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Tag Archives: mortality
cold weather’s come in – December 11
12.11.2015 cold weather’s come in, stars clearer, a chill off the grass, leaves shoveling toward their winter graves. it’s going to be all right. (11.6) ———————-
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Tagged affirmation, belief, cold, endings, mortality, trust, Winter
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in the moment – September 24
9.24.2015 purple crocheted pullover cap crowns the now balded head, the smile and persona fully there. old friend across a room, daughters on either side, reminiscing about kids and hopes and possibilities while the stark option lies out … Continue reading
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Tagged Cancer, caring, chemo, friendship, grace, illness, mortality, presence
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osprey mother – July 20
7.20.2015 osprey mother slips away wing clipping the wire the talons beak fine strong corpus no longer matter in the world of instinct to be wounded is to die. she sits on the low timber, wing askew, … Continue reading
making peace with mortality – July 16
7.16.2015 making peace with mortality is just part of the game unless you plan on losing early. ——————–
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Tagged acceptance, ease, God, grace, journey, life, mortality, perspective, reality
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life spans – June 11
6.11.2015 trees have life spans branches needing lopping, crowns needing topping so the buzz crunch comes, sawing, downing, trimming, seeding. I wonder if it knows or feels or misses what has gone or is the pull of … Continue reading
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Tagged beyond, cutting back, cutting losses, immortality, life, life forms, mortality, nature, trees, triage, trimming
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Kyrie – May 31
5.31.2015 mortality creeps in on little scabs unhealing wounds ever so small. at a certain age the wheel turns and something, something, will be a turning that won’t retreat. the mind knows it but not … Continue reading
Akaka Falls – May 6
5.6.2015 [Akaka Falls] knees buckle, arms quake, head ducks in terror at nature’s height primate, primitive instinct pulls one lower to ground, feet splayed head hunched, arms akimbo, hands clenching whatever is graspable, the eyes barely able to raise … Continue reading
night boxer – April 29
4.29.2015 [night boxer] weariness has taken on a new name I don’t know what it is I just know the pull down weight, sound, touch of its ringing bell and my failing fight. ————————–
sonorous voices – April 22
4.22.2015 sonorous voices almost too perfect as if funereal was a verb. as in, to funeralize, to speak smoothly, beautifully, hopefully with just the right sob in the throat and cheer-cheeked peek into the sky. i hope to … Continue reading
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Tagged affluence, cynicism, death, first-world, funerals, God, humor, mortality, perspective, Pets, pomposity, refugees, third world
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a friend lain low – April 1
4.1.2015 grizzled hospital photo a friend lain low grins up, faith holding him close in arms and heart. —————
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