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Postcard From the Edge

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Twenty Seventeen –

what will it bring? And can we

help love and reason prevail?

~

Good times and bad times

I’ve seen them all, and my dear,

 I am still right here!

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Dec·31

Moments Of Peace

Posted by 2garrabrants

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An uncrowded street

In this city of millions

provides a moment of peace

~

Perhaps within our

crowded minds, we’ll also find

uncrowded moments of peace.

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Dec·30

Wide Angle Lens

Posted by 2garrabrants

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What is memory

for if not to recall the

best and learn from the worst?

~

Memory must serve

as chronicler of all

thing both great and small.

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Dec·29

Tried And True

Posted by 2garrabrants

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If it’s tradition

to stand firm against the tide,

how can we bend with the wind?

~

Sometimes it’s wise to

stand firm, sometimes to bend. Let

values, not tradition, guide.

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Dec·28

The Unanswered Question

Posted by 2garrabrants

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In these days between

what was and what will be, how

should we spend our time?

~

Live for the moment.

Because the past is the past

and the future, unwritten.

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Dec·27

Beyond Season

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Now that merry joy

has run it’s seasonal course,

what still remains of this year?

~

Twenty sixteen has

had its ups and downs but

joy runs through the heart of things.

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Dec·26

Metaphysical Fitness

Posted by 2garrabrants

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All those many years

ago in the midst of hate,

love was born. Let’s help it grow.

~

Hatred seems to reign

despite love’s reported strength:

Perhaps Love should exercise?

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Dec·25

Finding Joy

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Will there come a time

when Christmas arrives to find

us joyous and well prepared?

~

Christmas is a time

to discover joy whether

or not we’re prepared.

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Dec·24

Actions And Attendant Legacies

Posted by 2garrabrants

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We remember those

who have gone before, knowing

we are here because of them.

~

As, one day, we’ll be

remembered, for good or ill,

by those who follow.

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Dec·23

A Joy For All Seasons

Posted by 2garrabrants

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As calendars grow

increasingly short, can we

still draw out holiday joy?

~

It matters not if

calendars grow short as joy

knows no holiday.

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Dec·22

Orbital Mechanics

Posted by 2garrabrants

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When the sun stands still

this winter solstice should we

pause and change direction too?

~

The pendulum swings

from solstice to equinox

without changing direction.

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Dec·21

Memory Aids

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Does it require

more than a good memory

to recall good memories?

~

It helps if we are

willing to see things whole – not

settle for a partial truth.

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Dec·20

Brainy Birdies

Posted by 2garrabrants

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“It’s for the birds” might

suggest a higher wisdom

than we are led to expect.

~

Birds, it seems, rarely

work against their best interest.

That seems pretty wise to me.

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Dec·19

Seeking Silence

Posted by 2garrabrants

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In this noisy world,

where ever will introverts

find the silence to recharge?

~

If they direct their

attention toward their breath, they

will find a silent refuge.

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Dec·18

Raging Winter Wood

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Could it be that trees

whisper in the breeze of our

all-too-human fallacies?

~

As human failings

Grow from breezes to whirlwinds

Whispering trees must bellow.

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Dec·17

Rooted

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Does a lonely tree

standing naked on a hill

feel the chill of winter wind?

~

Though it feels the chill,

its roots run deep, connecting

it to  hill and sky.

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Dec·16

“I Guarantee It!”

Posted by 2garrabrants

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If promises were

kept, would some politicians

be out of a job?

~

Making promises

is the political game

but not so much keeping them.

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Dec·15

Heaven Only Knows

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Soon she will return

from high upon the mountain.

What wisdom will she carry?

~

  It all depends on

who or what she listens to

when she’s high up there.

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Dec·14

To Light a Candle

Posted by 2garrabrants

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If you want to light

a candle and can’t find a

single match, what do you do?

~

Flames can be kindled

in many different ways:

all you need is but a spark.

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Dec·13

Until Then

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Arctic chill descends

wrapping meadows in frost

and people in yards of cloth

~

As cold increases

layers increase too ’til thaw

brings a slow uncovering.

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Dec·12

Relatively Speaking

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Since mother knows best,

why does it take so long for

others to give it a rest?

~

Best is relative,

dependent on point of view,

She knows what is best… for you.

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Dec·11

Howling With Purpose

Posted by 2garrabrants

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When storm warnings rise,

does it serve any purpose

to howl cautions at the wind?

~

The best it can do

is relieve stress and prove that

you know what is best.

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Dec·10

Area Under the Curve

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Oh ye of many

knee surgeries what advice

do you have for me?

~

All pain is finite.

Either some for endless days,

or more for fleeting instants.

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Dec·09

Indeed

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Many years ago

Something amazing happened.

Could you tell me what it was?

~

I can say with deep

humility, I know whose

birth of which you speak.

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Dec·08

Hardly Lucubration

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Tell me my learned

son, does someone design lots

of obscure words just for you?

~

There are polyglots

and linguists beyond counting

at my constant beck and call.

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Dec·07

Tactics

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Shall we sit idle

As narcissists run amok

Or stand in opposition?

~

When narcissists run

we can’t just sit or stand, we

must also learn to fly.

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Dec·06

Look! Up in the Sky!

Posted by 2garrabrants

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When Wonder Woman,

Superman and reindeer can 

fly, what’s to stop you and I?

~

Earthbound souls are we:

neither goddess, alien,

nor even mythic cervid.

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Dec·05

Hazy Dazy

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Will narcotic haze

influence our poetry

for the better or the worse?

~

We’re just a heartbeat

away from purple cows and

polka dotted elephants.

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Dec·04

List of the Lost

Posted by 2garrabrants

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They say Santa keeps

track of who’s nasty and who’s

nice. Doesn’t Trump do that too?

~

Santa keeps a list 

of how people treat others;

Trump’s list is all about Trump.

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Dec·03

Not Ours And Yet…

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

Why do we insist

on mourning over losses

that were never ours to lose?

~

Because we love, we

mourn for losses not our own

and rejoice for others’ gains.

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Dec·02

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