Thoughts . . .

Just before the world fades away, I always imagine I am dying.
“There is something at work in my soul which I do not understand” –Mary Shelley–Frankenstein
Knitting this yarn feels like the solving of a very long problem; I wish my problems could be solved in such a way.
Its strange to think that he is both [...]

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Painting of the Week!

This is “Bullseye.”  If you would like to contact Sara about prices or see the rest of her work (photography, illustration, etc) click here. : )

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Blackout

i went for a run tonight
too much sleep,
too much energy
took why?lee
because I don’t go outside in the dark alone
felt brave
felt strong
i have accomplished so much this year
riding high on graduation
moving in with Carl
progression and hope and
the leaving behind of a tiring era
i ran quickly and confidently
left his collar at home
couldn’t hear him
just my feet
shoes striking [...]

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Perfect

I don’t want to be Girlfriend
I want to be Super Girlfriend
that amazing woman
who always looks like a [...]

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Dear 23

Dear 23,
I’m sorry its taken so long for me to reply. I wasn’t sure what to say, at first. I wasn’t expecting a letter. I have been waiting for you to turn around. All those years ago, you left me without a backward glance; I was weighing you down; I was [...]

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On My Knees

I’m on my knees
I’m not getting up
I’ve finally learned
love doesn’t stand and face off . . .
[...]

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Lines

The load gets lighter, the hour approaches, my mind runs with open arms toward a future, while my heart chuckles darkly waiting for it to hit the end of the chain.
Soul can’t be heard from six years away.
Barefoot dreams running over broken glass . . .
There’s a rumor I’ve risen from the dead.
I want what [...]

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Crayola

You are like the briefcase of crayons

I kept since elementary school–

I tediously [...]

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Painting of the Week

This is another of my all time favorites– “The Bigger the Hair, the Closer to God.”  If you would like to contact Sara about prices or see the rest of her work (photography, illustration, etc) click here. : )

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Suggested Reading : )

This is the Outlaw Bible of American Poetry. Carl gave it to me (along with a sturdy leather-wrapped journal for when I go riding/hiking, etc) for my graduation knowing it is one of my favorite books of all time and that one of my brothers took it with him when he moved out while [...]

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Untitled

told again, I haven’t lived
that I must live before I can write
this time by a very dead man
via [...]

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Words, words

Slowly the words I’ve kept close are slipping through, only I feel differently about them now and that feeling is reflected in unfamiliar inflections, contexts I couldn’t see through opaque panes of past after past. I wonder if understanding has to go both ways to be meaningful and answer myself yes, but only in communication, [...]

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Almost Shameless (Warning: You may find this to be TMI : )

I had a drunken tryst at the park in Bend
under a tree just off the path
and in the woods outside the church camp
[...]

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We All Do

He deserves . . .

Happiness–
the kind where his dreams
have free reign to grow and change
[...]

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Painting of the Week

This is “Black Bird” by Sara Larson. I’ve decided to put up one of her incredible paintings a week. If you would like to contact Sara about prices or see the rest of her work (photography, illustration, etc) click here. : )

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