Tag: poetry
member name: Judy G.
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December 31, 2006 12:35 PM EST --
To write. To express myself with words - prose or poetry, in lament or jubilation. I desire to re-discover the discipline and the art of crafting words with care and intention. I desire to . . .
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March 24, 2007 01:19 AM EDT --
grace and gratitude
from heart to heart
the former without the latter
diminishes the gift
shuns the giver.
ah, but the rightful response of the soul
to the soul's lover
causes both . . .
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May 07, 2007 12:52 AM EDT --
I learned a new word today
It answered an old question
This short collection of letters
Brought the ‘aha!' sigh from my lips
My nodding head confirmed it
Rolling around in my mouth . . .
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April 02, 2007 01:13 AM EDT --
In your hand are several invitations to a casual dinner which you are hosting at your home. The menu choice is yours, as is the drink menu, candles or not, tablecloth or formica-toppped kitchen . . .
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December 13, 2006 09:35 AM EST --
barricades of barbed wire
my fingers bleed
from carefully constructing
this damned fence
sitting back in wonder
at the seeming lack of scars
yet nursing the wounds in anticipation
of their infliction . . .
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December 13, 2006 09:46 AM EST --
grace and gratitude
from heart to heart
the former without the latter
diminishes the gift
shuns the giver
ah, but the rightful response of the soul
to the soul's lover
causes both to sing
ah, . . .
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January 01, 2007 09:51 PM EST --
"greetings from home",
the letter began
the unfamiliar postmark
a town I've not heard of
a hand I've not read.
"we miss you, we love you...
please join us, come home." . . .
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February 16, 2007 11:09 PM EST --
conversation on monday
tumor on wednesday
last breath drawn six days later
literally here today - gone tomorrow
married 64 years. . .to her only love and best friend
my mom for 52 . . .
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August 19, 2006 01:25 AM EDT --
it's a beach afternoon
bonfire at dusk
wind wafting the scent of far away shores towards me
my chair settles snugly down into the sand
surrounded by books and good friends
shore birds and children . . .
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August 19, 2006 01:32 AM EDT --
a peace finally found
in stillness and quiet,
from a silence not broken,
received in the heart
how large can a heart grow
deep reaching peace
a mind cannot grasp it
the soul finds it's . . .
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September 02, 2006 08:15 PM EDT --
topiary life
shaped from birth
with wires and twine
buds and blossoms emerge
strain to send their offerings
outside the bounds
living free for the moment, undiscovered
back against the stucco . . .
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February 23, 2007 08:52 PM EST --
it's on hold
squelched and stuffed and sealed
in a place that cannot yet feel
that knows keenly awaiting pain
where my soul fears the letting go
fears the anguish and sorrow . . .
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