CAPTURED IN WORDS

BY LORRAINE JOHNSON

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Moments in Time

21 hours ago
1 min

#20 Dancing In The Courtyard

A colorful turban rests on his head— a brilliant smile lay beneath his grin. Dark eyes, unknowing, sit gently on his face. A beautiful be...

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3 days ago
1 min

#19 The Space Between

Humanity taps at our doors. Open up—it beckons let me hold your footprint on soil, sand, moist or dry. Look into my eyes let that which j...

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6 days ago
2 min

#18 Where The Richness Lies

Today the rain has fallen Upon the soil of a very kind man A small round house, alone, rests on his machamba* Long reeds cling to the ear...

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Feb 23
1 min

#17 My Beautiful Memory

Forever you are the sound of the grasshopper pulling me towards The gentle sound of the chime when wind there is none The passing breeze ...

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Feb 21
1 min

#16 Before The Sun

In the silence I travel far and wide Across valleys Climbing mountains And pausing at the spirit of a rock Willowing trees hear the call—...

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Feb 18
2 min

#15 The Croon Of An Ordinary Day

It was turning to dusk on a long winding, rugged footpath—one with deep crevices lining its back and tall, dense vegetation caressing its...

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Feb 14
1 min

#14 At My Door

If I was to gather all my thoughts and blow them out to sea it would be to you, my unknown you, who I share my deepest me you who wanders...

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Feb 13
1 min

#13 And Fly

When the sun hangs high in the sky the lonely bird sits and dreams of joining a flock that wisps the sea with the flurry of its mien. But...

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Feb 12
1 min

#12 Little Things

The years deposit nuggets of memories, but mostly they remind us of the joy found in sitting gently by a stream, listening to the echos o...

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Feb 11
1 min

#11 In The Midst

The lines of the tree's palm shimmered in the light And in its shadow lay the sandy ground on which a home sat Four, five doors graced th...

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Feb 10
1 min

#10 Left In Words & Light

It was an endless dirt road leading from the town of Buzi to Ngwarangwara. The chief of the land, Manuel Mapara, sat on the floor in his ...

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Feb 9
1 min

# 9 There Was An Old Man

There was an old man He lived in the mountains He toiled his land and warmed his own hearth And when the day turned into dusk, He laid dow...

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Feb 9
1 min

#8 A Dream

Once I saw a fleeting star and watched it from afar It seemed adrift, meandering— intentioned, not astray I thought it something beautifu...

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Feb 8
1 min

#7 All Knowing, He Came

He came to me with wings floating in a cradle of raw honey Walked miles by my side through thick tall forest to see the eye of an elephan...

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Feb 7
1 min

#6 Flutter of Existence

And there I was sitting by the sunshine pouring through my drafty window— as fall settled in and the leaves began to let go— seeking, def...

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Feb 6
1 min

#5 Dancing Mafuwe

There is an arm of the river that stretches from the Zambezi towards the village Degwe— but now it is only a large crack in the earth's s...

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Feb 5
1 min

#4 Becoming slow, just enough

The earth is singing. It is that time—yes, when time beckons us to slow, and maybe, just maybe, in the growing silence, we can hear. What...

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Feb 4
1 min

#3 The Gait of a Man

Often I come to the window to gaze. A man—an older man with the gray hair of a venerable story, dressed in simple, but well made clothes,...

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Feb 3
1 min

#2 A Powerful Presence

It is not the length of one's spine The shade of one's wrappings The answers in one's mind Nor the design of one's form Rather it is the ...

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Jan 31
1 min

#1 Like a Mighty Tree, A Blade of Grass

What does one do with the hatred that shares this land? Do not become weary, my son. Like a flower without water. Like a river without a ...

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CAPTURED IN WORDS

BY LORRAINE JOHNSON

#20 Dancing In The Courtyard

#19 The Space Between

#18 Where The Richness Lies

#17 My Beautiful Memory

#16 Before The Sun

#15 The Croon Of An Ordinary Day

#14 At My Door

#13 And Fly

#12 Little Things

#11 In The Midst

#10 Left In Words & Light

# 9 There Was An Old Man

#8 A Dream

#7 All Knowing, He Came

#6 Flutter of Existence

#5 Dancing Mafuwe

#4 Becoming slow, just enough

#3 The Gait of a Man

#2 A Powerful Presence

#1 Like a Mighty Tree, A Blade of Grass

Follow the journey.

Thank you for lingering with me—just a bit.