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Tag Archives: change
the heat of this night
i stand in a twilit field watching the water ease in, watching flickering bats hunt mosquitoes, watching you prepare to leave again. the water seeps over dry soil, finds every fissure, pours in. the bat careens in circles, appearing and … Continue reading
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Tagged change, grief, long distance relationships, love
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present with something burning
you rest in a body of water with fire cupped in your hand. you are a waterfall, grief & change & love, and you are present with something burning. even at rest, your body moves. you are alive to your … Continue reading
between the cracks
once on impulse, i planted a hollyhock seed in a crack between flagstones near the spigot, where the swamp cooler dripped erratically in the summer. the first spring, it put up four small sturdy leaves, and i watered it whenever … Continue reading
Posted in house by the river, poems
Tagged change, growth, hollyhock, house by the river, thriving
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Grandfather’s Farm: A Eulogy
I should have asked you to teach me how to sharpen a shovel, change the oil in my car, milk a cow, grow buckwheat. Instead we fought, all down the years, till I moved far away and let distance do … Continue reading
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Tagged antiques, change, eulogy, family, farming, house by the river
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time is distance and distance is distance
1. time is distance and distance is distance and the heart aches to cross both, yearning across boundaries, loving across boundaries. i build a nest in my heart, furnish it lavishly, comfortably, keep it warm for when you return. you … Continue reading
Posted in edge for embracing, poems
Tagged change, distance, edge for embracing, growth, love, time
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