Tag Archives: grace

pink oxford sounds – November 7

11.7.2014 soul anchoring music warms the air around us, fingers moving on laptops   her pink oxford shirt wrinkles just right the cat leaning close on big brown   my soul eases, gazing across to caress the hand that rises … Continue reading

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winning – November 6

11.6.2014 the challenge of competence stresses relationship.   what if. I didn’t expect. that’s my territory.   then hearts need to test heart.   a win is not always what’s needed. ————————-

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for you – silver anniversary – November 4

11.4.2014 the best thing about twenty five is that it’s more than a number. —————————–

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friends stories – October 7

10.7.2014 friends, stories. gathered to share in each other’s sphere.   lives facing. ends, turns, moments with calm.   children who’ve died. lives gone, partners missed. parents.   time ordered by hopes lived, toughed through, upheld   by friends stories … Continue reading

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fears about faith – September 15

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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book tour1 – September 11

9.11.14 manic energy surrounds us on the way out the door   a trip to sell books, to share stories to be support   all the reasons we started what we do   all the hopes of years for each … Continue reading

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big bed – September 3

9.3.2014 the big bed still holds my love, her taut calf catching at my heart   the softness of limbs that have welcomed me   the soft hand reaching across to caress my pillow   how could I have slept … Continue reading

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sabbath lands – August 15

8.15.2014 verdant waving farmland crops flowing yards and acres and hectares to the horizon   a town below bluffs, the drop immediate and precipitous to the river   where one can float away into patterns of flow and serenity, dalliance … Continue reading

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a tug on the leash – July 29

7.29.2014 the dog stops more often on our walks now to sniff, to lift a leg, to squat   or perhaps to fake one of these so that he can take a breath as he ages.   I tug at … Continue reading

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a poem a day – July 21

7.21.2014 a poem a day keeps the insanity away. ————————-

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