Monday, October 27, 2008 Oh, Great! Expectations… Current mood: curious Category: Life Because you’re not what I would have you be I blind myself to who, in truth, you are. Seeking mirage where desert blooms, I mar Your you. Love, I would like to see Past all delusion to reality. Then would I see [...]
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Friday, October 24, 2008 My love affair with L’Engle works…. Current mood: breezy Category: Writing and Poetry Every year about this time I begin my L’Engle revival. I start with skimming my favorite of her ficition books in the morning. I try to devour the parts I’ve marked and review the rest in case [...]
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Lyrically Speaking…. Category: Life So. Here’s what I’m thinking randomly about tonight, lyrically speaking: “What a lot of fun, You guys have been real swell, And there’s not a one Who can say this ended well. All those secrets you’ve been concealing Say you’re happy now, Once more with feeling…” [...]
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“I am good at walking away. Rejection teaches you how to reject. I left my hometown, left my parents, left my life. I made a home and a life elsewhere, more than once. I stayed on the run. Why then, did the burden feel intolerable? What was it that I carried? I realize now that [...]
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Poetic thoughts from a tv show to remain nameless… Category: Writing and Poetry They say art imitates life. Sometimes what I watch feeds me. Sometimes it sympathizes like friends. Sometimes it acts like a mirror or photograph. Great art speaks. ————————————————————————– Pull me out and remind me who I am You know you [...]
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008 A Mythical Jill Current mood: tired Category: Writing and Poetry She fills the pail and scales The dune to dump grains at the top The demarcation can’t be seen What she contributes looks so much like Every other grain of sand She descends the slope head over feet A mythical [...]
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