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Our Garden
Prompted By The Garden
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Our Garden You, the ruthless pruner, who fears not the bend of limb and tearing of tissue Somehow reflect a greater faith in the Divine plan and the blooming of Life. Me, the timid intruder, who observes and reveres the struggle to survive- Ever too aware of the pain and trials of growth and…
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2020 in 3 acts
Prompted By Pandemic Summer
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1 Somehow I landed pet sitting/housesitting gig On my river Sweetest of elder dogs A month of easy income And re-focus on my own Life essence in the body Then the world shook With tremors at first Then waves…
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Dream time
Prompted By Dreams
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Awaken to the Dream Long before we are birthed to this life, to these bodies, someone dreams us into existence. These ethereal threads that are woven throughout our life hold the patterns, warp and weave of the holy meaning to our days and nights. When the sacred spinning, the endless calling that finally finds voice…
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Springtime Blossoming
Prompted By Spring Celebrations
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Blossoming What are you doing, now? He asked me peering up with my line of sight. I am giving the wisteria a standing ovation! As he shakes his head my heart pulls toward admiring the purple tresses of the vine- so stunning, arresting in their delicate…
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Retiring Expectations
Prompted By Retirement
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I’m a planner. Like to have all Potentialities acknowledged, Surveyed, and appropriate Responses in hand and heart. So growing up I Knew I was a teacher. The evolution of Who I was teaching all Neatly corralled in the Pen of possibility I Keep stocked with vigilance My storybook love With a soul mate,…
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Anne
Prompted By Tracking People Down
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Anne She was a quiet girl, soft of face soft of movement, and her long brown hair often curtained her eyes so as to be soft of broadcasting feelings. Both of us were novitiates to the buzzing tech-worshipping work world where we met. We hit it off, mostly because at age 18, we knew…
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A Moving Poem
Prompted By Get Organized
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So I am thinking… I need to look at everything in this house that holds 31 years of marriage and two grown children’s archives, and ask this 51 year old almost single self what do you need? Which books of 5 full book cases do you have to have near you? Which wall hanging/photos are…
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General Store
Prompted By Shopping Local
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General Store Sears and Roebuck The original Amazon The circles of time-periscoping Evolution Of the landmarks of our Consumerist commitment— Beacons that guided Our travels Before GPS White Front To Gemco To Target Rexall To Longs To CVS To Cannabis dispensary Mr. Jordan’s corner tobacco/liquor To 7-11 To million dollar condos …
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I-pad Magnet or My prayer for Millennials
Prompted By Social Media Friendships
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My small screen Is a black hole That sucks me into The miasmic plasma Of hidden light, That both connects And separates me To and from others I sense the forever Yearning The existential hole Where we plug in Hoping to feel An integrity That constantly falls Apart, on its way To wholeness My tether…
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