Tag Archives: time

sabbath lands – August 15

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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body messages – July 5

7.5.2014 learning. listening. body messages.   aging muscles, lines, bone   connections. nerve endings   telling their tale of a life full lived   well used. ————————-

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rendezvous – July 1

7.1.2014 I rendezvous with the love of my life ever new   as if we’ve met again for the first time deja vu   marveling at the grace in my life that is you   rendezvous.   ———————

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a face behind glass – June 19

6.19.2014 orange jumpsuit face behind glass voice through a phone to allay and let pass   facts. story. life lines of least and of worry. lawyerly motions so swiftly to bury   at age sixty two is life now so … Continue reading

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with my lover away – May 2

5.2.2014 with my lover away, the day moves oh so slowly   if she was upstairs out of sight but there in the next room   then life would move at its normal speed as would I   but she … Continue reading

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time is a fiction – January 21

1.21.2014 my enthusiasms slow down taking time more for less   days arising quietly, first awareness of solitude   the inside of eyeballs dark yet awake in moments   of simplicity.   time is a fiction, endless yet gone   … Continue reading

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not for sissies – January 16

1.16 early morning aches brain running on empty what does it take to overcome the pangs of time? creaks and squeaks   and bumps and lumps aging ain’t for sissies anymore —————

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we hardly did anything – January 9

1.9 we hardly did anything and my son said it was the best of times.   there is a learning here. ———  

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at the turning of the year – December 31

12.31 wide flat snow fields fade up into the sky, pink blushes sliding by at the horizon as we travel north towards homes that have forgotten the prairie runs which gave them life.   breath catches in our throats like … Continue reading

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little goat boy – December 15

12.15 a little goat boy sits on the toy cabin porch that I built when a child was on the way   and we counted down the days and times pasting wallpaper, circling round clocks,   until the water broke … Continue reading

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