Tag Archives: mortality

Hawk’s Nest

Posted on April 14, 2021 by landl30

the hawk’s nest bristles in the crook of branches towering ready for predator or prey * below our new neighbors have put up lovely bird feeders, swinging gently in the breeze. * Lunch. ==============

Posted in poetry | Tagged birds, consequences, domestication, humor, ignorance, irony, mortality, nature | 1 Comment

5.17.2020 [Old friend tree] Old friend tree laid down today in the middle of the night, in the middle of rain and dark and a quiet slip over when too much weight and soft soil combined to say it is … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry, Uncategorized | Tagged appreciation, friendship, life, meanings, memory, mortality, nature, relationship, rythmns | Leave a comment

Ashes ashes

Posted on March 6, 2019 by landl30

Ashes, ashes, we all fall down. But not yet and not now nor scattered on the wind, ’till, yet commingled with all whom we loved and have been loved by, we rise.

Posted in poetry | Tagged Ash Wednesday, faith, God, hope, Jesus, mortality, Prayer, worship | Leave a comment

survivor guilt – February 26

Posted on February 27, 2018 by landl30

2.26.2018 in wartime guns rattle, ied’s level the guys next to you, and some come home in pieces, while others in only guises and varieties of a whole. why me, why not me why them, and I’m still here … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged acceptance, aging, complexity, conundrums, death, faith, fear, guilt, hope, life, mortality, questions, regrets, remorse, self-awareness, survival | Leave a comment

at some moment – February 20

Posted on February 23, 2018 by landl30

2.20.2018 Mortality is a tricky beast. At some moment I will feel a catch, a stop, an instant, and my eyes will blink or close, my mind stop registering, to not open again. I may hear briefly the ones … Continue reading →

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late in the day – October 20

Posted on October 23, 2017 by landl30

10.20.2017 [late in the day] late into the day aches neck, shoulders heart. ============

Posted in poetry | Tagged bodies, losses, loves, mortality, physicality, regrets, remembrances, souls | Leave a comment

a room that hints – July 3

Posted on July 3, 2017 by landl30

7.3.(6.25)2017 Jesus you are a mystery to me, entering and exiting through magic walls while I watch from a room that hints without revealing. Stop and talk with me Jesus, that I might see your face directly and unafraid. … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged appreciation, awareness, awe, dreams, growth, Jesus, longings, mortality, revelations, visions, wisdom, yearnings | 3 Comments

I ran from my dream – May 30

Posted on May 30, 2017 by landl30

5.30.2017 I ran from my dream frightened and denying the images of my mortality body withering skinnier each day the muscles outlined and my lover aware, that I thought I would have more time, twenty more plenty enough … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged aging, anxiety, dreams, faith, Gift, God, journey, meditation, mortality, perspective, spiritual growth, spirituality | Leave a comment

our father – April 12

Posted on April 13, 2017 by landl30

4.12.2017 I held his hand and we said the our father the strength of his grip defying the frailty holding on tight to claim the faith that joins us as he awaits an end. ———————–

Posted in poetry | Tagged Christianity, clergy, companionship, courage, faith, grace, hospice, mortality, Prayer, touch | Leave a comment

I think this is the year – March 12

Posted on March 15, 2017 by landl30

3.12.2107 I think this is the year I’ll die, she said sitting in the padded rocker, with a cup of decaf in her hand. really, we said, this year. yes, I have no idea why I’m still around I’m … Continue reading →

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