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Wednesday, March 31, 2021
I Add Myself Back Into the World
I add myself back
Into the world
One small step
At a time
A toe
In the water
Then a foot
Then a step back
A toe forward
These things
Take time
Remember
These things
Take time
Monday, March 29, 2021
Found Art
Found art
It's everywhere
To be discovered
The bird on my bookshelf
Was created
From left-behind
Beach barbecue grills
Found art
It requires the eye
For discovery
To see the requisite bones
Contained within
Found art
That beach barbecue grill
Origami-folded
Into a crow
Wings spread
Beak open
Perched
On the bookshelf
Found art
Saturday, March 27, 2021
Ease Back In
Things begin
To ease back in
To more normal
I realize I am not so good
At easing
There is a possibility
To pace
To take small steps
Before strides
I will never run
But I can
Ease back in
With the rest
Of the world
Friday, March 26, 2021
Riding in on a Donkey
Holy Week
From a distance
It comes riding in
On a donkey
In the parking lot
We all will wait
To be part
Of the parade
Peer into the temple
Still shrouded
In pandemic
A foretelling
Of what is yet
To come
Thursday, March 25, 2021
All or Nothing
All or nothing
My first retreat
Until I force myself
To consider
There are options
In between
Again I need reminders
The options
Are endless
Sometimes I sit
With nothing for awhile
Until something
Comes along
Sunday, March 21, 2021
The Hope and the Fear
I hold them together
The hope and the fear
Together one
If left divided
One cannot inform
The other
Hope can have no knowledge gained
From fear
Fear no knowledge
From hope
Any knowledge gained
Is knowledge
Intertwined
Saturday, March 20, 2021
New Breath
With new breath
Comes new life
With new life
Comes new perspective
With new perspective
New possibilities
Arise
And then they will be there
To be harvested
The fruit will surely come
But what the crop will yield
Remains
Unknown
Sunday, March 14, 2021
My Job Was to Come Before
My job
Was to come before
The others
To follow
Expand the vision
My job now
Is to watch
To put an
Atta girl in here
An
Atta girl in there
My job now
Is to write down
What I see
Cobblestones
We seek smooth roads
Find cobblestones instead
They jar us
Awake
Only to think
We may find
Smooth roads
No
Cobblestones
Saturday, March 13, 2021
Friends I May Never Meet
There are friends
I may never meet
Let it be
Still
I count them
As friends
No matter the meeting
Let it be
Let it be
Let it be
Friday, March 12, 2021
Fennel
The fennel
With all its
Furry fronds
Takes over
The refrigerator
It will be part
Of several salads
This week
I find the fronds
Everywhere
Tracked from the kitchen floor
To points beyond
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Conundrum
When two things
Call out
And you answer both
At once
Which one begs the most
The bigger one
The smaller one
The one who most needs
Your attention
When tomorrow comes
Who will you tune in to
To gather more information
Or less
In the morning
Who will take precedence
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Hair
Have you ever thought
To dye your hair
He said
You might have an easier time
Being taken
More seriously
If your hair
Was blonde
Sunday, March 7, 2021
Abscission
I search for words
To name the cycles
Of the seasons
In autumn
The deciduous drop
Of leaves
Is called
Abscission
So many words
To name the natural order
Abscission
Is often paired
With senescence
Except senescence
Refers to
The growth
Of new fruit
The old must leave
For the new to come
Friday, March 5, 2021
New Translation
I bought myself
A new translation
Of Scripture
This Lent
Already things appear
Different
The wilderness
Is just as wild
But from a different angle
This is what new translations
Do
In addition
This translation
Has color pictures
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Pussy Willows
He shows me he loves me
With pussy willows
No roses will do
But pussy willows
Carry strength
And catkins
If left in water
They sprout green
He shows me he loves me
With pussy willows
No roses
Are enough
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