Tag Archives: loss

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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speaking truth – July 11

Posted on July 12, 2015 by landl30

7.11.2015 she lived with pain for years until a real love came. now gone there is grief at too quick an end yet the heights spoke truth. —————-

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gone – October 9

Posted on October 11, 2014 by landl30

10.9.2014 I turned around and they were gone as if snatched in the rapture and only we the depraved were left feeling hollow. ————————

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6.19.2014 orange jumpsuit face behind glass voice through a phone to allay and let pass facts. story. life lines of least and of worry. lawyerly motions so swiftly to bury at age sixty two is life now so … Continue reading →

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friends pass – June 9

Posted on June 10, 2014 by landl30

6.9.2014 friends pass sometimes because the cancer caught up to them some because they stuck a needle into their arm one too many times and the heroin got ‘em some simply dropped one day in the library stacks … Continue reading →

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out into the world – April 23

Posted on April 24, 2014 by landl30

4.23.2014 wandering wandering the house seems vacant as if meaning took a powder when the book was finished like having a baby who then grows up and says bye bye without actually saying it gone. empty. space. out … Continue reading →

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epiphany 2 – January 6

Posted on January 7, 2014 by landl30

1.6 wisdom written upon the sky is what they followed, best minds, hearts atuned to a pattern in the universe. the clouds at evening now stretch like a dark puzzle, spaces pushing light through the edges asking to be … Continue reading →

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a stocky little body – September 1

Posted on September 2, 2013 by landl30

9. 1 a stocky little body of a boy climbs into my lap touching places of memory. I still know how to ride a bike read the book and talk about Mr. Peppers and his cat who loves orangesickles. … Continue reading →

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