Monthly Archives: May 2014

Time Out

Posted on May 31, 2014 by geniecan

Leaves pull glitter from the sun Stifling heat of midday fades to cool Ripples on the lake move slowly to a silent wind’s sonata Ducks chase and mate nestle in a feathered pile Garnish lakeside campsite with purpled heads and … Continue reading →

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Daniel Joseph

Posted on May 26, 2014 by geniecan

We are young marrieds and excited to be your parents I’m a 21 year old nursing student your father is a lineman for the phone company I’m impatient to meet you face to face touch your newborn skin smell its … Continue reading →

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Letting Go

Posted on May 24, 2014 by geniecan

I once hid behind boulders in my brain while emotional volcanoes exploded past uncertainties and fear cowered in chaos I languished in guilt used sadness as a guise for anger while I grasped for understanding mercy in the fog of … Continue reading →

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A Word About Daddy

Posted on May 23, 2014 by geniecan

I was only three when I awakened him to announce: “Daddy, I’m afraid of the dark” Mom stayed asleep. “Oh honey, let’s go see. Don’t be afraid.” Lifted high atop his shoulders I had no place to hide my face … Continue reading →

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Stone Bench

Posted on May 20, 2014 by geniecan

“May I share this bench? She asks. I’ll keep quiet, I promise.” High above the ocean in a graceful place a stranger sits beside me dressed in black high-heeled elegance and feminine beauty We sit together and apart I’ve come … Continue reading →

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Temporary

Posted on May 19, 2014 by geniecan

Our words stung like a salted blade cutting through our egos in both directions He let go quicker than I He usually does I widened the gap with my over-thinking like a tremoring fault-line preceding an earthquake and I brought … Continue reading →

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Mom in May

Posted on May 12, 2014 by geniecan

Feasting on the green of spring I stop to smell roses more often and think of you the queen of finding joy in a weed—be it plant, or person And now from this cabin window I see a host of … Continue reading →

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A Man’s Grief

Posted on May 6, 2014 by geniecan

A Man’s Grief It came on suddenly— the cloud. It happened when the father said: “Men don’t cry,” and lasted through the years–the cloud. He did not cry. The cloud covered the place where tears are stored until one day … Continue reading →

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