napowrimo – innocence abroad

some things i’ll never miss

By: littlepeace April 23, 2019April 23, 2019

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some things i’ll never miss

we are all like peter

By: littlepeace April 21, 2019April 21, 2019

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do you love Me, friend? do you love Me, dear peter? oh, do you love Me? it’s Easter morning and we are all like peter — what will you reply?

washing day

By: littlepeace April 18, 2019April 19, 2019

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i didn’t know what maundy meantas i crept into the sanctuaryand sat alone at the end of the pew

something more than moses

By: littlepeace April 16, 2019

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bring me a dish of bitter herbs
and a cup brim-full of sorrow’s tears

cleaning day

By: littlepeace April 15, 2019

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when the Son came home …

the colors of sunday

By: littlepeace April 14, 2019

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the world is awash in cream and lavender the invading violets have marched across the lawn flanking the driveway in a company of purple and circling the tree in the meadow in a fairy ring of amethyst and white beyond the fence the neighbor’s lilac is just starting to break into bloom; the fruit trees…

in the blackout

By: littlepeace April 10, 2019

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the feeling lingers on

By: littlepeace April 9, 2019April 10, 2019

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i had the dream again last night
the one where you come sit beside me
and we are silent together, never speaking

on the brink of golden hour

By: littlepeace April 8, 2019April 10, 2019

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this evening on the brink of golden hour i trekked up the hill to the library noting, as i passed, the progress of spring after days of hiding demurely behind green leaves the neighbour’s pear tree has had a revelation erupting in a riot of white blossoms and the star magnolia at the top of…

the evening after

By: littlepeace April 7, 2019

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late nights with fast reads devoured in one installment … now my eyelids drop