They were Four, Five, Six and Ten,
or if you prefer, they were
Green, Yellow, Blue, and Red,
their mouths that is, the wonderful
colors of kids caught in the allure
of lollipops, lollipops
in big open bowls on the desk
at the bank in the grocery store
Hurry Daddy, we want a lollipop
you’ll have to wait, oh but it is so hard
to stand in a line, wait for the teller
look expectantly, sheepishly, urgently
oh, don’t forget, boldly
hurry and unwrap it
so sweet, so fun, sitting on the bench
she laughed and I saw it, the blue
blue tongue, blue lips, blue teeth
they saw it too, howling, checking their own
smiling for each other, say cheese
wonderful lollipop lips
August 12, 2006 23:06
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Saturday, August 12, 2006
Excuse Me, Your Honor
I rose to ask a question
feeling unsure, a bit ill at ease
like Bob Cratchett asking for coal
or Oliver asking for more porridge
excuse me, your honor…
it was funny, his reaction
a sense, an awareness
of the absurdity of the formality
asking for a point of clarification
offering correction, refinement
precision in the writing,
the specific language
of the agreement.
I got a thank you.
August 12, 2006 21:04
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feeling unsure, a bit ill at ease
like Bob Cratchett asking for coal
or Oliver asking for more porridge
excuse me, your honor…
it was funny, his reaction
a sense, an awareness
of the absurdity of the formality
asking for a point of clarification
offering correction, refinement
precision in the writing,
the specific language
of the agreement.
I got a thank you.
August 12, 2006 21:04
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Sunning on the Sandbar
Four ducks, before mid-morning
sitting, facing the sun,
wings hugging against their bodies
sitting still in the sunbeams
warming the sandbar
in the brook
just off the Merrimack
A moment of tranquility
just off the highway
as we all rushed on by
I wonder how many others
saw them, noticed their
still brown forms on the brown
of the sandbar
surrounded by the dark waters
sitting, facing the sun,
wings hugging against their bodies
sitting still in the sunbeams
warming the sandbar
in the brook
just off the Merrimack
A moment of tranquility
just off the highway
as we all rushed on by
I wonder how many others
saw them, noticed their
still brown forms on the brown
of the sandbar
surrounded by the dark waters
August 12, 2006 20:25
Sunning on the Sandbar
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Fading Slides
Long forgotten memories
were preserved on the thin skin
on the slides in the trays
in the box, crushed years ago
at the back of the closet
in the spare bedroom
of mom’s house
We share so much on them
trips, special times, everyday life
fading now
grain by grain, eaten away
ghosts dimming in the
little bits of celluloid
in the cardboard squares
in the plastic trays
annotated and cataloged
but slipping away
in fading images
of the emulsion
on the slides
from our youth
August 12, 2006 20:43
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were preserved on the thin skin
on the slides in the trays
in the box, crushed years ago
at the back of the closet
in the spare bedroom
of mom’s house
We share so much on them
trips, special times, everyday life
fading now
grain by grain, eaten away
ghosts dimming in the
little bits of celluloid
in the cardboard squares
in the plastic trays
annotated and cataloged
but slipping away
in fading images
of the emulsion
on the slides
from our youth
August 12, 2006 20:43
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One-Eyed Dog
I remember him all so vividly
like it was so recent
far fewer than the close to forty years ago
that it actually is
My grandfather bought me a membership
a membership in the YMCA,
I was in first, maybe second, grade
I’d walk the three blocks
from Abner Gibbs to the Y
But I’d be watching for him
wary, nervous, ill at ease
He was always there on Noble Street
like he wasn’t let in
scaring me, spooking me
One-eye of the beagle
stitched shut, long since healed
a blank space, light like that around it
a hollow sorrowful gap
haunting me, running away
to learn to swim, the get away
look for Grampa, in the boiler room
in the filter room at the Y
August 12, 2006 20:35
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like it was so recent
far fewer than the close to forty years ago
that it actually is
My grandfather bought me a membership
a membership in the YMCA,
I was in first, maybe second, grade
I’d walk the three blocks
from Abner Gibbs to the Y
But I’d be watching for him
wary, nervous, ill at ease
He was always there on Noble Street
like he wasn’t let in
scaring me, spooking me
One-eye of the beagle
stitched shut, long since healed
a blank space, light like that around it
a hollow sorrowful gap
haunting me, running away
to learn to swim, the get away
look for Grampa, in the boiler room
in the filter room at the Y
August 12, 2006 20:35
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Forgotten History
