Tag Archives: frustration

day-after paroxysms – November 9

Posted on November 11, 2016 by landl30

11.9.2016 blinding numb paroxysms of disbelief, slow motion car wreck still to happen coming, coming down a road all too obvious and we chose it. rage, loss of control visit these things upon us, fantasies of payback, blind … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged anger, choices, consequences, deliverance, despair, election, frustration, hope, Jesus, loss, pain, Prayer, rage | Leave a comment

apple help – June 11

Posted on June 11, 2016 by landl30

6.10.2016 watching the computer go black upgrade the message said doom the inner voice cries call the help man wait on the line holding forever try this, try that the laconic voice easy for … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged anxiety, Apple, computers, fear, frustration, technology, upgrades | Leave a comment

come Lord Jesus – May 3

Posted on May 3, 2016 by landl30

5.3.2016 so much scrambling day to day to night to day to fill, to foil, to find or forget I call to you for quiet, or rest, or something, anything to calm the panic hustle hassle of my soul. … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged calm, exhaustion, frazzle, frustration, need, peace, plea, poems, Prayer, pressure, quiet, soul, stress, writers, writing | Leave a comment

an anger observed – February 17

Posted on February 18, 2016 by landl30

2.17.2016 (9) my dad washed dishes bent over the sink banging away with tongue at side of his lip striking angrily. he was doing it for mom whose raw cracked hands bled as she tore at them and cried. … Continue reading →

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slippery slope – February 16

Posted on February 17, 2016 by landl30

2.16.2016 the day slips by as easy as not looking as hard as counting time. ————————–

Posted in poetry | Tagged difficulty, frustration, missing, movement, pace, regret, time | Leave a comment

hyper drive – December 28

Posted on December 29, 2015 by landl30

12.28.2015 they said snow would come you could hear them salivating tv weather teams in paroxysm I think we got an inch. —————

Posted in poetry | Tagged exaggeration, frustration, hype, television, weather | Leave a comment

old faces – August 15

Posted on August 17, 2015 by landl30

8.15.2015 old faces look out at distances they cannot fathom to times that disappear into what. there was always purpose, task now only days seemingly empty no apparent seeming except to breathe and weaken. is it disillusion or … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged aging, bodies, boredom, effort, frustration, hospice, nursing care, soul work, souls, weakness | Leave a comment

waiting – June 9

Posted on June 10, 2015 by landl30

6.9.2015 waiting on a son late at night waiting for a time to make the flight waiting, waiting. fatherhood’s plight. ————————–

Posted in poetry | Tagged burdens, frustration, parenthood, patience, waiting | Leave a comment

Aline Alone – May 1

Posted on May 4, 2015 by landl30

5.1.2015 [Aline Alone] I like my ironing board I like my washing machine a dead voice, blond curls close to her head in the basement room where she slammed the basket down catatonic stare, blank eyes wondering why she … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged alienation, breakdown, fears, frustration, hopes, isolation, marriage, mother, pain, sister, wife | Leave a comment

blank possibilities – April 9

Posted on April 9, 2015 by landl30

4.9.2015 blank page filled with unspoken words not yet condemned condensed into jottings open. possible. intuiting. maybes. until the page is un blanked into a specific good, bad, or other. then it’s gone. ——————–

Posted in poetry | Tagged choice, commitment, decision, frustration, general, openness, poetry, possibilities, specific, writing | Leave a comment

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