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Tag Archives: peace
A Moment for Peace
I’d find some peace if I just had more time; quite often now, this notion comes to me. Not as a nagging fault, but more sublime, suggesting an impossibility. But peace is built on just a second’s span and in … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, excuses, inactivity, laziness, peace, responsibility, sonnet
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Imagining
Too much of what the world has been, and is, and still might be, has as its limits what we call impossibility. We reign imagination in and relegate its course to doomsday visions, worst-case scenes, and dissipate its force. But … Continue reading
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Tagged brotherhood, connection, eulogies, imagination, John Lennon, love, peace
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Peace in Action?
On one of the communities I manage, someone made a comment that it seems like all the peace-oriented communities are pretty comatose — not a lot of posting activity. This made me wonder about peace-makers, in general. To me, a … Continue reading
There are no words
There are no words to capture this exquisite moment of pure bliss between the grasp and letting go between the thought and need to know There are no words that can express the soft caressing tenderness of just a second’s … Continue reading
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Tagged bliss, expression, living, peace, presence, sound, tenderness, words
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The Garden Seat: a cyhydedd hir
A quiet place to sit, think what I see fit, and watch the birds flit around the yard. Not so much to seek (a crumb, so to speak) to make each work week that much less hard. And yet, through … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, cyhydedd hir, daily poems, nature, peace, poetic forms, sitting, Welsh verse forms
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And Still Another: a alba or aubade
Before the first ray of morning sun comes over the muttering lips of the sleeping world (like the last soft warm breath of a restful sleep is released from the tight grasp of that little death) and there are not … Continue reading
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Tagged alba, aubade, isolation, morning, peace, poetic forms, silence
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