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New Book – John Haines – May the Owl Call Again
Readers and visitors here know the influence John Haines has on my writing. I was introduced to John...
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Golden Path
Long has it been since I touched these rocks and waters,weighed down with burden and future thoughts. Searching...
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Distant Guiding Light
Descending into winterdeceiving clear skiesgive way to earth curlinginto itself for warmth. Breaking trails through fresh snowascending from...
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Moving Forward
Another year coming to a close.Another obstacle is looming in the night. The truth is difficult to see...
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Gathering in the Woods
We take leave and the forest fills with silence and evening light. Soon the ground comes to life...
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Pushing Through
Pushing through the pain we see the end. Our vision expanded beyond our sphere. Perhaps we see the...
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Fracture 93: Moving the Future into the Present
(1) There, there I see you – walking along the shoreline,the sun is your companion. The ocean wind...
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From the Ashes
Stripped to our raw selvesshed of armor and protection. Chaos and denial slowlyreplaced by thought and cooperation. The...
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Silent Objections
The calm water reflects the coldmorning sky coming on-line. Pierced by raven calls and lulledby rolling waves. Fragments...
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Standing in the Backyard of Childhood
The dirt. The stars. Nearing midnight in late summer. A glimpse, fleeting thought, of that person I was....
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Across Sand
Across vast red sandsI see your face high in untouched mountains. Passing for years through dust stormsblanketing the...
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The Next Chapter
Passing through the pages of life,some chapters are thin and we quickly move,some consume years and decades. After...
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Taking Comfort
Standing on the cement patiohours after the sun fell awayI let go of the city and noiseand stare...
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From the Another Place
Descending from the material world, the physical objects and possessions,distractions taking focus away from the core, the mind,...