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Green Dreams

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

This grove where trees converge casts intricate signs upon earth, branches muscular, more gifted than any renowned dancer’s limbs, this greenery that exchanges purity of breath with ours and gives us shelter when rain or heat find us vulnerable beings: … Continue reading →

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Creature Ways

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

She watches dogs crest the hill, chasing, leaping, catching; sniffing is business of great import. But for her it is sitting still, breathing with the wind. Witnessing revelations. Knowing how slight they can be, a cracking open of a bud, … Continue reading →

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January Small Stones #1

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

The light that casts its eye upon this earth meets winter’s shimmer and falls in love.

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October Offerings/Small Stones #9: Small Mercies

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

Sunlight drapes his bareness with a luxury of warmth; he accepts the smallest of mercies as he awaits the coming rains.

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August Meditations/Poem #1: Children of Summer

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

At the park, plum echoes of a dash into trees are caught on the pond’s surface. Voices skid across its stillness like boats untethered, then telegraph a message. Remember this? they seem to ask, not knowing I am suspended beyond time and … Continue reading →

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June Jottings/ Poem #1: Rope Swinging

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Cynthia Guenther Richardson

The only way to get there was to loosen limbs, run a race, our bodies singing of surprises. The sun encouraged yearning, a piquant hunger for wonder, and upon arrival we were ravenous. We were not disappointed. It was a place … Continue reading →

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