Short Poem: Perspective
Perspective blurred By the thousand words Of well-meaning cooks… To burn the food. Continue reading Short Poem: Perspective
Month: November 2015
Enough: The Lie of Insecurity
Today I have been thinking about insecurities. We all have them in some form…we aren’t tall enough, or short enough, or rich enough, or successful enough…our nose is a weird shape, or our left pinky has this slight bend in … Continue reading Enough: The Lie of Insecurity
On Trees and Poetry
Fall is beautiful. Just exquisite. There are crimson trees just outside the front door that are the stuff of Robert Frost. I’ve been trying to take pictures of these trees for three days. I can’t. It started Monday afternoon. On … Continue reading On Trees and Poetry
Journeys
My life is full of journeys. This one is almost over. Today in the wake of Thanksgiving week, I am thinking about journeys. The paths that wind and twist this way and that. The thing about journeys is that they … Continue reading Journeys
The Spiderweb
There is an elaborate web that lives between you and me. It’s a tangled weave, a sticky mess, deftly spun of suspicion, mistrust and paranoia. A stranger’s due harvest, no doubt. Yet it still catches my gentle words. Stuck in … Continue reading The Spiderweb
The End of Compassion
I recently attended a church service where a missionary couple to Africa spoke. As they talked about the plight of the people, the poverty, the need, the disease….I found myself throwing up walls. Not that I didn’t believe them. I… Continue reading The End of Compassion
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