Tears fall (sometimes)
and makes the nearest
and dearest soggy.
Hey, your shoulder is soft...
So hug me?
February 23, 2012
February 16, 2012
Gogyohka-Thursday [73]
I want to write the poem
perfect for this space
a passing insight
in phrase so sweet
you'll smile or maybe weep
February 9, 2012
February 2, 2012
Gogyohka-Thursday [71]
"Stop thinking," she urged.
Stop thinking.
Silence my whirling heart,
racing through a thousand
yet unspent days.
January 26, 2012
Gogyohka-Thursday [70]
Studying. Squirm.
Late at the Library. Yawn.
Deserted aisles of books...
Irresistible.
Sometimes... I run in Libraries.
January 19, 2012
Gogyohka-Thursday [69]
They were a well-suited couple.
They screened their eyes
like they shielded their hearts
from the sight
of a watching world.
January 12, 2012
Gogyohka-Thursday [68]
Not enough time left
to pack up my room
to meet every appointment
to make every phone-call
and still say good-bye slowly
I find my sister's arms
often stealing around me
as if their encircling warmth
could keep me home
a few minutes longer...
January 5, 2012
Gogyohka-Thursday [67]
Down the hat aisle we descend
and don't return for an hour.
If hats are dungeons
I was a hostage.
Dangerous, those hats are.
January 1, 2012
He is the SHEPHERD OF MY HEART
He watches over me so tenderly, constantly
And I rest easy in His care...
He is the CHAMPION OF MY SOUL
He conquers every doubt and fear for me, instantly
And every enemy I face/ Will be defeated by His grace...
He will deliver me
Because He loves me
Though I should walk through darkest night
He will deliver me
~from an old Nest Bible Story video (David & Goliath) song: unknown to the internet but beloved to my heart
December 29, 2011
Gogyohka-Thursday [66]
A long, hard year at last closes
its weary eyes with a sigh.
The salt-rain slips and falls-
and kisses the sere earth,
December 22, 2011
Gogyohka-Thursday [65]
Guest Gogyohka by Tim Edelblut.
Mom hears from the kitchen:
Piano, guitar, (bad) harmonies,
and the bongo...?
We make music
Wherever we are together.
Painting: Family Making Music by Jan Miense Molenaer
December 15, 2011
December 8, 2011
Gogyohka-Thursday [63]
He was a cutie.
'Smart dresser.
'a smiler, too...
and could shoot a Polaroid like a pro...
But alas. Too young for me.
December 1, 2011
Gogyohka-Thursday [62]
halls of brilliant, modern white
first I wanted a camera
then a notebook
then my best friend
P.S. I can't tell if I want it to be "walk in the stillness with " or "break the stillness with" ... You tell me- can I have both? ;-)
*Image, Dia Beacon - Walter de Maria: The Equal Area Series
November 24, 2011
:THANKFUL:
Every year brings new things to be thankful for... sometimes bountiful blessing... sometimes trials seen safely through...
As I and my wonderful family sat around the laden table this Thanksgiving, in turn, as so moved, we touched our utensils to our wine glasses- signalling a toast- and were thankful.
We were thankful for two upcoming weddings- for spouses- for special relationships- for parents- for family- my ninety-four year old great-grandmother (with tears in her eyes) was thankful for one more year with all of us (and we, thankful, hope for yet another with her).
I too have many things to be thankful for. Too many to name.
But at this particular moment, tonight, I am thankful for two. I'm thankful-
to get to play Pinochle with my ninety-seven year old great-grandfather...
to hear my great-grandmother asked me, "Won't you play for me before I go?"
I played three songs for her- My Father's Favorite, Moon River, and As Time Goes By. She sat near the piano and listened as I played and murmured the words.
You must remember this
A kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh.
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by.
A kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh.
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by.
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