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The Banner Over Me Is Love
Poems From The Porch Dana Manly Art LLC www.danamanly.com | instagram.com/@danamanlyart/ The tractor is sallying forth this morning, like...
Rev. Ani
Aug 20, 20212 min read
The Marriage Bed
Poems From The Porch Dana Manly Art LLC www.danamanly.com | instagram.com/@danamanlyart/ Do not let your intellect rob you of communion...
Rev. Ani
Aug 17, 20212 min read
A Radical Agenda
~with gratitude to Thomas Aquinas Poems From The Porch Dana Manly Art LLC www.danamanly.com | instagram.com/@danamanlyart/ There is a...
Rev. Ani
Aug 16, 20212 min read
All Is Well
Poems From The Porch The desires of your heart are revealed in what you greatly admire in others. Your blind spots are illuminated by...
Rev. Ani
Aug 13, 20212 min read
Because Jesus Invited You
~dedicated to my mom Poems From The Porch photo by Brooke Lark on unsplash.com Everything in life is intended for your nourishment by the...
Rev. Ani
Aug 12, 20212 min read
Sacred Signposts
Poems From The Porch The masterpieces of tiny spiders adorn the field, revealed in their glory by the morning sun. All was cloaked in a...
Rev. Ani
Aug 11, 20212 min read
Trust
Poems From The Porch It is very quiet this morning, a light breeze swaying the crêpe myrtle branches. There are canna lilies...
Rev. Ani
Aug 10, 20211 min read
For Freedom's Sake
Poems From The Porch The fans on the porch are whirring their welcomed offering on this hot summer day while a lone monarch is daintily...
Rev. Ani
Aug 9, 20211 min read
Honoring, Cherishing, & Grieving
Poems From The Porch The swoop and dive of the flock of white birds in the distance seems in contrast to the stillness of the air. It is...
Rev. Ani
Aug 7, 20212 min read
I Don't Want To Miss
Poems From The Porch The way the warm sunlight shimmers on the dew-dappled grass How the fuchsia crêpe myrtle blossoms glow neon when...
Rev. Ani
Aug 5, 20212 min read
The Blessing of the Daisy
Poems From The Porch The daisy blooms in spring and trusts the timing of her emergence. She does not ask if it is okay for her to show up...
Rev. Ani
Aug 4, 20212 min read
The Buffet of Today
Poems From The Porch The benevolent presence of the moon is bearing witness to the earth like a thin wafer sitting on a blue-sky plate. A...
Rev. Ani
Aug 3, 20212 min read
A Web of Love
Poems From The Porch I found some little, white beauties as I was strolling through the grass this morning. Their petals were soft and...
Rev. Ani
Aug 2, 20212 min read
Breath of Rain
Poems From The Porch The smell of rain and the unapologetic wind give respite to the heat of the day. Far away, the thunder growls its...
Rev. Ani
Aug 1, 20211 min read
The Sentinel of Steamboat Springs
Poems From The Porch The aspens do a shimmy and a shake before it rains, their dance an invocation to the gray clouds to lighten up. Once...
Rev. Ani
Jul 31, 20211 min read
Mountain Medicine
Poems From The Porch 50° in July clear blue sky that looks like infinity the clarity of a mountain morning blue spruce and aspen magpie...
Rev. Ani
Jul 30, 20211 min read
I Would Notice
Poems From The Porch Spider’s web disappearing in the absence of light Dragonfly balancing on the tip of a stem Frenetic water patterns...
Rev. Ani
Jul 29, 20211 min read
Good Morning Kisses
Poems From The Porch Summer fairies sprinkled glitter on the grass before dawn, just in time for the little flecks to mirror the shimmer...
Rev. Ani
Jul 28, 20212 min read
The Crucible
Poems From The Porch The porch is the crucible for my alchemic transformation, the place where my iron-clad persona meets the heat that...
Rev. Ani
Jul 27, 20212 min read
Open The Tap
Poems From The Porch photo by Silvan Schuppisser on Unsplash.com Late July and a noteworthy breeze is blowing, it’s coolness an unusual...
Rev. Ani
Jul 26, 20212 min read
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