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formal verse poetry and commentary at rainharp.com

All Souls

Posted on November 2, 2015 by J

Something different happened last night:  My two usual poetic measures combined.  They weave in and out of each other here, which may make a first reading a bit stilted.  The lines do scan, if the right emphasis is found. The … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Forever

Posted on October 20, 2015 by J

The 18th of October was my late partner’s birthday. Two years ago I celebrated it with him in Ireland—in a cancer hospital. This is what happened this year: 18 October 2015 18 What You Sought, and What You Found My … Continue reading →

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Next to Promised

Posted on October 17, 2015 by J

13 October 2015 13 Our Next-to-Promised Land Little fingers gripped my hand so tightly all last night, they left a set of tiny, bleeding-under-skin remarks. We’re born bereft of why we ever want to wake up here and see this … Continue reading →

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Stars Are Sentient Beings, and They Sing

Posted on September 23, 2015 by J

23 September 2015 23 Blessed Equinox Gemma—Gemma Renee Strong Beauty’s Live Bond Overflow greener than fields at the height of glad summer, come shimmering over the sky we hold up our weary heads just this last midnight to watch as … Continue reading →

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Rising, Just Steadily Rising

Posted on September 20, 2015 by J

This has been a blessed day in a blessed market town.  New, this is, as new as can be: 20 September 2015 20 Rising, Just Steadily Rising The mother of all of us—rivers and branches, and dry twigs and leaves … Continue reading →

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Hard to Sleep; Hard Not to Dream

Posted on August 22, 2015 by J

Still just hours away from flash-point: 21 August 2015 22 You Can Work Your Will Long all-over lily layers line the pond’s deep wet green face. When their blossoms open, watching from the shore, have we seen grace together, or … Continue reading →

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Lately…

Posted on August 21, 2015 by J

Just last night, in fact. A song in praise of one of my favorite things: 20 August 2015 21 Sometimes Sleep Comes Through You’re going to make me feel weary come morning, you old stolen blanket, you cold stripe of … Continue reading →

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Journey Work

Posted on July 13, 2015 by J

13 July 2015 13 A Life’s Long Journey-Work I’ve got to go outside right soon; for near another Moon’s eclipse, a Sun keeps homing in; keeps gliding far too near; a sentence trips from off a tongue that’s not my … Continue reading →

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YES to Marriage Equality: This Sea Loves You

Posted on July 1, 2015 by J

This is just a bit of spontaneous celebration for the many, many lovely and loving people in my town who are now free to marry their lovers forever. Why did they not have this always? We know the answer; it … Continue reading →

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Pain to Be Shared. Be Well, All of You.

Posted on June 29, 2015 by J

29 June 2015 29 Pain Has Just This Place Pain has no living place where kindness may, in good faith, conceive and breed. This is sad pain’s resting place, a series of doors down a hallway that’s heartless at need, … Continue reading →

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