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Poems From The Porch
photo by Daniel Tuttle on Unsplash.com Prayers of a Dog & a Rooster The wood is crackling on the firepit this morning, and there is a...

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Nov 8, 20201 min read


Poems From The Porch
photo by Benjamin Davies on Unsplash.com Joining Rumi In The Field One bird, all alone, flutters in the distance like a butterfly, then...

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Nov 7, 20202 min read


Poems From The Porch
photo by Mathew Schwartz on Unsplash.com Tuning In A blue jay wanted attention this morning, crying out loudly from a crepe myrtle...

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Nov 6, 20201 min read


Poems From The Porch
photo by Klim Musalimov on Unsplash.com Falling Beliefs The trees are starting to shed their leaves in preparation for a renewal of...

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Nov 5, 20201 min read


Poems From The Porch
Just For You The sunlight is tickling the shimmering grass this morning, and the crows are laughing in response. The sky is fully awake,...

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Nov 4, 20201 min read


Poems From The Porch
photo by Bertrand Borie on Unsplash.com Mediating the Gap I love watching the morning wake up and hearing the day stretch and yawn into...

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Nov 3, 20201 min read


Poems From The Porch
From Grey to Blue It is a bright, crisp morning, the daily genre reflecting a change from grey to blue. A flock of birds is diving...

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Nov 2, 20201 min read


Enneagram Types Through The Lens of Jung
converting vice to virtue on the path of personal transformation photo by Casey Horner on Unsplash.com Illuminating one's blind spots is...

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Nov 1, 20204 min read


Poems From The Porch
For This Day Only It is a damp, rainforest morning. Dark highlights of wetness are emphasizing the trees. The rust tones on the wisteria...

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Nov 1, 20201 min read


Poems From The Porch
photo by Tomasz Sroka on Unsplash.com Gratefully Present Lavender cloud in the powder blue sky A cool breeze kissing my face Wisps of...

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Oct 31, 20201 min read


Poems From The Porch
photo by Greg Rosenke on Unsplash.com Therein Lies the Secret The clouds are patterned like cotton balls today, allowing only peeks of...

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Oct 30, 20201 min read


Poems From The Porch
photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash.com All is Well The egrets are flying low over the field this morning. The symmetrical bales have been...

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Oct 29, 20201 min read


Poems From The Porch
photo by Taras Chernus on Unsplash.com Moving Towards And Please acknowledge both the Light and the dark within and around you so that...

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Oct 28, 20201 min read


Poems From The Porch
photo by Hannes Richter on Unsplash.com Wisdom From The Sages Thinking creates a problem, then thinking tries to solve the problem it...

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Oct 27, 20201 min read


Poems From The Porch
One Beam of Love The sunlight is caressing the straw-colored bales that are dotting the field like slightly-toasted marshmallows. The...

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Oct 27, 20201 min read


Poems From The Porch
photo by Silas Baisch on Unsplash.com Dependent Co-Arising The Ocean of Being is not created from autonomous drops, and the Body of Being...

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Oct 27, 20201 min read


Poems From The Porch
photo by Casey Horner on Unsplash.com There is Only One of Us Here My spirit flies to the depths of the twinkling sky and rests within as...

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Oct 24, 20201 min read


Can You?
Poems From The Porch photo by Senjuti Kundu on Unsplash.com Can you trust . . . that Life is unfolding naturally and adequately, without...

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Oct 23, 20202 min read


Poems From The Porch
photo by Sarah Halliday on Unsplash.com A Lesson From A Rooster Leaf sparkles are raining from the pecan tree this morning. The fog of...

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Oct 22, 20201 min read


Poems From The Porch
photo by Sue Hughes on Unsplash.com Love All Around The mums are blooming yellow in the clay pot that my son decorated for me. The candle...

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Oct 21, 20201 min read
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