A discovery in the boxed memories
forgotten history of childhood,
adolescence, years gone by
pearls in the oyster
treasures in the dark
still places, quiet like the grave
dirty too, with the dust of time
urging me to look further
in the next box
for another nugget
sifted from the stream bed
among the rocks
and the gravel
August 12, 2006 21:17
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forgotten history of childhood,
adolescence, years gone by
pearls in the oyster
treasures in the dark
still places, quiet like the grave
dirty too, with the dust of time
urging me to look further
in the next box
for another nugget
sifted from the stream bed
among the rocks
and the gravel
August 12, 2006 21:17
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Boxed Memories
There were boxes
every shape and size
attic, basement, storage space
still, quiet, frozen in time
forgotten boxes of shards and fragments
treasured memories rediscovered
inconvenient parts too
things painful to keep
awkward to discard
hard to open, connect the pieces
aged, weathered boxes, yellowed tape
dust covered, water stained cardboard
memories in boxes
forgotten parts of me
who I was, who I am
August 12, 2006 21:11
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every shape and size
attic, basement, storage space
still, quiet, frozen in time
forgotten boxes of shards and fragments
treasured memories rediscovered
inconvenient parts too
things painful to keep
awkward to discard
hard to open, connect the pieces
aged, weathered boxes, yellowed tape
dust covered, water stained cardboard
memories in boxes
forgotten parts of me
who I was, who I am
August 12, 2006 21:11
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Frozen Water
The camera caught the water
froze it at a moment of time
preserved as drops, bits of eternity
etched right there
on the square of film
seeing what the human eye cannot see
the beauty in the pauses between
the rushing water
over rock and falls
broken into tiny droplets
saved and framed on my wall
August 12, 2006 21:45
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froze it at a moment of time
preserved as drops, bits of eternity
etched right there
on the square of film
seeing what the human eye cannot see
the beauty in the pauses between
the rushing water
over rock and falls
broken into tiny droplets
saved and framed on my wall
August 12, 2006 21:45
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Another Step
Another step on a long road
to keep them safe,
to build our family,
one step at a time
to do what it takes,
go through the process,
through the courts
to break a bond, stitch another
in its place, filling the empty place
making lemonade
when we can
August 12, 2006 21:52
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to keep them safe,
to build our family,
one step at a time
to do what it takes,
go through the process,
through the courts
to break a bond, stitch another
in its place, filling the empty place
making lemonade
when we can
August 12, 2006 21:52
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Blueberry Stories
A moment of panic
assuaged by the promise
the musing, the utterance
Oh, she’ll come back,
with “Blueberry Stories”
And she will, she told me
in hearing this story, this tale
of four-year-old fears
of losing their Pastor Lori
in the wilds of the Downeast
the wilds of Maine
The departing of the mission trip
only a day away
needing the assurance
of the faithful return
to still the trembling lip
the welling up of her eyes
this morning
August 12, 2006 15:03
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assuaged by the promise
the musing, the utterance
Oh, she’ll come back,
with “Blueberry Stories”
And she will, she told me
in hearing this story, this tale
of four-year-old fears
of losing their Pastor Lori
in the wilds of the Downeast
the wilds of Maine
The departing of the mission trip
only a day away
needing the assurance
of the faithful return
to still the trembling lip
the welling up of her eyes
this morning
August 12, 2006 15:03
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Friday, August 11, 2006
Growing through the Wall
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Morning Glories this Morning
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Sing
Oh if I could sing
sing like you
with that strong bright voice
share my joy in the singing
reach for the note, find my voice
send a chill through them as you do
what a feeling it must be
to touch them with that gift
your voice
in praise
August 11, 2006 15:50
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sing like you
with that strong bright voice
share my joy in the singing
reach for the note, find my voice
send a chill through them as you do
what a feeling it must be
to touch them with that gift
your voice
in praise
August 11, 2006 15:50
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Fly Away
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Pollen Party!!!
