Tag Archives: joy

Evening Poem, March 10, 2015

Posted on March 10, 2015 by labeak52

. NIGHT VIEW FROM THE BACK PORCH . The silken rush of wet tires along the wet road passing, passing, passing by. The whine of another motor, at first sounding reluctant Then, as the headlights violate my comfortable darkness The engine … Continue reading →

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Morning Poem, February 13, 2015

Posted on February 13, 2015 by labeak52

Cold morning. Sunlight angling low across the thin snow now hard frozen that dapples the back field. , For one astral moment one breath of the day it is a scene from another world impossibly bright magically luminous then gone. … Continue reading →

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Magic in The Air

Posted on October 24, 2014 by labeak52

She finishes the dishes and opens the back door, the one from the kitchen, and takes the white bag of trash and spins it  and ties the cinches at the top and steps onto the porch and it hits her.  … Continue reading →

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Sharing a Secret

Posted on October 20, 2014 by labeak52

I’ve been listening to rock and roll all of my life.  Started with the Beach Boys and Beatles, way, way back when.  I like the fast stuff – Steve Miller, Derek and The Dominos, Allman Brothers, you name it. But, … Continue reading →

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Twenty Minutes

Posted on October 10, 2014 by labeak52

Only twenty minutes Till the ride comes and the day starts and I am immersed in the flow of a thousand things one of which might really matter. . Twenty minutes to be alone and to think about what does … Continue reading →

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Interview With Sarah Lantz, part III

Posted on September 3, 2014 by labeak52

SCQ:   I’m sure it will be. But, let’s go back to your class. You said that your students are getting an education. Can you be just a little more specific? What are they actually learning?   Mrs. Lantz:      They are … Continue reading →

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Evening Post, August 14. 2014

Posted on August 14, 2014 by labeak52

A memoir: a prose poem It is always August.  There was something in those thirty days under the Dog Star that seemed permanent and everlasting.   The weeks in June and July had been long enough to dim the memory of … Continue reading →

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