Category Archives: poetry

Little Things

Posted on March 16, 2020 by geniecan

It was a small thing noting the name tag of the  twenty-something young man behind the counter or was he a teen Ivan Focused and serious when he took our fast-food order then served us  He made sure all was … Continue reading →

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Shadow Silence

Posted on August 18, 2019 by geniecan

Her tears were stifled by her mother’s grief shaming sorrow into secrecy shrouding childhood innocence like sinister clouds on a windless day crawling their shadows across blue turned gray silence had the only ears to hear and then the girl … Continue reading →

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Tangled Tears

Posted on May 4, 2019 by geniecan

Tangled Tears                          I’m close to the ground pulling weeds beneath our tree the breeze ruffles my hair while I listen for my chimes to sing their ring There is silence. I lift my gaze to see metal tubes tangled … Continue reading →

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Vanity

Posted on March 4, 2019 by geniecan

Vanity Release to others the image of your face you can never see it on your own Mirrors and camera lenses distort the truth Choose instead, reflections from a still blue pond to paint your best likeness when the wind … Continue reading →

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In the Presence of Rain

Posted on February 6, 2019 by geniecan

Within arms distance glassy sheen gleams on top of my weeds pearls from some distant sea translucent with joy like a child’s eyes after rain when puddles beckon come play and the grass glows emerald green Perhaps I’m in Ireland … Continue reading →

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Sunny Silence

Posted on January 7, 2019 by geniecan

“The secret to joy: never suppress positive curiosity ; Get involved, because life is meant to be lived.” Pope Francis I step into the Walmart super-store and see them right away. “WOW,” I say out loud, with no one near … Continue reading →

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See More

Posted on November 5, 2018 by geniecan

In the broken place where we live, hope can be found in the cracks If a dandelion can push herself up from the earth though a sliver of light in cement and be called a weed —or a flower by … Continue reading →

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Chapel Confession

Posted on October 6, 2018 by geniecan

Chapel Confession I can hear the clamoring of whoever entered the chapel behind me, after I’ve settled in and seeking my silence. Out of the corner of my eye, I see part of a walker, the source of interruption to … Continue reading →

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Cactus Garden and Rose Garden

Posted on August 31, 2018 by geniecan

CACTUS GARDEN Balboa Park, San Diego, Ca Carrying their thorns proudly in ways we don’t think of, they reach tall, arching strong knowing each prickly spear each stay-away-from-me spike is part of who they are. Their blooming will arrive in … Continue reading →

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Purging

Posted on July 9, 2018 by geniecan

Mixing in the muck of memory debris she sorts through feelings giving them names frames them in new ways though they still weigh heavy with silence like sunken skipping stones seeking new homes and the chance to play another day … Continue reading →

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