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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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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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Times Are Quickening Now

Posted on May 3, 2015 by J

Spring has come, true and real: 3 May 2015 3 Other-Wise Love The huge, wet, soft music rained down on us ceaselessly; sleep was disrupted where limbs would embrace. I cannot understand how I was first made to bless myself, … Continue reading →

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Oh, Hello Again!

Posted on February 4, 2015 by J

Yes, it’s been that long. Yes, I’ve been seemingly quiet, but no such thing in real life. Soon to follow is my latest report, but first I want to share a significant part of the soundtrack to the work I’ve … Continue reading →

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Still At It

Posted on December 30, 2014 by J

Work goes on, regardless of all else. Here is an intermediary report: 23 December 2014 22 Will You? Will You Not? Close as air, when it’s inside, is all the voice I hear. You cry across the very narrow valley … Continue reading →

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Bessie’s Testimony

Posted on December 4, 2014 by J

Bessie’s Testimony The title of this post is a near-mystery, and for that reason I wish to honor and publish it. It came up when I tried to copy and paste the verse text to follow into my Word file … Continue reading →

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Please Don’t Try to Know Too Much

Posted on November 15, 2014 by J

New tonight, after many old loving thoughts and memories: 15 November 2014 15 Please Don’t Try to Know What Love Means Here All night, I walked out too far and too long, and somewhere along the cold way, I went … Continue reading →

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Tell It All

Posted on October 28, 2014 by J

Things are going to get weirder before they get normal again. 28 October 2014 24 Tell It. Tell It All Far and alone and so lonely I wandered, and when my soul left as I lay half-adream, I knew I … Continue reading →

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For You

Posted on October 28, 2014 by J

27 October In Memoriam for Jay, most luminous of corvids If you will, please go back to the very first post of this blog, and note the date on the poem there. Here’s a link: 3 June 2014 RAIN HARP … Continue reading →

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