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Kiss The Moon Winner
The Common Thread Winner of Kiss The Moon is Wendy Greenspan! I am delighted to have participated in this blind drawing. Many of the poems I use on my blog I often pick from Kiss The Moon. The email will go out this evening and as soon as I have the particulars, Wendy will have…
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Once Upon A Time
This from the teacher’s notebook. . . . . . . This should really start out with once upon a time. And we do. . . .for once upon a time when humans took form there was an openness about them which we can say was almost biblical. Until the fig leaf, for various reasons,…
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Common Thread Giveaway
This week I am the guest in the Common Thread Giveaway. The dates for this drawing are from today the first of September to Thursday evening the fourth of September. The winner of this blind drawing will be announced on Friday. So the dates are today the 1st of September to the 4th…
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The Obligation Of Knowledge
The Obligation Of Knowledge The Teacher speaks. . . .When you realize that understanding is a bigger or heavier burden than not understanding, your behavior or course of action is already decided. The reason is this. When you have the knowledge, you have the obligation. Not knowing the reason for a person’s behavior gives one…
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I Would Teach
I Would Teach There is one thing I would teach if I could it would be that who we are is always safe. A reader who caught the essence of what I was saying, had commented on a post that it made her feel safe. More than safe I would add, …
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The Embrace (a toast)
The Embrace (a toast) In the clasping of the body, arms which embrace, in the coming together is a unity that nothing can impair. That it is truly locked in time. Somehow the eternal has been grasped and time is not of the essence. That there is a space for this oneness of divine souls,…
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Arguing Her Argues
Arguing Her Argues How could I not love them? They grew beneath my heart, waiting for my heart to beat so that theirs’ would continue beating. Did you not think I would not know this? And they would be reason enough for me to keep breathing? You did not know me .…
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August
August It is August and there is a sliver of breath inside the sill. The deep breath of autumn is, I think, a matter of time; perhaps only in the memory of the child anxious for the world of new books to open. Anxious for the toys of summer to be put aside to make…
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Industry And Creativity
Industry and Creativity Our world needs our arms and legs and talents. Heaven needs our industry to keep our planet afloat. We are industrious and we are also creative. And to be both is what life is all about. We construct our lives by what is imaged and we create in physical space what…
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If We Sing To The Children
If We Sing To The Children I wear these memories as a cloak to ward off the chill. Emotions forgotten, but like new now ripping along my arms, settling bumps in straight rows to my heart. Kindred hearts, matching my own heartbeat, with eyes like mine and reflecting our souls. Music in voices saying,…