[132] Waning Days
As the seagull mews so goes the echoing waves counting tales of yesterdays reaching sandy shores where tiny birds scurry leaving gentle...
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CAPTURED IN WORDS
BY LORRAINE JOHNSON
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- Aug 20, 2022
- 1 min
[131] The Pause
The Pause—be it long or short knows not time. It's where the flowers live, the trees sway the moon shines the mind dreams the kiss lives...
- Jul 16, 2022
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[130] Holding Space
Thoughts seep out of pockets tucked deeply out of sight from the bustling of days filled with many shiny lockets and nights on soft...
- Jul 4, 2022
- 1 min
[129] Wonder
I went chasing wonders thinking they were afar. But in the night of a different sky with no stars to be found I saw wonder— in the...
- Jun 5, 2022
- 1 min
[127] Hold You High
Up the peeling bark we go down again, we all do fall fast or slow, we grow or forego climb up again we make the crawl some in sight,...
- Apr 30, 2022
- 1 min
[124] One More Time
Old and barnacled by salted winds that blow —and ancient wood docks with cracked floors that whisper bittersweets from yesterdays before....
- Apr 24, 2022
- 1 min
[123] For A While
Worn by a good life —swept by time and place and hearts that glow in the heat of the night And arms that embrace and eyes that don't...
- Apr 17, 2022
- 1 min
[122] The Gaze
I once met the gaze of a man watching me as we moved courageously across the land— in plane, bus and armed check points— it was always...
- Apr 10, 2022
- 1 min
[121] In The Morrow
To dream a dream that’s never been to be the story that you’re in re-read the lines written on page— the subtle ones inspired like a sage...
- Mar 27, 2022
- 1 min
[119] Start As One
Two start as one, held by clasping hands like roots of ancient trees and sweet memories that linger in the breeze as whispering dreams...
- Mar 16, 2022
- 1 min
[118] The Knowing Curve
My heart beats and longs beyond its space awaiting the presence of a grounding face the knowing curve of my tea cup’s ring the warm...
- Mar 6, 2022
- 1 min
[117] As I Move Along
Did I see you glowing, landing just near my side, bringing me memories washed up like the tide You, dancing that well-honed tune— that...
- Mar 3, 2022
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[116] As It Unfolds
I wait for you on soft ground as words float off my moleskin page and flowing water trickles through cracks of time and place, as...
- Feb 27, 2022
- 1 min
[115] But Why
There is a depth that keeps us close and ever far without approach It wanders across worn cobblestones, cold concrete and windswept paths...
- Feb 13, 2022
- 1 min
[113] As I Walk
I walk with sun in my face and wind at my back rocks line the scape waves crash the shore sand seeps into the cracks of my toes and tiny...
- Feb 10, 2022
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[112] Forever Held
Words flow from me like a persistent whisper sharing the secret melody of a soul or a song whose perfect rhythm stays for long living in...
- Jan 30, 2022
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[110] Little Hands
Under the shade of a willing tree there he sits, young but seeing working the palms with his little hands, as his culture unfolds a life...
- Jan 13, 2022
- 1 min
[107] From Its Strings
The keys of the piano play softly from its strings, deeply, persistently it plays the melody of a thousand songs and wanting words...
- Jan 9, 2022
- 1 min
[106] On Wandering
Today I wandered endlessly along unknown paths —as yesterdays I've done before. To meet with courage the wild’s calls, to meet wise...
- Dec 30, 2021
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[104] Beautiful Happenstance
The moments appear, they ebb and flow all day long—challenging us to grow they offer choice and beg a smile that deepens the twinkle in...
- Dec 12, 2021
- 1 min
[102] Mine, Yours
My story, Yours from where I stand from where you do the moon glows big and slithered and the sun rises and sets as flowers spread gently...
- Dec 2, 2021
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[100] Fences or Jewels
You travel far away in place to know the story only you chase the slush of snow, or rain that pours down, down saturating the earth, as...
- Nov 21, 2021
- 1 min
[99] The Passage
Time opens a passage for which to step through When we see one we have but a moment to choose The foot shifts, it leans and then boldly...
- Nov 18, 2021
- 1 min
[98] Regardless
Funny how the world just continues to turn. While on its surface waves agitate and—though not invited—move onto sacred ground, and...
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