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Tag Archives: response
blubbering beavers – January 28
1.28.2017 blubbering beavers feel the words feel the quiver even before tons of feelings from somewhere deep mostly of gratitude and sometimes of fear that life is so beautiful and yet what if not. grace is a … Continue reading
they asked – October 2
10.2.2016 they asked for a poem so I told one which they weren’t expecting. ————-
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Tagged awkwardness, expectations, poetry, poets, query, response, unease
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figure of speech – August 21
8.21.2016 a voice on the phone says hello I have your results all is normal all is well, benign no change a weight disappears that I thought was only a figure of speech. literal lift, lightness of … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, appreciation, Health, hope, literalism, Medicine, objective reality, response
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hello there – March 10
3.10.2016 writing a poem in the green chair speaking to myself and God. hello there. hello back. I read you between the lines. ———————
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Tagged creativity, God, perception, poems, poetry, Prayer, response, writing
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grace – February 28
2.28.2016 driving in the car I said God help me and the bluetooth rang and it was you incarnate. embodied. flesh of new flesh. gift. I’m always surprised at how you show up. ———————–
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Tagged grace, incarnation, love, lover, Prayer, presence, response, surprise
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starving – February 15
2.15.2106 starving refugees in Syria, terrorists hiding amongst the fled killers in Kenya, dead in Taiwan. God where are you do you care are you there. Are YOU there it comes in my head in my heart. … Continue reading
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Tagged caring, commitment, discipleship, discipline, doing, Lent, Prayer, response, suffering
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labor day – September 7
9.7.2015 I walked too far yesterday, I’ll walk too far again today. all my muscles ache but I find myself laughing amused at how this is just what bodies do and if you don’t laugh you cry … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, amusement, bodies, exercise, muscles, nature, pain, perspective, physicality, response
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It’s so cold – November 19
11.19.2014 It’s so cold Hands itch to stop The burn. Lord where are you Lord send someone to save my life One of those hands Teresa said were Christ’s The only one’s He has To make a … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, cry, empathy, God, homeless, homelessness, Jesus, need, pain, poverty, Prayer, response
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enough said – November 17
11.17.2014 don’t tell that story she says it hurts my feelings. but I don’t mean anything by it people ask and I think it’s funny. but it hurts my feelings. enough said. ————————
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Tagged attention, care, love, partners, perception, relationship, response
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