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night poem #2, January 4, 2018

  Who plays that piano This late at night Somewhere in a room down the hall? I can’t turn away now I stand hypnotized He must know of the old years And how many moonlit nights For how many men … Continue reading

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winter evening

  Now is the season we dreaded Cold and grey, like old age itself Wind and rain and snow We hide in houses and Are happy when the stove burners Spark to blue flame With butter in the pan And … Continue reading

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A Word About Words

Words not only mean something, they are something, each with a sound and rhythm all its own. Eugene Peterson, from the Introduction of Holy Luck.

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Afternoon Post, July 25, 2015

. C. S. Lewis: On Poetry . For poetry too is a little incarnation, giving body to what before had been invisible and inaudible. (From Reflections On The Psalms)

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morning poem, July 25, 2015

. Time taps on my forehead Just above my brow It mumbles about sales And necessary maintenance And roads lost if not taken. . I give up I have not time For all of time’s demands I rest in the … Continue reading

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Noonday Poem, October 18, 2014

The Blackbirds       The blackbirds fall like rain from the grey sky. They are tossed in the wind, but gather and whirl making their own cloud. As if at some command they stream above a great oak and … Continue reading

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morning poem, september 28, 2014

Sunday Morning     Today begins just like yesterday did Except a minute and a half later But that difference is explained by natural processes The Earth tilting on its axis.   Where is the sign that this is the … Continue reading

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Here’s What I’m Thinking

It’s been great fun putting up poems  and prose paragraphs day after day.  It’s a lot more fun when I get good feedback – “likes” and comments.  I guess this whole blogging game is a bit too random to expect … Continue reading

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Stealing Time, Stealing Beauty

The best days of summer were after school had started.  I knew this and no one else did.  While the other kids were wrapped up in football and band and decorating for the fall dances – all those things that … Continue reading

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Confidence

Confidence What would confidence do for you? What if you were sure that your ideas were good ones? That they were not the same, old things That everyone already knows?   What if all that thinking All that reading All … Continue reading

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