Tagged: listen
mom is playing the
mom is playing the
piano on a summer
afternoon, daddy
and i secretly listen
in so she doesn’t get nervous
.
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when everything is
when everything is
a debate, there is no dialogue
and less, even less
learning – we cannot stretch until
we have learned how to listen
.
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listening to old
listening to old
taiwanese songs in mom’s kitchen,
reaching towards an
old ache, real and imagined,
melancholy in our bones
.
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even in the key
even in the key
of hopelessness, we listen for
a cymbal of hope
.
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there are mornings
there are mornings
when i insist
that you hear
the wind crashing
through autumn
leaves like there is
an ocean at our
window, that we can
hear with
the same ears
.
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more and more, there are
more and more, there are
questions with no answers – we all
wish to be solvers
.
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in the best duets,
in the best duets,
no one is required to lead the
entire time – listen
.
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several bites into
several bites into
sunday, we will
suddenly
wish to slow
down, savor
every sunday
second, in our
eyes, in our
ears, melting
too quickly
on our tongues
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: savor
when how we listen
when how we listen
is no longer enough –
let us switch gears, act
.
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