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Ablaze in all her Glory
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Thursday, August 10, 2006
Sunset behind the Piton
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Arc of the Palm
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Now that is a Cathedral
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Castries, St. Lucia
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A month of poetry
Today marks 31 days in which I have written and posted 151 new poems, taking the site from 525 poems to 678. I also added 100 new photographs.
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November 3, 2017
the cadence of the words
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edited January 13, 2016
A Calling to Write – v4
(editing version 3)
edited November 4, 2015
A Calling to Write – v3
(editing version 2)
July 6, 2015
A Calling to Write – v2
August 30, 2011
Hearing Your Words
written after looking up the earlier poem,
“A Calling to Write”
February 4, 2010
A Calling to Write
Habakkuk 2:2
Habakkuk 1
Habakkuk 2:1-3
and Day 138, “Write the Revelation”, in
“Daily Mediations:
On Golden Texts of the Bible”,
by Henry Gariepy
read 2/4/10
&
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edited January
13, 2016
Inspiration
Poetry – v6
(merging edits
to version 3, version 4, and version 5)
(I know, this
is part of the craft thing…)
edited November 17, 2015
Inspiration
Poetry – v5
(editing
version 3)
edited November 5, 2015
Inspiration
Poetry – v4
(editing
version 3)
edited
November 4, 2015
Inspiration
Poetry – v3
(merging
version 2 and original)
Edited
September 4, 2012
“Inspiration
Poetry – v2”
May 24, 2009
“Inspiration
Poetry”
&
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merged /
edited January 9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v29
(merging edits
to version 28, version 15, version 16, version 17,
version 18,
version 19, version 20, version 21 version 22, version 23,
version 24, version
25, version 26, and version 27)
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edits of
individual poems
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v28
(editing
version 14)
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v27
(editing
version 13)
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v26
(editing
version 12)
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v25
(editing version
10)
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v24
(editing
version 9)
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the Words
– v23
(editing
version 8)
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v22
(editing
version 7)
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v21
(editing
version 6)
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v20
(editing
version 5)
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v19
(editing
version 4)
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v18
(editing
version 3)
edited January
9, 2016
seeing the
words – v17
(editing
version 2)
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v16
(editing
original)
edited January
9, 2016
Seeing the
Words – v15
(editing
version 11)
edited April
10, 2015
seeing the
words – v14
(editing
version 10)
edited January
31, 2015
seeing the
words – v13
(editing
original)
edited January
31, 2015
Seeing the
Words – v12
(editing
original and version 11)
edited May 28,
2014
“Seeing the
Words – v11
edited
February 15, 2014
“seeing the
words – v10”
(editing
version 4)
Edited October 26, 2013
Edited October 26, 2013
“seeing the
words – v9”
(editing
version 7)
Edited October
25, 2013
“seeing the
words – v8”
(editing
version 3 again)
Edited October
23, 2013
“seeing the
words – v7”
(editing version 3)
Edited October
19, 2013
“seeing the
words – v6”
(editing
version 3)
Edited October
12, 2013
“seeing the
words – v5”
(editing
version 4)
Edited October
11, 2013
“seeing the
words – v4”
(editing
version 3)
Edited October
5, 2013
“seeing the
