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October Offerings/Small Stones #8: Rescue

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

Beyond sulfuric winds, sacred texts of God Almighty. I am tutored, and rescued once again.

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July Diversions/ Poem #2: Sticks

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

Trails are adorned with branches discharged by storms and shiftings of earth, knotty lengths rearranging designs. We step over, under, stand victorious atop musky heaps. Limbs curve beyond and above my reach. He soon rummages, disappearing in mazes of leaves … Continue reading →

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May Variations/Poem #9: Restoration

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

This is the way nothing is lost. This way the soul is tethered to the body, the body to the woman who has breached all the boundaries that were erected around her. The line from there to here is meant … Continue reading →

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May Variations/Poem #5: Another Country

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

Soon we are in another country reigned by creatures better than we. The gap to the road is closed and we walk through mist that dampens my eyelashes and chest. Trees sag beneath greenery, and the road turns to dirt. … Continue reading →

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April Interlude/Poem #3: Neighborhood Fences

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

A neighbor begrudges morning its constancy, the days flying in her face with a welcome she cannot bear, robins disturbing with their disregard and communal joy. Light is a magnifying glass that makes everything more daunting with colors revealed in … Continue reading →

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The Wiles of March/ poem #6: Stone River Life

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

This life keeps turning over, a common stone in a river that won’t stop coursing through arms of earth, muddy banks that want to hold water longer but lets it slip through to its destination. The stone has no choice either. … Continue reading →

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February; between winter and spring/poem #9 (or: why this is Poetry for the Living)

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

Someone asked why this poetry for the living? why not: living poetry, or: poetry alive? I said there were years when poems crash landed in my hands, each beaten raw by the journey secret slinking words that kept me breathing … Continue reading →

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February: between winter and spring/poem #8

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

Light arises from the sea, mesmerizing without intent. Magisterial clouds own the air as dark castles own earth, then shift and shine. Silver ribbons dress waves that take with them everything. This beauty amid the violence, a shock of tenderness that … Continue reading →

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