Tag Archives: awareness

late night sadness – May 8

Posted on May 9, 2016 by landl30

5.8.2016 late night two am sadness, when the family can gather and you’re just a sideline.   you raised them to be their own yet you’re never ready for the moment   when you know that they’re just fine or … Continue reading →

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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 … Continue reading →

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little things – December 19

Posted on December 21, 2015 by landl30

12.19.2015 little things little faces and cries   of small villages in small places small time backwaters   where the hand of the One seems to arrive   while we are looking the other way. ———————-

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a blessed day – August 26

Posted on August 27, 2015 by landl30

8.26.2015 mowing the lawn adding seed to the bird feeder oiling a hinge   everyday everyday walks through normality   the stuff of life straight forward the gist of giving and receiving   just because. ————————-

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grounded – July 26

Posted on July 27, 2015 by landl30

7.26.2015 oppressive heat switches off brain cells, the body shutting down blood flow to sustain.   grounded to our physicality despite all our protestations to being above it all   we can fool our minds but the body knows. ————————-

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small tangible pleasures – May 22

Posted on May 23, 2015 by landl30

5.22.2015 slice eggplant and quarter ditto sweet onion, then bask in the aromas   minute decisions   garlic, shitake mushroom, salt, pepper, olive oil   whatever else feels like it might work in nicely   small tangible pleasures on the … Continue reading →

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short form – April 28

Posted on April 30, 2015 by landl30

4.28.2015 [short form] when the chirrups from the pond stop   Danger, Will Robinson, Danger   something is there. —————-

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when the chirrups stop – April 27

Posted on April 27, 2015 by landl30

4.27.2015 things suddenly go quiet sharp crisp quiet at the sludge pond   when the chirrups stop, the spring frogs freeze.   something is there.   fox, coyote, predator perhaps a human has stepped too close   all bird trills, … Continue reading →

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in the presence – March 15

Posted on March 16, 2015 by landl30

3.15.2015 blazing orange pinks streak the eastern sky the light coming from a long distance untrammeled by city reverberations light pollutions car exhaust waves   simply streaking while a half moon whisps away into the treelined west.   I sit … Continue reading →

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