words – v3”
(editing the
original again)
Edited July
22, 2013
“seeing the
words – v2”
December 4,
2007 12:25pm
“seeing the
words”
about writing
poetry, when it is a gift of God,
transcribing
the words God already wrote
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edited January 7, 2016
Personal Poetry – v2
posted February 21, 2004
February 3, 2004 16:45
Personal Poetry
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edited January 3, 2016
Rewriting – v3
(editing original)
edited July 11, 2014
Rewriting – v2
September 28, 2001 05:33
Rewriting
&
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edited December 17, 2015
Poetry – revised – v2
posting 2/5/2004 – 1st posting to blog
last edit 8/13/2000
edit 5/24/2000
Poetry – revised
&
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edited June 29, 2015
Nouns Verbs and Adjectives – v5
(editing version 3)
edited April 11, 2015
Nouns Verbs and Adjectives – v4
(editing version 2)
edited March 2, 2015
Nouns Verbs and Adjectives – v3
(editing version 2)
Edited April 24, 2013
“Nouns Verbs and Adjectives – v2”
September 5, 2008
“Nouns Verbs and Adjectives”
written at the Agape Café coffeehouse
Wesley United Methodist Church
(one of 24 written there that night)
writing poetry with third grade classes
Barrington Elementary School
Spring 2001
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edited May 19, 2015
Poetry – haiku – 2 – v2
November 1, 2009
Poetry – haiku - 2
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edited March
23, 2015
Sounds of
Scribbles – v3
(editing
version 2)
edited January
31, 2015
Sounds of
Scribbles – v2
August 18,
2004 21:58
Sounds of
Scribbles
&
September 24,
2006 16:39
A Year in
Words
This poem
marks 365 poems in the last 365 days – 9/24/05 to 9/24/06
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September 22, 2006
20:47
A Waterfall of
Words
&
September 21,
2006 22:58
Hope in the
Words
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edited March 21, 2015
Flash of Joy – v5
(editing version 3)
edited January
14, 2015
Into Being –
v2
edited January 14, 2015
Flash of Joy – v4
(editing version 2)
edited January 14, 2015
Flash of Joy – v3
(editing original)
edited May 24, 2012
Flash of Joy – v2
February 2, 2004 11:44
Flash of Joy
– Written in reaction to the response to the poem “Into
Being”
by Roberta Woods –
“Love it! You've
captured the essence of writing not as a discipline but as joy. And it is because it is pure joy (the agony
comes later during revision) it is not a discipline in the sense of having
rigid edges. All doing from joy is a
gift to the doer as well as the recipient whether cooking, writing, gardening
or any other activity. My joy activities
are writing and carpentry. All the rest
require me to have discipline to get them done. –Roberta”
&
January 31, 2004 19:28-19:36
Into Being
– About the process of writing as merely writing down the
words, suggested by Roberta Woods earlier in the day. I see her point, based on
the way my writing often comes quickly. Even when I edit it as I write, it is
more to get it right/write. We had been talking about “one-book wonders” and
had segwayed into a discussion of how she writes daily and how, when she starts
writing a story, it often is prolific.
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His Telephone Voice
I heard an echo of it,
as I spoke to a prospective client
it was his voice
his telephone voice
a decibel louder
an octave or two lower
To command authority,
attention, assuage fears
show confidence
his business phone voice
so different, easily turned on
when needed.
August 10, 2006 19:50
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as I spoke to a prospective client
it was his voice
his telephone voice
a decibel louder
an octave or two lower
To command authority,
attention, assuage fears
show confidence
his business phone voice
so different, easily turned on
when needed.
August 10, 2006 19:50
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Watch out for the Bees!!!
