snow
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Animal Tracks
Morning light licks my face, waking me.I groan, sit up, disturb the groggy cat,reach for my threadbare terry robe,and stand at the patio door beside the bed: Snowfall! Sometime during the night it snuck in,covered the grass, the deck chairs,… Continue reading
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A Cat Warms My Feet
Under the coversa cat stretches over my feet,warming them on a cold February nightwhile snow flies beyond the patio door beside the bed. A cat warms my feet.A cat warms my feet. I want nothing more. Text and image © 2012… Continue reading
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I Love Winter
The avenue on which we live,which carries us to and from the worlds of work and commerce,has disappeared beneath a soft overcoat of white. Nothing moves, nor wants to.Frozen respite. I love Winter. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk… Continue reading
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Winter
"I'm back," Winter says."Did you miss me?"He knows it's so,and so smiles as he asks. This is not only Winter 2011-2012,coming for his first visit.This is the same Winterthat shepherded Mary and Josephto the shelter of the stable;this is the… Continue reading
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Advent 5
A winter blizzard separates us–you are two miles away,but may as well be in Sitka. My normal snowstorm excitementdrifts over with loneliness. I think I'm craving you,but what I may be cravingis a tranquil, storm-embraced me. Text and image ©… Continue reading
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Snow Has Started Falling
Snow has started falling.You call me to the window.We join hands,and we are kids again,entranced by the gentlenessof this, the season's first snowfall. To us, it is magic,this slow dropping of the white sky,piecemeal, silent, purifying. We don't need words… Continue reading
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First Snow
In advance of first snowthe chill winter windcombs the hares from the fieldsand shepherds them safelyto thickets and hedgerows. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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I Stand Mute
I stand mutein the shadow of my own meekness.Who am I?And who knows that I am? This is not humility;I have abandoned my holy orders,forgotten my ordination:to be–absolutely–me. (with thanks to Debbie Rodahaffer) Text and image © 2011 by Dirk… Continue reading
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NYC Winter Night
I'm in New York Cityon a numbingly cold winter night,20th floor of the Marriot Courtyard,just off 5th Avenue.I sleep with the drapes open,receding buildings splattered with random lights,constellations in the city sky. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries.… Continue reading
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Sanctuary
"Sanctuary!" I cry.A small door in an infinite wall opens.As the dark trees crowd behind me,I crawl through.The door creaks shut.Now I am an immigrant in the kingdom of the ineffable,small, grateful, safe. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk… Continue reading