Poetry

Nov 261 min read

Onward to Oasis*

Onward, onward, don't look back For looking backward to the past Leads to death, A death crystalline Mineralized atoms Reluctance...

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Oct 42 min read

Poetry

Pen to Paper

A song for the morning. [CAPO 3: C, G, F, Am and variations ] Verse 1 - G/C Who am I to put this pen to paper Who am I to write the...

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Sep 22 min read

Poetry

Homage to Reconciliation of Years Ago

6 Late nights, snowy drives Sufjan Stevens melts the ice Car smell I can't name Old friend, new questions A black Gustavus T-shirt and...

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Aug 22 min read

Poetry

Redemption

I ran five miles today in Brown’s Woods Bending parts I couldn’t bend a year and a half ago Broken-tree scrambling and drinking in muggy...

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Feb 162 min read

Poetry

White Picket Fences

(NOTE: I recommend reading on a desktop device to preserve the format--and meaning--of the poem) I wonder what Mr. Gorbachev would say...

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Nov 3, 20232 min read

Poetry

To Dust

I used to think they were so stupid Stubborn Hard-headed Harder-hearted To want to go back to Egypt Where they were kicked and killed,...

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Sep 11, 20232 min read

Poetry

The Path

Walk with me on this path awhile And maybe then you'll see There are not so many differences Between you and me: We both want safety And...

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Apr 7, 20232 min read

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Truly

(for Josh) Truly, you hurt Rocks fall in your mind and you hurt The right ones fall And the wrong ones lodge in the back of your mind...

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Mar 4, 20232 min read

Poetry

Parts

Glacier N.P., Going-to-the-Sun Road, August 2020 - Photo by Christina Adele Hon You once told me that the very things I see as...

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Jan 22, 202310 min read

I AM (not a theologian)

"Landing Planes": A 2022 Index

Airplane: Where I (used to) feel closest to God A mode of transportation. “A powered flying vehicle with fixed wings and a weight greater...

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Jan 11, 20232 min read

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Communion

I need to hit the pause button so I can hit my knees And tell God all the things my words could never speak They say to close my eyes,...

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Dec 12, 20221 min read

Poetry

The Shores

I stand at the sandy shores Watching eternity lap at my feet Wanting with my whole heart To take this final leap To let the waves carry...

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Nov 28, 20222 min read

Poetry

The Brother of My Dreams

They were alive for a while And then suddenly they were not— Like a sick and dying brother: My dreams For a while we played together...

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Nov 26, 20221 min read

Poetry

Release

I wonder if Nature knows That dying leaves Are not the end If it remembers The previous spring If it cries and mourns When green turns To...

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Nov 26, 20221 min read

Poetry

If the sky never cried

We wouldn't eat We wouldn't find the nourishment To dance in the sun We'd only be lying on our backs Tongues dry and peeling Poking out...

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Nov 26, 20221 min read

Poetry

Transitions

Geese know when to move on And when to come back Something to do with Finding the open water At just the right time And not a moment too...

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Nov 12, 20221 min read

Poetry

DON'T MOVE; YES MOVE

DON'T MOVE out of fear YES MOVE out of faith Maybe it's just easier Not to move at all DON'T MOVE out of obligation YES MOVE out of...

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Nov 12, 20222 min read

Poetry

The Sunset

Colors fading into night— I hold the day in the sunset. Reds, deep as Flathead cherries, Oranges, vibrant like the buffaloberries you saw...

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