Tag Archives: vision

direct apprehension

Posted on April 8, 2017 by landl30

4.7.2017 hearing God’s voice directly. asking and waiting for a word. a sense attribute more lost than found for secular us. ————

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1.30.2017 there’s something about a January thaw that does a body good. we walk to the waterfall where the flows pulsing behind a yellowing wall of ice feed into the widening maw of deep copper below and … Continue reading →

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match girl – December 10

Posted on December 12, 2016 by landl30

12.10.2016 she bought me a christmas candle to shine in the window and warm my heart remembering the little boy who saw its orange flame and felt safened by the warmth like the little match girl who saw … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged candles, childhood, Children, darkness, Hans Christian Andersen, heart tug, hope, light, loss, sacrament, sadness, symbols, tales, trust, victory, vision | Leave a comment

eye of the beholder – May 12

Posted on May 13, 2016 by landl30

5.12.2016 curved hip with leg tucked, lilac jacket, blonding hair from across the room I watch her stretch a leg and sip her cup of tea while she plays scrabble on her kindle. all’s right with my … Continue reading →

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for Jack…CSLewis – November 29

Posted on November 29, 2015 by landl30

11.29.2015 a lampost in a wood shone in his mind until one day it flowed out into a book and then books and then Narnia which felt like I’d seen it my whole life. I loved … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged birthdays, clarity, CS Lewis, echoes, faith, fantasy, imagination, mentors, Narnia, perception, reality, vision, wisdom, writers, yearnings | Leave a comment

Brigham’s vision – June 28

Posted on July 1, 2015 by landl30

6.28.2015 streets wide enough for teams of oxen to turn streets wide enough for legions of followers to learn streets wide enough for the pavings of heaven for roadways of jasper, carnelian and gold streets for the … Continue reading →

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Jackson Kemper – March 4

Posted on March 5, 2015 by landl30

3.4.2015 [Jackson Kemper] open land, no borders, waiting for vision and a heart with courage to go and say, this too is the Lord’s land and there are no others. —————-

Posted in poetry | Tagged Christianity, courage, faith, heart, Lent, Lent Madness, Mid-west, missionaries, saints, vision, [Jackson | Leave a comment

stiffness – February 28

Posted on March 1, 2015 by landl30

2.28.2015 stiffness hardens the hands that type age creeping toward a distance from the vision of my self as solid. —————

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pathway – December 30

Posted on December 31, 2014 by landl30

12.30.2014 snow spreads back into the trees a deer swath broadening through afternoon gray sun spilling dull bare whisper shadows the pond beyond marking a boundary that only the heart knows. ————————

Posted in poetry | Tagged journey, mortality, pathways, snow, soul, spirit, time, unknown, vision, Winter, year end, yearning | Leave a comment

glasses – May 22

Posted on May 23, 2014 by landl30

5.22.2014 I sit in the store looking at glasses, at windows to faces, to eyes, to too. framing, disguising, revealing, accenting, to face time, to soul heart, to time spent to too. brown ones, and black ones and … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged adornment, eyeglasses, eyes, images, perception, projection, self-revelation, Shopping, vision | Leave a comment