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Absent Wonder
I wandered through woods, towering stands of oak and beech,clamoured over endless swells of golden dunes,scrambled up and slid down slopes of sun-warmed sand. I marvelled at the perfect circles drawn by blades of restless beach grass,like the… Continue reading
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Maundy Thursday, 2013
She huddles on the shore,feet buried in moist sand,cold to the bone, but rooted. The waves pull at each other,slide up and over rocks,recoil and echo,slosh and hiss. She feels awash and adrift,tasting a salt seabroader and deeperthan human need. … Continue reading
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Night Prayer
I loved your still world tonight.I walked it gently.I saw cold, silent moonlight shining off the faces of polished tombstones.I passed drifts of fallen leaves resting in their hollows.I looked up through unmoving branches, bare and black against the sky.I saw a… Continue reading
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Summer in the Desert of Solitude
It's summer in the desert of solitude: naked sky, scouring wind, relentless sun.My pores open;Truth drips like sweat. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading