30

11.1 brass boxes, ashes and names, surround the altar where we gather to recall into our midst those who surround us   or is it they who gather us into their circles of presence when we stop running as if … Continue reading →

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all saints eve – October 31

Posted on November 1, 2013 by landl30

10.31 all saints eve when the veil is thin and long leggedy beasties and ghoulies and ghosties   make their last call before the saints flood in.   so where are the zombies now, as if we have lost our … Continue reading →

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