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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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January Small Stones #5: Waiting

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

The patience of chairs is honorable in midwinter. Waiting for company, they seem spare, vulnerable as body and soul. That I would be so stalwart and cultivate readiness!

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August Meditations/Poem #7: Summer Soliloquy

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

These days of gleaming which pry us from our small interior lives are losing power now. High in trees dangle leaves that prepare to let go and slip through my fingers, scatter and heap upon welcoming earth. Where are the burnished faces … 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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