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Doing Justice
(if you are viewing this via email, the website has a recording of this poem and commentary; click the title above) Commentary Yesterday, I walked up at White Rock Lake with my dear new friend Rich Milne. When we encountered a spectacular patch of Grape Hyacinths, Rich did what any ...
The Magnificent Creature
On my walk today, I saw a man with a camera and powerful lens. He was peering up into a tree, where a bald eagle sat, peering back. I continued to my turnaround point, a mile beyond. When I returned, thirty minutes had passed, but the magnificent creature was still ...
Meet My Shadow
November 11, 2024: This guy walked 7 miles with me yesterday, and again today. I bet his feet don't hurt like mine do! ...
Animating Nature
(if you are viewing this via email, the website has a recording of this poem and commentary; click the title above) One of the things I love about walking is that it wakes up, or animates, my imagination. It does so especially when my walks are away from the humdrum, ...
Lake Images With Poetry
Summer Birdbaths
(if you are viewing this via email, the website has a recording of this poem and commentary; click the title above) Commentary Recently, I have been observing my interaction—man’s interaction—with nature. I'm trying to think creatively about what will change—in us and in nature—when “creation itself will be liberated from ...
In Glory
(if you are viewing this via email, the website has a recording of this poem and commentary; click the title above) Commentary I'm starting to think that we have a terribly stunted imagination when it comes to man's relationship to nature in the Restoration (i.e., what Heaven will be like) ...
Doing Justice
(if you are viewing this via email, the website has a recording of this poem and commentary; click the title above) Commentary Yesterday, I walked up at White Rock Lake with my dear new friend Rich Milne. When we encountered a spectacular patch of Grape Hyacinths, Rich did what any ...
Rainy Walk
(if you are viewing this via email, the website has a recording of this poem and commentary; click the title above) Commentary Hopefully there's not much 'splainin to do about this poem. Right? I know that's all too rare ...