Tagged: gathering

to gather or not

to gather or not
to gather, that is the question
in the context of

the ongoing pandemic,
we are torn, loose in the wind
.
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getting together

getting together
to construct a gingerbread
house without formal

training or licenses – more
candy in mouth than on house
.
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four weeks before we

four weeks before we
gather, we are testing the
elasticity

of our roots, extending each
fiber to strengthen support
.
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in the city that

in the city that
never sleeps, every other john’s
pizzeria is

a stone toss away – let us
meet there and order a slice
.
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part of gathering

part of gathering
expertise is pulling in
what you know, what might

eventually escape if
you are negligent, careless
.
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in between the

in between the
hours that march
towards our gathering,
dreams of sweet
potato pie, my
mama’s arms and
hands assembling
the dumplings and
us, daddy checking
the clock again
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: assembling

t-minus five days

t-minus five days
until we are home,
gathering like lost
leaves, manifold
colors from the
same tree
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: manifold

we are gathering

we are gathering
our morning abundance, but
for the mosquitos
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: mosquitos

on most days, i am

on most days, i am
afraid that i will be more
tempted to jump than
to step solidly backward –
we all know a little
something about
gathering momentum
.
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we are an hour’s

we are an hour’s
ride away from the ocean.
there’s a gathering-

up-of-skirt feeling as i
write this, ready to take the plunge
.
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