Category Archives: Poetry

Dove Whispers

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

Grace on the blue wing, soft air and powerful lift, dove whispers in flight.

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Sunday Haiku

Posted on May 19, 2013 by

Not so wonder bound By birth and circumstances When my spirit soars.

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Spent

Posted on May 19, 2013 by

A lighter grip on what seemed so sure–slipping away. Spent feels like loss. Life and beauty leaked out the crevasses of studies and babies and music and travel and loving and words and words and words. Youth wants so much–wants, … Continue reading →

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I Must Thank My Squirrel

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

As much as it pains me to thank my ground squirrel, I must give credit where credit is due–You! You little escape artist–chew your way through plastic buckets artist– cute but delinquent–You! You chewed through the seed bag, then the … Continue reading →

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Let Us Pray

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

For grass and seed and backyard bounty, for mates and chicks and sheltering, I am thankful, while groaning along with the rest of creation for wolf-lamb comforts and calf, lion, and yearling communion, and the leading of a little child. That it … Continue reading →

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Next Time

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

Next time, I will rest walk. I will not flit from flower to flower like a butterfly, capturing this and that in my digital memory. As fun as that is, next time, I will think walk. I will not adrenalin-rush the … Continue reading →

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Thin as Thin

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

Translucent, thin as thin, my skin barely covers the vital parts, the vulnerable places. Tough as nails is truly strong, but nails pierce and punctures bleed; so in the livelong days, would I be happier to be the punctured or … Continue reading →

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There is Beauty in the Fallen

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

The young and vibrant are praised just because– all that color and life, a grace. But even in the light grip of the wounded and aged–the letting go– there is a glory. There is beauty in the fallen and glory in … Continue reading →

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Oak in Counterpoint

Posted on April 20, 2013 by

The twisting, the turning in shadow, hard as hard viewed soft in evanescent light, meshed arms in counterpoint to the music of life, and I smile.

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To All of Us

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

Do I feel safe, knowing it was New England and not California? Is 3000 miles a wide enough span to let me breathe, while clucking my tongue at such horrors in the world? Is 3000 miles far enough away to … Continue reading →

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