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Poems From The Porch Stepping onto the porch feels like I’ve entered an avian party in progress. Everyone is chatting brightly, with the...

Rev. Ani
Sep 30, 20241 min read
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A Simple Day
Poems From The Porch Two plump squirrels chasing each other up the water oak A pair of hummingbirds vying for breakfast Mockingbirds...

Rev. Ani
Sep 2, 20242 min read
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I Sit Still
Poems From The Porch I sit still and the whole world comes to me. I am serenaded by a symphony of sound: the soothing, steady flow of the...

Rev. Ani
Jun 17, 20243 min read
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The Artist
Poems From The Porch Photo by Cosmic Timetraveler on Unsplash The artist sees the beauty and caresses it with her pen, lovingly offering...

Rev. Ani
Mar 5, 20242 min read
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Alonester on a Louisiana Morning
Poems From The Porch Iris and ginger lily fronds swaying in response to the caress of the breeze Morning air alive with the sound of blue...

Rev. Ani
Mar 4, 20242 min read
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The Evidence of my Senses
Poems From The Porch The air is full of sound today– – bluejay, meadowlark, and mockingbird. Upright and supple, the young magnolia tree...

Rev. Ani
Feb 20, 20242 min read
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The Poet
~for Darrell Poems From The Porch The poet sees deeper than the skin of things underneath the flesh of landscape peering into the flow of...

Rev. Ani
Feb 11, 20241 min read
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Learning to Live Alone
Poems From The Porch I've been here before many, many times – – a gray Louisiana morning, the whoosh of the wind, birds singing merrily,...

Rev. Ani
Feb 10, 20242 min read
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The Way of Things
Poems From The Porch There is something about bathing in bird song that awakens Spring in the heart, and sunshine strong enough to cast...

Rev. Ani
Feb 9, 20242 min read
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The Aria of Ample
Poems From The Porch Open and quiet A posture of curiosity Aligning with the potential of the present Letting go of the need to know from...

Rev. Ani
Jan 24, 20241 min read
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A Wisdom of Participation
Poems From The Porch Rocking gently caressed by the soft strums of a guitar candle flame swaying with the tune fragrance of cedar and fir...

Rev. Ani
Jan 22, 20242 min read
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The Shift
Poems From The Porch I did not make it happen. This is the significant truth to acknowledge. So, what role did I play? My agency was (and...

Rev. Ani
Jan 21, 20241 min read
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Suffering as Birth Canal
Poems From The Porch To be handed over divides a life Constructing a purpose then being done unto Learning what surrender really means...

Rev. Ani
Jan 16, 20241 min read
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An Invitation To Notice
Poems From The Porch The Tulip Inn, Houston, Texas Crisp, blue void expanding above Magnolia tree companion sporting velvet under-leaves...

Rev. Ani
Jan 4, 20242 min read
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Finding My Agency
Poems From The Porch Yesterday, I received the gift of sadness. It came unbidden, like the cracking of an oyster shell reveals a tender...

Rev. Ani
Nov 9, 20232 min read
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Embodying My Role
Poems From The Porch Three turtles are swimming in the clear water of Johnson Creek-- Mama Turtle, Papa Turtle, and Baby Turtle. Their...

Rev. Ani
Oct 2, 20232 min read
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Goodheartedness
Poems From The Porch Sun warming green on the mountains and fecund valley below Happy campers walking by offering cheerful morning...

Rev. Ani
Sep 12, 20231 min read
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Because We Are
Poems From The Porch Blue Pond Springs, St. Charles Canyon, Cache National Forest, Idaho White Aspen bark with green leaves poised to...

Rev. Ani
Sep 7, 20232 min read
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Expanding Outward
Poems From The Porch A very important person — do they know it? — cut up fresh pineapple and honeydew melon and placed the lusciousness...

Rev. Ani
Jul 25, 20232 min read
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Feeding The Ducks
Poems From The Porch Great blue heron standing solo on the bank Mosquito hawks hovering overhead in community Cloud puffs slowly and...

Rev. Ani
Jun 13, 20232 min read
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