Category Archives: poetry

kenyon redux – April 4

Posted on April 4, 2013 by landl30

4.4 A lovely campus and where is God to whose glory it was begun Have we bartered for a tower of Babel instead.   Learned children, do they learn of you or only of their own creation and leave behind … Continue reading →

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spring getting ready – April 3

Posted on April 3, 2013 by landl30

4.3 spring getting ready on the highways you can see it in the row upon row of loamy, darkness siding the chum. truckers glance from their gears to notice real life outside the sterilized environs of their cabs.   we … Continue reading →

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in the coulee – April 2

Posted on April 2, 2013 by landl30

4.2 Train line end, four miles past. Mud road flat, so flat forever, wind blowing hard like damnation coming across plains rather than welcome. But it was to be home. Work the land five year, and it is yours.   … Continue reading →

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because nice matters – April 1

Posted on April 1, 2013 by landl30

4.1. Friend at the store, we share changes, his white hair smoothed back, wisdom in his eyes and smile. His wife died not too long since, and we met at first only as customers/customee but simple conversation and sharing of … Continue reading →

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easter eve – March 31

Posted on March 31, 2013 by landl30

3.31 I think Lent is over, she said and so I gave her chocolate with oranges in it, and went and raised a bourbon glass in toast.The Lord is risen, the Lord is risen indeed.   I hope it will … Continue reading →

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grace is needed – March 30

Posted on March 30, 2013 by landl30

3.30 The mother raccoon bites the head of her cub with no eyes. The demand of evolution, to kill the weakest, strange, deformed, so that the fittest survive.   The different child at school picked upon almost — we hope … Continue reading →

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good friday drive – March 29

Posted on March 29, 2013 by landl30

3.29 good Friday drive thank you Lord for bringing us home alive.   Good Friday drive thank you Lord for bringing us Home. Alive… ———————-

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longing from afar – March 28

Posted on March 28, 2013 by landl30

3.28 The dog whimpers when he sees another dog. He so wants to connect to sniff, nose to nose, to raise a leg and leave his scent in the magic tradition of his kind.   I just long from afar. … Continue reading →

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Francisco – March 27

Posted on March 27, 2013 by landl30

3.27 Francisco, patron of humility saving grace for souls like mine   that reach too far and then pull back in fear   of mortality, of knowledge learned too soon of death’s   seduction, of flight desired, yet hindered.   … Continue reading →

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breathe two, three, four – March 26

Posted on March 26, 2013 by landl30

3.26 Stress. Good stress. But it’s all stress.  My body feeling the shake tremor, inner squeech. Mind racing in anticipation, when resolution is not yet really in the cards.   Breathe two, three, four. Deep cleansing breath now. Close the … Continue reading →

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