Tag Archives: grace

has-been feelings – March 16

Posted on March 17, 2015 by landl30

3.16.2015 has-been feelings spread so easily   they left my name off   they didn’t answer my email, phone, yell for notice   don’t they know, yes they don’t   and so what, so who is to care   but … 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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Dionysius – March 9

Posted on March 9, 2015 by landl30

3.9.2015      [Dionysius the Great] forgiveness, the gift we all live by for none of us lives up to our billing. —————-

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Brigid – March 3

Posted on March 4, 2015 by landl30

3.3.2015 [A Table Grace for St. Brigid] God bless the poor God bless the sick God bless the human race   God bless our food God bless our drink All homes, O God, embrace. ———————

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the deep end – February 6

Posted on February 8, 2015 by landl30

2.6.2015 I was born into a world where fathers threw their sons into the deep end to teach them how to swim.   it is a terrible cruel world and I can’t always be there. you need to learn to … Continue reading →

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Spare infant child – Christmas 2014

Posted on December 25, 2014 by landl30

Spare infant child symbol enthralled   born without wealth yet giving to all.   How do I love thee speak now my part   give me your grace enable my heart. ————————– Christmas 2014

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presents under the tree – December 23

Posted on December 24, 2014 by landl30

12.23.2014 presents under the tree. exuberant, bashful, wistful, bright, homely and homing.   quiet surrounds their moment. there is no need to rush the opening   seeing them there under the bearing tree tells its own tale of warming amidst … Continue reading →

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kenya grace – December 7

Posted on December 9, 2014 by landl30

12.7.2014 do you know how blessed you are the girl said? to have chocolate to drink?   when I had my baby I had gruel and it was all my family could give.   and then she cried, for the … Continue reading →

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stopping by woods – December 5

Posted on December 6, 2014 by landl30

12.5.2014 full moon trees sparse against snow like a Robert Frost poem   christmas lights through woods like fairies in wind   breathe it in, sense it all soft and clear cold   eyelids wide at the grace. ———————–

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to be with – November 26

Posted on November 27, 2014 by landl30

11.26.2014 to be with the one you love is the best of gifts to give thanks for. ————-

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