Tag: spirituality
group name: writeful
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September 13, 2007 09:40 AM EDT --
I do most of my writing at a coffee house known as the Casablanca. On the walls is that kind of dark wood panelling that gives the interior a warm feeling. The casual coffee drinkers that come to visit . . . more
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April 24, 2008 07:14 AM EDT --
You tried to tell me about purple
When light and color were a foreign language to me.
Then that day came
When at His command
The white veil of blindness
Drained away . . . more
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March 01, 2007 04:21 PM EST --
My heart lies
twisted
gnarled
beyond the reach of your grace?
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June 16, 2007 02:44 PM EDT --
I wanted to write this now while the thoughts are running in my mind.
If you had a gun in your hand, could you shoot someone?
Recently, a young friend of mine has been thinking about purchasing . . . more
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March 04, 2007 02:07 AM EST --
When asked what family means, most people conjure up an image of an ideal family. A mother and father in a loving relationship, where they respect one another. Born out of love are . . . more
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March 30, 2007 12:47 AM EDT --
I reach for you but you are not there,
memories and pain are all I have,
when the fever burns bright in the darkness of the night,
I cry out your name.
Do you think I would forget,
or . . . more
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May 31, 2007 11:12 PM EDT --
I've heard so much about the "Carpenter" name in music that, when Gather.com sent out a request for reviews of Mary Chapin Carpenter's new CD, "The Calling," I jumped at the . . . more
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May 21, 2007 01:52 PM EDT --
Little stones make big mountains,
Little steps can cover miles,
Little acts of loving and kindness
Give the world it's biggest smiles
Little words can soothe big troubles
Little hugs . . . more
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April 27, 2007 03:20 PM EDT --
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
-Vince Lombardi
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May 28, 2008 02:22 PM EDT --
The Book Signing Benefit
We had a wonderful opportunity to turn the focus of our most recent book signing into a benefit for an amazing charity. The Beatitude House . . . more
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March 18, 2007 02:02 PM EDT --
Here is a continuation of Things About Me (26-50), interesting or not.
26 My grandmother lived to be 102 years old, and was healthy and wise until 101.
27. I saw my first firefly a . . . more
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June 09, 2007 01:37 PM EDT --
Well, it' is almost Father's Day Dad,
And I am sorry you had to go…
But you were suffering,
And, this I know.
But, I will remember your smile,
And your love of life….
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June 02, 2007 02:01 AM EDT --
I would like to kiss your ankles
bring them to the seams of time, endless
flowing pristine
as a clear cerulean daydream
steep and expansive
take my palm
edges smooth upon skin and skins
and slap
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June 23, 2007 10:58 AM EDT --
I'm no poet, but for some reason I felt these emotions while observing my daughter this morning. Sorry if it lacks in any way; it's just a brief interlude with the frustrated poet inside! . . . more
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March 31, 2007 06:50 PM EDT --
The illegitimate Republican government is about to eviscerate the Environmental Protection Act. Individual states will be able to open protected wildlife habitats to development and the more reactionary . . . more
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May 06, 2007 02:41 AM EDT --
i am often asked
why i write
or how
and what
compels
this right hand
to script
erratic
incomprehensible
thoughts
that consistently
drown
my cerebral cortex
only to pay my heart a visit
awakening . . . more
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April 13, 2007 11:02 AM EDT --
"My heart has been opened...to a very wonderful person in my life...I dedicate this poem to him."
Upon a white horse from heaven he came
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July 20, 2007 11:44 AM EDT --
Beryl Singleton Bissel's book "The Scent of God: a Memoir" is the story of a cloistered nun, a wife, a widow, a single mom, a divorcee and a happily married woman. The lyrical prose and the . . . more
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July 25, 2007 10:04 AM EDT --
I wash and break
against unyielding lovers,
stroke her sandy chest,
withdraw, teasing her with
foamy, sun-drenched laughter.
I sing the Atlantic,
the Hudson,
the Sault Sainte Marie,
my secrets guarded . . . more
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March 05, 2007 05:02 AM EST --
There are many "woe is me" poems. This poem is for those heroic figures that stand tall with a twinkle in their eyes. Those that have the strength to spread warmth and love to others and . . . more
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