Tag Archives: reflection

emptied holy open time – November 27

Posted on November 28, 2015 by landl30

11.27.2015 quiet, calm, emptied openness follows the season.   holiday, holy day, hollowed out by movement day   hurried, pushed, tiresome until   stepped down from and back from and into   quiet time, calm time, emptied holy open time … Continue reading →

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in my mind’s eye – July 28

Posted on July 29, 2015 by landl30

7.28.2015 what did I see in my mind’s eye today   a cart of first corn full of its season   a voice on the phone with insight and care   a face across the room wrestling with frustration   … Continue reading →

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at some point – July 3

Posted on July 6, 2015 by landl30

7.3.2015 at some point you realize   that you have fought many fights   survived many struggles   and are surprised at how well   life has turned out   except for the friends who after   a lifetime have … Continue reading →

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anniversary forty-five – January 10

Posted on January 10, 2015 by landl30

1.10.2015 hands laid upon, pre-monish the preacher said advise in advance before the things go dread.   be a voice ahead so that people get it right, I gaze now in my own life lest I miss the light.   … Continue reading →

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sitting by evening fire – October 27

Posted on October 28, 2014 by landl30

10.27.2014 sitting by evening fire winds of autumn starting to chill the night air outside   my eyes see a newer self in the hall mirror   older, more lines, weariness askance, matching the soreness of muscles that now hurt … Continue reading →

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sabbath lands – August 15

Posted on August 17, 2014 by landl30

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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morning mist – June 11

Posted on June 12, 2014 by landl30

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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I listen to my silence – December 3

Posted on December 4, 2013 by landl30

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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it all aches – May 21

Posted on May 21, 2013 by landl30

5.21 It all aches. every step on the evening walk around the block.   thighs, back, neck, ankles. have I missed any parts. at least I have parts.   the way of woundedness, being better to move than to mould. … Continue reading →

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silver dappled mare, sacred grove – April 27

Posted on April 27, 2013 by landl30

4.27 the silver dappled mare stands ever in the grove watching, waiting, head turned back over a pale shoulder as we pass on the road.   so regular an observer we wonder if it is a statue, until the neck … Continue reading →

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