vino d’jour – February 9

Posted on February 10, 2016 by landl30

2.8.2016

ruby fullness

of pleasure, health,

bodily wealth

 

vintage thursday

opening tuesday.

yes.

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birthday seventy-three – February 6

Posted on February 8, 2016 by landl30

2.6.2016

phone calls from

children frame the

day

 

voices of family

friends

more

 

smiles emerge

gently

and flex the soul

 

being remembered

recalled,

reconnected

 

the real gifts

of the day.

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walking fresh powder – February 5

Posted on February 7, 2016 by landl30

2.5.2016

walking fresh powder

each step deliberate

firm, attention paid

to the squeak of snow

the grasp of cleat

 

the ribbed pattern

of the one or two

who’ve been ahead,

the curved give-way

of a snow shoe

 

an occasional look

up and around to

woods and lake

glistening in the

freshness.

 

 

life takes deliberate

steps, step ahead

step ahead, with

head down and

attention

 

an occasional look

up for the view, a

direction check,

appreciation, then

back

 

to focused step forward

with those who broke

fresh powder, and

tasted the crispness,

before us.

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flickering images – February 4

Posted on February 5, 2016 by landl30

2.4.2016

laughing voices

smile at flickering

images on the wall

 

did you know

what about

who was

all aglow

 

reconvening

the heroes of

our youth.

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cutting clear – February 2

Posted on February 3, 2016 by landl30

2.2.2016

falling flakes bring

joy, crisp air

filled with dances

of angels

 

spirits seen and

unseen as of old

father winter

mother snow

 

shining diamond

edges reaching out

to cut

my lethargy clear.

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deep water – January 29

Posted on January 30, 2016 by landl30

1.29.2016

long languid strokes

stretch easy down

the pool

 

overhead pipe keeps

the body in line

through the scull.

 

breathe. slow, steady

unhurried. pace,

pace, pause.

 

let the mind drift

while the body

moves.

 

calming minutes

for  body and

soul.

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watching faces remember – January 28

Posted on January 29, 2016 by landl30

1.18.2016 [watching faces remember]

watching faces

remember

 

youth

and heroes

and yearnings

 

a tweak at the

corner of a

mouth

sharpening

of an eye,

the grin

 

something fresh

and clean

of ideals

still held

after,

especially after

 

years of maybe,

of disappointments

and distillations

and disillusions

 

but also of hopes

fulfilled and

touched

caressed and

received

 

the flaring up

of recognitions

that we heard it

right

and it wasn’t all

a mask

 

the tellings of our

youth

spoke truth.

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Hoppy come home – January 28

Posted on January 28, 2016 by landl30

1.28

Hop-Along-Cassidy smiled

his hard smile, eyes

like diamonds,

so deadly and cool.

 

Hold it or else, were

the words left unspoken

no need to utter

the message was clear.

 

Where has it gone now

that either-or clearness

the warning of danger

that held us from harm

 

Bad guys stepped back

the good folks encouraged

knowing that Hoppy

would not fool around.

 

I miss that hard goodness

the laugh and the calm

that looked out at danger

and stood up alone.

 

Hoppy come home now

we miss your clear vision

our range’s gone missing

our horses turned lame.

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a note: the cowboy images this week (and perhaps next) come out of a six week class that I’m leading on The Story of The Silver Screen Cowboys. Great times…. fond remembrances. LWF

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Old cowboys – January 26

Posted on January 27, 2016 by landl30

1.26.2016

Old cowboys

make me

happy

 

astride their

movied

range

 

I know they weren’t

the real

west

 

but I loved them

just the

same.

 

Good won out

the bad guys

fell

 

they always

got us

home

 

I want to ride

again some

day

 

and watch my

heroes

roam.

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believer – January 24

Posted on January 25, 2016 by landl30

1.24.2016

I believe in science — it is not enough

I believe in the human story — it is not enough

I believe in the leadings of my heart — it is not enough

 

cold and harsh

hot and violent

wounded and insular

 

each saved by the others

the three-in-one,

one-in-three.

 

I believe.

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