Tag Archives: death

survivor guilt – February 26

Posted on February 27, 2018 by landl30

2.26.2018 in wartime guns rattle, ied’s level the guys next to you, and some come home in pieces, while others in only guises and varieties of a whole.   why me, why not me why them, and I’m still here … Continue reading →

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a partner goes away – June 11

Posted on June 12, 2016 by landl30

6.11.2016 a partner goes away, her partner sitting in the front row while her brother and their son talk of what a wonderful person mom was.   and dad just sits, almost alone, a grown child to one side but … Continue reading →

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easter miss – March 27

Posted on March 28, 2016 by landl30

3.27.2016 [easter miss] dry tired face belying festive garb   follower of a dead noble leader   that misses the move, the rise, the difference.   and with it the joy. ——————

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packing bag – November 24

Posted on November 24, 2015 by landl30

11.24 (10.5).2015 packing bag socks shirts underwear heart   will it be needed when we arrive   at the final stop. ———————-

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early lessons – August 12

Posted on August 15, 2015 by landl30

8.12.2015 we hated little Stevie obnoxious little Stevie spoiled, spoiled spoiled Stevie who never came back.   he called his brother Gibby, he called my friend Gibby, because he couldn’t say Gilbert but we didn’t know that.   the leukemia … Continue reading →

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osprey mother – July 20

Posted on July 22, 2015 by landl30

7.20.2015 osprey mother slips away wing clipping the wire   the talons beak fine strong corpus no longer matter   in the world of instinct to be wounded is to die.   she sits on the low timber, wing askew, … Continue reading →

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sonorous voices – April 22

Posted on April 24, 2015 by landl30

4.22.2015 sonorous voices almost too perfect as if funereal was a verb.   as in, to funeralize, to speak smoothly, beautifully, hopefully with just the right sob in the throat and cheer-cheeked peek into the sky.   i hope to … Continue reading →

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holocaust -the bondage of death – April 17

Posted on April 18, 2015 by landl30

4.15.2015 a long slick narrow bridge over waters filled with death   hate filled people gleeful in pot-shotting at random victims   a gauntlet of terror each movement only forward   unsure if the next moment will be the halted … Continue reading →

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faith takes us – January 17

Posted on January 18, 2015 by landl30

1.17.2015 faith takes us to places we didn’t expect   and leaves us open to more than we hoped.   saying goodbye will only be a step   on the road to meeting again. ————- when our bodies fail it … Continue reading →

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fears about faith – September 15

Posted on September 17, 2014 by landl30

9.15.2014 fears about faith about God and life and love and death   fantasies or connections to the really real beneath the world’s veneer   fears. that it won’t be true. that it is.   and will I have lived … Continue reading →

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