window
window
the late afternoon
light is the color
of gratitude
wouldn’t you say
as the shadows
grow longer and
the coming chill
pulls us closer
what else is there
but thank you
Peace,
Milton
window
the late afternoon
light is the color
of gratitude
wouldn’t you say
as the shadows
grow longer and
the coming chill
pulls us closer
what else is there
but thank you
Peace,
Milton
advent journal: eyewitness in my quest to counter the gathering gloom as the nights grow longer and the daylight disappears I have made a point of being up everyday before sunrise to see the dawn break right before my eyes to try and counter the inevitable arrival of my autumnal depression it’s less about daylight…
Late Monday afternoon, Ginger and I drove to New Haven so I could have an MRI. The asymmetrical nature and rapidity of my hearing loss over the last year caused my audiologist to send me to an ENT doctor, who decided to do the scan just to make sure we weren’t dealing with tumors or…
imago d.e.i. can we talk numbers? 91 different kinds of antelope 11,000 different birds 50,000 spiders 34,000 snakes 30,000 fish and too many worms to try and count not to mention us we humans are one of 522 different primates but perhaps the only ones who see themselves as the image of God which begs…
I wrote this poem several years ago, and I thought of it this morning. the morning after Mary rose before sunrise; the baby was still sleeping, as was Joseph and most of the animals, except for one cow who looked a little sheepish. The shepherds were long gone. In their excitement, they had not cleaned…
Name ______________________________ 1. A word for when you’re not sure of the way out. 2. A word for losing track of time. 3. A word for the hunger for human touch. 4. A word for living through your anxieties and still feeling anxious. 5. A word for a consistent lack of adequate vocabulary. 6. A…
practice I spent the evening singing harmony with a pick-up gospel choir— songs I didn’t know parts I didn’t know offering me the gentle reminder that listening comes first, then you sing. Peace, Milton
These poems are beautiful, Milton. Thank you!
I love “Coming chill pulls us closer…”