Monthly Archives: April 2014

Simplicity

Posted on April 27, 2014 by geniecan

She lies still in her nursing home bed blind and silent I’m thinking her days are numbered but then so are mine My need for constant doing fails to distract her She has no need for it “No thank you … Continue reading →

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Picnics Past

Posted on April 23, 2014 by geniecan

We saw her often in our dog walks through the park She was too weak and fallen to share her comforts hanging onto what remained of picnic memories and ant parades a stone propped up her sunken boards Today her … Continue reading →

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Hmmm

Posted on April 22, 2014 by geniecan

Hmmm My neighbor didn’t prune her roses this year—again like I thought she should I didn’t volunteer to help her either. I did once. Funny thing—they’re blooming just fine without me in fact, they are wildly abundant Guess I’m not … Continue reading →

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Protected: Poets’ Voice

Posted on April 22, 2014 by geniecan

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View from the Choir

Posted on April 13, 2014 by geniecan

I watch her infant eyes and think of how we all began She takes it in, the whole of it stain glass beaming rainbows candles flickering white draped altar choir singing alleluias Gospel hopes proclaimed chalice gleaming bread blessed and … Continue reading →

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Light Seeker

Posted on April 12, 2014 by geniecan

Between mountain tops of faith lie gaps I call the valleys where darkness dims the light I’ve climbed so far to see hope lives in the shadows The wind that held God’s voice In gustful stirrings, turns to whispers Silence … Continue reading →

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Wordless…for Janelle

Posted on April 9, 2014 by geniecan

She hears sweet sounds there are no words We are listening well She better than I young white collared boys make music with their bells echoing tones metal against metal a wordless song that slips inside the soul gentle and … Continue reading →

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A Couple’s Cross

Posted on April 8, 2014 by geniecan

A Couple’s Cross Years ago he was the star who loved her out of darkness Now, like the line of fog between sea and sky she sees him fading He lives in perpetual now master of the present tethered to … Continue reading →

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Weeping Pine

Posted on April 7, 2014 by geniecan

You weep like an injured pine standing tall in a crowded forest honey colored sap for tears I’ve passed you by without notice many times before living on the edge a corner beggar with an outstretched hand I’ve made you … Continue reading →

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A Rainbow Kind of Love

Posted on April 6, 2014 by geniecan

You restore my lands scorch me with your love Your never-forget-you kind of love You amaze me with your grace setting a rainbow before me on a stormy day When I was shaken and unsure a suffering heart, You lifted … Continue reading →

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