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Category Archives: Odes to Common Things
Peonies: The Floozies of the Garden
I read somewhere that peonies are often referred to as “the floozies of the garden” because of their scene-stealing beauty. These images, captured at blossoms’ peak, are on my desktop, so I can refer to them over and over again … Continue reading
Posted in Nature • Animals, Odes to Common Things, Smallpeace
Tagged beauty, garden, paeonia, passion, peonies, poetry
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Rough morning I do not have to be happy. I do not have to skip on tippy toes for all eight blocks to the subway, whistling. I only have to get from point A to point B with eyes pried … Continue reading
Ode to a Daffodil
So I am climbing up and up the park stairs to City campus one Monday evening when I pass a bed of golden daffodils laughing. “Spring is coming, spring is coming,” they gaily prattle as their many-pointed heads jiggle and … Continue reading
Posted in Odes to Common Things, Smallpeace
Tagged Buddhism, daffodil, death, inspiration, ode, poetry, Smallpeace, Spring
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Ode to Transformation
I have always taken a quiet comfort in the changing of the seasons. Even in times of deep despair, there is hope in the certainty that the landscape, now slipping into its winter torpor, will one day reawaken. There is … Continue reading
Posted in Odes to Common Things
Tagged aging, comfort, death, frost, inspiration, nature, photography, seasons, transformation
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Ode to a Lord and His Lady Love
It was 2:18 on a Sunday afternoon and the wedding was set to commence at 2:30 pm. Crap! It would have helped if we’d been a little more familiar with the environs of Poughkeepsie (New York, that is), only we … Continue reading
Posted in Odes to Common Things, Smallpeace
Tagged bride, Holy Trinity, Lord and Lady, Three Weddings and a Funeral, Wedding, young love
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Time and Nine Wait for No One
We arrived in the gloaming, half hoping for a shout of recognition or perhaps a few cuddles… Though we immediately knew from the way they stood conspiring in the distance that there would be none. They were already lost in … Continue reading
Posted in Odes to Common Things, Smallpeace
Tagged boys, children, friends, gloaming, moments, Time, weekend
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Ode to Soft Days and E.E. Cummings
This past Saturday was what the Irish affectionately call a “soft day,” one in which the rain arrives early in the form of a gentle mist, and remains longer than expected, soaking the landscape. On days like this, it’s easy … Continue reading
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Tagged e.e. cummings, poetry, rain, small hands, soft days
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Ode to Early Risers
I have never been a particularly early (or cheerful) riser, but lately, our life at Smallpeace has inspired me to rethink old habits. Here, dawn comes on like a light switch, with choirs of insects, farm animals, and songbirds singing … Continue reading
Ode to Dermacentor Variabilis
Little tick on my arm your pinch and the oriole signal it’s springtime. Wood tick on my arm your bite and the peeper frogs celebrate summer. Vicious tick on my arm. Birds hunting nicer bugs— your mouth still sucking. To … Continue reading