Valse, woodcut by Amédée Joyau Death is nothing without its escort Life, I see that now. And Sorrow needs Joy. These four have the center of the dance floor. They waltz with g...
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source >>>> My mother has been ill. >>>> I am as empty of poetry >>>> as a milkweed pod >>>> whose silk and seed have flown. >>>> >>...
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source >>>>> A poem flowers in my garden, >>>>> spreading pollen and scent >>>>> to anyone who lingers. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ...
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Vincent van Gogh (1887) >>> April returns in the clockwork >>> of the calendar, and spring returns, too, >>> but not in sync with time constructs. >>> �...
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source >>> It’s going to take a miracle, >>> or several, to end killing >>> in war, in streets, in homes— >>> but the miracles could start out...
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>>>> My home is high up in a castle >>>> with a vista of grass and woodland. >>>> The rising day rims distant trees >>>> and then hits magnoli...
source >>>>> What happens to sunlight over bombs? >>>>> Is it friend or foe? Or, like me, >>>>> is it an inactive witness we think is ne...
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Source >>>> Listen. >>>> Really listen. >>>> The blood won’t wash off my hands >>>> or out of my clothes. >>>> Will Not Wash Out! L...
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>>>> Children I knew as a teacher >>>> disappeared into adults >>>> leading serious lives. >>>> >>>> In our chance encounters, >>>>�...
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Because I have been hiding in silence Because silence has not cured my heart sickness Because I must share the truths my heart discovers Because I need a friend in truth, and she needs me t...
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source >>> Earl Grey tea is not just a cup of tea, >>> but, rounded with honey, a rich toddy- >>> like taste for a break in late afternoon. >>> �...
>> >>> I, who have been yellow with a clinging >>> cold this brown winter, feel a color cure >>> building from the ground up. Purple crocus >>> ...
>> Windows to the East frame the color show of dawn >> at times splendid in reds and oranges, or dimmed >> in pinks and yellows, and today diffused a...
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>>>>> You think you know the combination to >>>>> me, as if I am a locker or safe >>>>> you can open at your convenience. >>>>> >>>...
>>>> This year in Philadelphia, >>>> Black History Month feels like Spring >>>> bursting forth all at once. >>>> >>>> >>>> Light ...
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> > Today’s grey skies set off the blackish limbs of winter trees interspersed here and there with bursts of evergreen. The limbs, lacy against the grey, seem to twine togethe...
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A Pair of shoes , van Gogh (1886-87) >>>> Where are the shoemakers whose art >>>> could help all of us walk the walk >>>> of preserving the earth...
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QUOTES FROM WALT WHITMAN WHAT IF WE, LIKE SPIDERS, DARED TO SWING OUT INTO THE UNKNOWN TO FIND PURCHASE FOR THE BRIDGE WHICH WILL SPAN TO EARTH'S FUTURE? WHAT IF WE COULD TAKE ...
>> Why would you settle for any less than the real thing? >> We want to know. >> You won’t be protected, only marriage could do that. >> Take your t...
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>> I owned two records when 60’s youth culture >> changed life throughout the USA, but not in my home. >> I listened to Scheherazade and W...
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source >>>> >>>> Catching my tears in >>>> a bucket, I laugh >>>> at myself and then >>>> half smile at thinking >>>> one d...
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source >> 123-123, we move, >> we slow waltz into the new year >> so much like the old one we pause >> to check the date. It is the eve >> of hope,...
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“Gratitude begins in our hearts and then dovetails into behavior. It almost always makes you willing to be of service, which is where the joy resides. . . ." ― Anne Lamott...
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>>>> > >>>> ALone > > (I e > >> > ne > > Syllables > > (5)< > >> Rules s > e > > Reassessing rules > > And requires< > >> More tha...
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