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that time
photo by Les Bernsteinthat time dear friend lost her partner today although not unexpected nearness of his breath has flown her sisters, far away draw…
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Amrita Skye Blaine
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Will this ever end
Will this ever end this metronomic sensation a repeating tsunami wave upon wave upon wave that heavy meds barely dent and no position relieves The…
Jul 26
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Open
Open This is my vision— May I be a door that is propped open ready to help accessible, loving
Jul 25
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The Wisdom to See the Difference
The Wisdom to See the Difference after the Serenity Prayer, attributed to Reinhold Niebuhr Like glimpsing the outline of a fawn, grass-hidden tender…
Jul 24
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Those shoes
Those Shoes the ones that didn’t fit my mother wanted me to wear? For sixty-three years I tried her way No room for my toes to breathe Finally pitched…
Jul 23
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PVCs
PVCs cardiac slang ventricular arrhythmias a storm in my chest
Jul 22
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post-traumatic stress
Post-Traumatic Stress February 19, 2014 Left with flashes at unwanted times it all comes back In my peripheral vision I see the car careening toward me…
Jul 21
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Kinship
Kinship She comes from faraway, daughter of my husband’s good friend now gone Although no shared blood, family for sure With care, rummaging on tablets…
Jul 20
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Feather Woman
Feather Woman While journeying a rainbow-winged being taller than I rose behind my left shoulder Fifty years later this quiet potent presence walks with…
Jul 19
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Live Wire
image from Emily Gibson on the Barnstorming blogLive Wire Sometimes a gravid thundercloud a blinding flash roiling fire burns through emptying mind…
Jul 18
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A Blessing for You
A Blessing for You My life mostway gone the gift of time-my-own— paints and computer now close companions old shaming voices silenced I offer this for…
Jul 17
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the purifier
the purifier We don’t ask for it ever yet, like weather, it shows up moves in We bear the flame, breathe through it while scrambling for solutions…
Jul 16
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