shadows fierce, bound, inside my suit of skin, ready, every moment, to rise up blazing, meet the light, and stare it down...
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FRESH OFF THE PAGE: in between
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LAST THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Walt’s secret
To me, that is one of the great gifts of art, of writing and poetry. It connects me across the years, sometimes even millennia, to others and helps me understand that, in many ways, people in other cultures, living in other times, aren't really that different from me after all...
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THROUGH MY LENS: bell of the ball
Last year I was sure it was dead. But this spring new growth appeared on it's meager remaining stems, and then the heads of two small buds followed...
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FRESH OFF THE PAGE: gone to ground
I always feel a renewed sense of purpose, of my place in the spring time. My feelings of belonging, of knowing where I am and who I am in this world grow strong again. For me, the …
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A Natural Salvation: Finding My Own Sort of Faith
I don't claim to have ever fully committed to one faith or another. I was always more curious, I think, than interested in finding out who was "right" or in being saved.
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FRESH OFF THE PAGE: bed of coals
watching, hopeful, yet nothing comes, no light from darkness all seems lost, wasted, when some tiny ember, catches my eye...
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The Spirit Nest: My Well of Hope and Love
...as the nest came more and more into being, I could feel myself gradually growing calmer, stronger. I felt its newborn energy reaching me across and through the physical space between us, settling over me like the gentlest touch from a loving hand.
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FRESH OFF THE PAGE: waking the other
finding to my surprise my soft, steady heart beating soundly over conquered devils...
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FRESH OFF THE PAGE: don’t draw the blind
This poem arrived last night as I was following my usual evening routine of pulling down the blinds on my windows, shutting out the dark. The sun was setting so clearly and brightly in the …
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This Country Life: Ties that Bind
What's my purpose here? Should I stay? And if I do, what, if anything, do I do with it all?