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Negotiating
Negotiating, drafting
a compromise, agreement
meeting of the minds
hand-written and informal
tweaking the formal
the proposed, the typed
the distributed version
the one that was
faxed and duplicated
sent into the stream
to see if the fisherman
will catch some bites
testing the waters
We bit but we had
conditions
conditions that were met
with a bit of negotiating
August 10, 2006 18:43
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a compromise, agreement
meeting of the minds
hand-written and informal
tweaking the formal
the proposed, the typed
the distributed version
the one that was
faxed and duplicated
sent into the stream
to see if the fisherman
will catch some bites
testing the waters
We bit but we had
conditions
conditions that were met
with a bit of negotiating
August 10, 2006 18:43
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Not Yet Sleeping Beauties
We giggled and laughed
at the bright pop of the flash
in the dark bedroom
a little family fun
right before sleep
hiding under covers
hold still, settle in
slow down
my sleeping beauties
tomorrow is another day
August 10, 2006 17:03
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at the bright pop of the flash
in the dark bedroom
a little family fun
right before sleep
hiding under covers
hold still, settle in
slow down
my sleeping beauties
tomorrow is another day
August 10, 2006 17:03
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Bursting into Bloom
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Feather on a Screen
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Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Gravida
She was a gravida
Now, Don’t get upset,
that’s the technical
the term of art
so the records said
What does it mean
oh a pregnant woman
Actually she was a
primigravida, but
she became a
secundigravida
August 9,
2006 16:09
Now, Don’t get upset,
that’s the technical
the term of art
so the records said
What does it mean
oh a pregnant woman
Actually she was a
primigravida, but
she became a
secundigravida
Gravida
&
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Flower update - 8/9/06 9am
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Tuesday, August 08, 2006
A "Cool" Blog - 76 Degrees South
While checking out some random blogs, I landed on this one. Looks worthy of a revisit... life on an ice sheet in Antartica...
http://76south.blogspot.com/
And here is her web page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/franceswilliams with some way cool pictures
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http://76south.blogspot.com/
And here is her web page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/franceswilliams with some way cool pictures
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Sticky Stalactites
Pine sap
running down a brown needle
hanging suspended in air
a small speck of wonder
frozen for those who look
see the miracle, the beauty
all around us
even in the center of the city
little moments
oasis in the desert
August 8, 2006 21:53
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running down a brown needle
hanging suspended in air
a small speck of wonder
frozen for those who look
see the miracle, the beauty
all around us
even in the center of the city
little moments
oasis in the desert
August 8, 2006 21:53
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More blooming - 080806
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A Single Message
She shared with me scripture,
she read this morning
answer to her prayers,
I showed her scripture
parts of the lectionary
I read this morning
answering my own prayers
The same single message
answering, in different books,
the same words, the same meaning
the same single message
answering our prayers
August 8, 2006 7:56am
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she read this morning
answer to her prayers,
I showed her scripture
parts of the lectionary
I read this morning
answering my own prayers
The same single message
answering, in different books,
the same words, the same meaning
the same single message
answering our prayers
August 8, 2006 7:56am
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Monday, August 07, 2006
Practicing in the Darkened Chancel
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Casting a clear shadow
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On Guard
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A Walk in the Woods
sitting at the end of the dinner
thinking of a walk in the woods
just before fall
not in the deep unfamiliar thick forest
no something familiar
suburban woods
looking for opportunities for discovery,
for moments of wonder
in simple things
curled leaves, a translucent leaf
from another season,
sprigs of checkerberries
princess pine
moss on the lee of the fallen oak
a chipmunk darting through leaf litter
a dragonfly disturbed
at the edge of the field
nearby
August 7, 2006 19:38
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thinking of a walk in the woods
just before fall
not in the deep unfamiliar thick forest
no something familiar
suburban woods
looking for opportunities for discovery,
for moments of wonder
in simple things
curled leaves, a translucent leaf
from another season,
sprigs of checkerberries
princess pine
moss on the lee of the fallen oak
a chipmunk darting through leaf litter
a dragonfly disturbed
at the edge of the field
nearby
August 7, 2006 19:38
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Tea Ring
Not coffeecake
though they evoke memories too
no it was a tea ring,
cinnamon, raisins, white icing
and a maraschino cherry
sitting cooling on the hearth
warm from the oven
waiting for the lighting of the tree
the start of Christmas morning
before the stockings and the presents
8/7/06 19:25
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though they evoke memories too
no it was a tea ring,
cinnamon, raisins, white icing
and a maraschino cherry
sitting cooling on the hearth
warm from the oven
waiting for the lighting of the tree
the start of Christmas morning
before the stockings and the presents
8/7/06 19:25
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Beginning to Bloom
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A Face in the Curtain
A face smiled at me
from across the room
caught in the shadows and folds
of the floral patterned valance
above the window in the bedroom
watching me fall to sleep
a head alone, a male face
tilted slightly to his right
a broad chin, a slight smile
the ridge of his nose
two eyes stet just as they should be
not to wide, certainly not beady.
