Tag Archives: quiet

in the presence – March 15

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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morning mist – June 11

6.11.2014 morning newspaper not here, mist across the pond, a low burst of sun just visible between trunk and branch   sweet time. coffee with m and s, a chair by the barely cracked window while steel-cut oats burble   … Continue reading

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opening to you – April 29

4.29.2014 opening to you listening for your voice   silent as rain on my windows   hushing as wind behind my eyes   out of the corners. there. —————

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Lent Prayer 23 – March 27

Lent Prayer 23 let me rest in you let me pause in you let me see the day through your eyes and find peace. ———————–

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the cat sits – January 17

1.17 the cat sits on the bed next to my wife then moves to snuggle at her feet, with tail atwitch like a modest sphinx glorying in the return of its mother.   calm. solid. at peace with the world, … Continue reading

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good morning moon – December 26

12.26 good morning moon shining through bare winter limbs to say hello.   stark, clear, magical norman rockwell in brilliance, you greet us.   the quiet before dawn speaks volumes. —————-

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I listen to my silence – December 3

12.3 I listen to my silence, searching for a word, image, sound, touch. dishes washing, dog slurping, corduroy swishing, all the little tags of my surround.   what is here, present in the moment, reaching back. my fingers stroke the … Continue reading

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windows rise up – November 24

11.24 windows rise up and glow amidst the trees   magic lanterns of other’s life stories.   perhaps they will drift away on the wind   and I will stand here with the skeletons   of dark trees and quiet … Continue reading

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driving with the radio off – October 13

10.13 driving with the radio off. humming of tires. subtle varyings spray the roadside   pavement unrolls, passerbys move distinctly. walker. cycle. baggy in the road.   discomfort. the world out side. going on. inner toil to stay awkward.   … Continue reading

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