Molly Brant – February 21

Posted on February 22, 2015 by landl30

2.21.2015

you honored the other

showing them not

disdain

 

but appreciation and

fulfillment in the

ways of Christ.

 

reacher across chasms

teacher of ways

forward

 

may we follow your

path, of care

with core.

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Saturday after Ash Wednesday

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A Lent Note – 2015

Posted on February 20, 2015 by landl30

Friends,

I recommend to you a website called LentMadness.org … which does the NCAA one better by having a daily choice between two saints of the faith, working down through the “brackets” over the Lenten season for a final “Golden Halo” of 2015.

My own commitment this year is to follow these, make my vote each day, and to write a brief poem in honor of my personal choice for that day… hence Brendan and David Oakerhater thus far.

Lent Blessings to you and yours… and perhaps you might “join the madness.”

Len Freeman

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David Oakerhater – February 20

Posted on February 20, 2015 by landl30

2.20.2015

a captured warrior

your heart was

captured by

Christ

 

serving, caring,

helping, you

raised your

people.

 

may we hear

and learn

to follow.

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Friday after Ash Wednesday

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Brendan – February 19

Posted on February 20, 2015 by landl30

2.19.2015

my coracle is

so small, and

your great ocean

so deep

 

waves and ice

and lost souls

upon islands

 

Lord may I

find your tir’na nog

and never

sail away.

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Thursday after Ash Wednesday

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traffic – February 17

Posted on February 19, 2015 by landl30

2.17.2015

pavement rolling under

the chassis, long

curving byways,

short tight traffics,

 

remind

 

that the journey

is no longer just

as enjoyable

as the destination.

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pharoahs in the snow – February 16

Posted on February 17, 2015 by landl30

2.16.2015

snow upon snow builds

into banks of ice for

cars to bounce off of,

if there is room enough

in the shriven

streets

 

what does God have

to tell us to understand

that we are misusing

the creation we were

given dominion

over

 

like the buffalo and

carrier pigeons that

we believed went on

forever so we could

kill them with

impunity.

 

the science speaks

words of how it works,

prophecies through

visions that we have

been given the ability

to learn

 

another set of eyes and

ears for those who eyes

and ears to see and

hear, or not for those

who hearts have

hardened

 

like Pharoahs in

modern deserts

not hearing the

warnings of a

red tide

coming.

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ten minutes – February 15

Posted on February 16, 2015 by landl30

2.15.2015

drive six hours

for a ten minute

play is what you

do for your son.

 

no reason, no

logic.

just love.

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a semblance of rationality – February 10

Posted on February 11, 2015 by landl30

2.10.2015

my eyes hold tired

away from my

brain, where my

thoughts stem

their way back

into a semblance

of rationality.

 

an illusion of course.

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Whiplash – February 9

Posted on February 10, 2015 by landl30

2.9.2015

touching deep into

a dark hole

probing

 

for an ego that

will not

break

 

for a soul that

will accept

sacrifice

 

but at what cost

to the others

in the

hole.

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sneak attack – February 8

Posted on February 9, 2015 by landl30

2.8.2015

snuffles start at

the back of throats

like visits from

aliens who have

landed without notice

 

until

now.

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