Tag Archives: distance

Adirondack

Posted on September 22, 2020 by landl30

9.19.2020 [adirondack] The first treeto fire into autumnhas turnedand the smell of leavesand fire sweeten the airjust like last year and the yearbefore and the year before, though perhaps a bitmore beautifully this year, all unknowing of wildfires to the … Continue reading →

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anarchist nights

Posted on June 5, 2020 by landl30

6.5.2020        [anarchist nights] a young platinum haired boy in shorts stands facing a wall of hazy confused newspaper panels they appear like smoke before him as he raises his imaginary toy ramming device to knock them down. it’s all … Continue reading →

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the angels have come back – March 22

Posted on March 22, 2018 by landl30

3.22.2018 the angels have come back although they hadn’t really gone   just out of my mind until I needed to get close, and the divine   felt so far away, and then they were there.   accessible. ————–

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in abstensia – June 18

Posted on June 19, 2017 by landl30

6.18.2017 [in abstensia] I didn’t listen to my dad, angry ashamed dismissive I wanted nothing to do with him even at the end with years the distance lessens now aware that maybe he didn’t know how nor did I and … Continue reading →

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a visit with Mike – March 11

Posted on March 13, 2017 by landl30

3.11.2017 out for the day with the prodigal son, damaged by birth, by life, by all the bad chances and changes that can harm   and yet, he smiles and we try, because God made him   and somewhere in … Continue reading →

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broken people speak – December 1

Posted on December 2, 2016 by landl30

12.1.2016 broken people speak and tell their truth that the rest of us are not nice   while we listen and nod and hope that we are actually awake. ——————-

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electronic oops – August 15

Posted on August 16, 2016 by landl30

8.15.2016 they spelled our names wrong again   email, twitter, face book et al   how will we live with our electronic worlds done wrong.   one foot in front of the other with real live people. —————————

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noticing – June 19

Posted on June 19, 2016 by landl30

6.19.2016 the lilac smell is sweet close up to my nostrils as I raise on tiptoe to their aroma   it’s a dark night the street empty but for my love and I out to gaze after nothing   we … Continue reading →

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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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airport fever – April 14

Posted on April 16, 2016 by landl30

4.14.2016 airport fever one more run between gates   at O’Hare I swear you can taxi to Toledo.   cell phone lives fill the time every thumb committed   to touching something other than what’s immediately present. ——————–

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