a left jaw line, hint of an ear
forehead melting into bunting and gathers
noticed for the first time
8/6/06 23:00
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from across the room
caught in the shadows and folds
of the floral patterned valance
above the window in the bedroom
watching me fall to sleep
a head alone, a male face
tilted slightly to his right
a broad chin, a slight smile
the ridge of his nose
two eyes stet just as they should be
not to wide, certainly not beady.
a left jaw line, hint of an ear
forehead melting into bunting and gathers
noticed for the first time
8/6/06 23:00
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Returning the Elements
After the communion
returning the elements
to the ground
gently sharing
the bread, the wheat
the blood, the vine
to parched giving soil
sharing his echo,
his form of remembrance
Carefully breaking the pieces
for the birds of the air
pouring out the wine for
the crawling things of the earth
life giving nourishment
bread and water of life
completing our communion
through Him
with all of creation
8/6/06 22:55
returning the elements
to the ground
gently sharing
the bread, the wheat
the blood, the vine
to parched giving soil
sharing his echo,
his form of remembrance
Carefully breaking the pieces
for the birds of the air
pouring out the wine for
the crawling things of the earth
life giving nourishment
bread and water of life
completing our communion
through Him
with all of creation
8/6/06 22:55
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Circle of Life (Web)
We are connected
one another, every moment,
every place, every cell,
every movement, every utterance
each action, reverberates
echoes, across time,
through space
splits, echoes back
in millions of waves
from different points
on the expanding sphere encircling
each speck, each tiny spot
each one of us, infinitesimal
members clinging to the web
for dear life
8/6/06 22:50
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one another, every moment,
every place, every cell,
every movement, every utterance
each action, reverberates
echoes, across time,
through space
splits, echoes back
in millions of waves
from different points
on the expanding sphere encircling
each speck, each tiny spot
each one of us, infinitesimal
members clinging to the web
for dear life
8/6/06 22:50
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The Intimacy of Informality
Words not rituals
casual, heart-felt words
telling the real story
of the greatest sacrifice
in all of human history
finding words to speak
of the awesome nature
of the death of an innocent
a deity paying our price
Words in a tone of transparency
taking risks, risks worth taking
to reach each questioning sheep
each member of the flock
Painful words, hope filled words
more so
for the wisdom, the prescience
the enormity of understanding
8/6/06 19:51
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casual, heart-felt words
telling the real story
of the greatest sacrifice
in all of human history
finding words to speak
of the awesome nature
of the death of an innocent
a deity paying our price
Words in a tone of transparency
taking risks, risks worth taking
to reach each questioning sheep
each member of the flock
Painful words, hope filled words
more so
for the wisdom, the prescience
the enormity of understanding
8/6/06 19:51
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Singing the Mystery
That the light of the earth,
light from heaven
was snuffed out
suffered humiliating
all to human death
that he rose
miraculously, as it was written,
rose from the blackness of death
that he, he himself
will come again
in final glory
to judge those then living
and all the dead, from all the ages
a holy mystery
in our song, in our communal singing
singing that uplifts, sends chills
if we listen while we sing
8/6/06 19:47
The Faith We Sing - “Memorial Acclamation”
2257-c
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light from heaven
was snuffed out
suffered humiliating
all to human death
that he rose
miraculously, as it was written,
rose from the blackness of death
that he, he himself
will come again
in final glory
to judge those then living
and all the dead, from all the ages
a holy mystery
in our song, in our communal singing
singing that uplifts, sends chills
if we listen while we sing
8/6/06 19:47
The Faith We Sing - “Memorial Acclamation”
2257-c
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