Tag Archives: beauty

Small Stones/December: Reveal

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

The mountain called me, its steadfastness, hardcore beauty, closeness to sky, snow casting ancient light to reveal my heart.

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Summer’s Last Dream

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

  She waits for the sea to find her a last time transparent green desire of summer abandon

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Advice from a Lotus

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

  Can there be too much beauty, the soul stormed, mind stunned by the grandeur of a garden? My breath is suspended within fragrance. I slip between throngs, claim a place in fine lace shadows. Flowers take no notice. Bees sing out, a … Continue reading →

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January Small Stones #6: Foreshadowing

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

It’s been a week-long dry spell. It sounds like spring, saws shrieking, children laughing, chasing; their ruddy cheeks are shiny fruits of winter. A man balances on a ladder, perched like a happy bird. Wind sings and whips my hair. … Continue reading →

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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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August Meditations/Poem #6: Afternoon by the Sea

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

(For Alexandra) This sea spills sapphire, embraces rock and shell and brings no lies. This is happy justice– no looking backward, no damage done without warning–as you discover the dancing silk ribbon of an August horizon. All is revealed as meant, magnificence … Continue reading →

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June Jottings: Poem #6/ Hide and Seek

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

There isn’t enough of me to absorb all that calls. It is tantalizing to be just satisfied, but it leaves me wanting, like love that will not surrender to intimacy. I want more, to learn the movements of cells, know if they … Continue reading →

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May Variations/ Poem #6: Picture Story

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

I crisscross the city park, scanning, camera in hand. In my chest, a humming. There is a moment in pictures when what is unseen becomes almost more important. Shadows weave texture while a wash of light disperses a tell of … Continue reading →

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May Variations/Poem #4: Beauty Waits

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

She wanders as if it is her vocation, with mind focused on all that creates memories rare and good enough. They will follow her back home, to a battleground where no one breathes without consequence, the man with his hands … Continue reading →

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April Interlude/Poem #2: Seeking Light

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

You are awakening to a memory of somewhere you have been before, a warren of rooms within rooms where others find you as you thread your way through corridors emptying onto rocky roads. There is a precipice above the sea; … Continue reading →

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