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It is a lie – any talk of God that does not comfort you. Poem by Meister Eckhart, 13th century mystic, translated by Daniel Ladinsky. From the Penguin publication, Love Poems From God, Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West. Copyright © 2002 Daniel Ladinsky and used with his…
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Every day brings us closer to moonlight But Where is she now? (Crescent moon coming soon to your neighborhood sky!) In Honor of National Poetry Month, an original! ©Laine Quinn Photos taken in 2013, the moon and Venus just after sunset.
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Imagine a world where the inspired leaders of our young nation had been inspired enough to include women in those first drafts of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America. Would there have been the wholesale murder of the indigenous people who helped us settle this wild…
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Teach us to care and not to care Teach us to sit still. T.S. Eliot From the poem "Ash Wednesday" Photo ©Laine Quinn Boat on a pond in Wellfleet.
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From the book of poems, BLUE HORSES by Mary Oliver …Bless the words with which I try to say what I see, think, or feel. With gratitude for the grace of the earth. The expected and the exception, both. For all the hours I have been given to be in this world. …
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Calm mornings at the beach… The sea oats are already turning from green to gold to brown, about to drop their seeds for next spring. A Poem Walking down my stairs, I see a lizard. It turns and looks at me, tilting her head! I wonder, WHAT does she see?…
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