Category Archives: poetry

independence day – July 4

Posted on July 5, 2013 by landl30

7.4 khaki green falling on a foreign soil. blue and grey grappling across brothers lines. everyday people trying as best they can to make a place for their families.   it is what we fought for, died for, gave allegiance … Continue reading →

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Indiana gold – July 3

Posted on July 4, 2013 by landl30

7.3 the tassels brown, mauve, golden top the corn flow, rising off into distances. Male corn sperm ready to give themselves to the silk.   we’ve built a country upon you friends, food, fuel, silage for the feeders of the … Continue reading →

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originalgifts – July 2

Posted on July 3, 2013 by landl30

7.2 she bronzes his poems and drawings and words from early years when even then we he knew that stories and dreams were the way forward.   visions and gifts come to us from somewhere that even we don’t know … Continue reading →

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devolution – July 1

Posted on July 1, 2013 by landl30

7.1 Crog like cave. Cave keep Crog warm cave keep water and wind off Crog when cold, and cool when hot. Cave let Crog save meat, keep woman ward off animal. Feel safe.   And so I sit in my … Continue reading →

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Boeing, Boeing – June 30

Posted on July 1, 2013 by landl30

6.30 In a door out a door, in a window out the side. snap lines, quick ins fast riffs laughs and fines. how many straight faces does it take to make a funny. how many prat falls drop ‘em down … Continue reading →

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swept along – June 29

Posted on June 30, 2013 by landl30

6.29 he left on the great adventure next stop on the starlight express that we all hope to hitch a ride on   images of heaven, joy, clouds, whatever, speak of life as a start. ad venture. towards.   even … Continue reading →

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nite-time light – June 28

Posted on June 29, 2013 by landl30

6.28 nite-time light finds my way down the orange path to safety all is well.   ———————–  

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long time coming – June 27

Posted on June 28, 2013 by landl30

6.27 left sciatic nerve kicking in, long time coming, years in the making   like a Hollywood epic that traces itself to the thirties   bodies work themselves out of lifetime’s clicks clacks and cracks   wounds and nippings here … Continue reading →

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why does God let people die in bathrooms – June 26

Posted on June 28, 2013 by landl30

6.26 why does God let people die in bathrooms, his son asked. we have to be somewhere, is all I could think to reply. Our bodies know their limits and their bounds.   I awoke today feeling the limits of … Continue reading →

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turn civilization off – June 25

Posted on June 26, 2013 by landl30

6.25 turn civilization off, the coffee, the web and water   online banking, google mail, gone in the blast of a storm   we look around, gather to chat, compare notes on our brokenness.   vulnerable and un-eased by the … Continue reading →

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