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Round 25

2/25/2016

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(DAI Membership Meeting)
Accelerate
Expedite
My way between appointments
Pray
Brace
Strive
To remain alive
Today
As blowing snow continues to fall
Motion constant
Even as it takes different forms
Over 25 laps later
Around and around and around
The indoor track at the Rec Center
I am grateful, proud, relieved
to have pushed through
Initial resistance and discomfort
Staying in constant motion
Because when I'm in it
I love the sweat
Warming sensations
The dampening of my clothing.
Evidence of my persistent exertion.
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Orange Beacon

2/23/2016

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(630M driving up Austin Landing I-75N Dayton)
Moon,
You are my beacon
My familiar in the midst
Of so much chaos
Tension and electronic inundation
You are constantly
Consistently, persistently there
As the chaos
Swirls during a busy week
I see you chartreuse orange
Filling up the western sky.
On my way to work this weekend past
At that ungodly hour and now when you are
Ethereally translucent white
Hanging in the Western sky
As Canadian geese do a flyover above you
I am loving you
You massive magnificent moon.
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Booked

2/5/2016

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(Waking at 745 AM)
Time passes like sand in a monopoly hourglass
As I ponder the future
Eternity
Future events
My calendar stays booked
As I do not want to waste
A minute of time
But live
Experience all of these abundant opportunities
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February 01st, 2016

2/1/2016

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Surreal
It is an out
Of my body experience
As I watch myself
38
Run the entire distance
A whole 26 minute
Block of time.
I amaze myself
on this
What was supposed to be
Another walk/run
One leg in front of the weather.
At first I curse
the fact
I did not wear enough clothing
but...
when...
I never stop to walk part of the distance
I realize I am doing this past one stop sign
Then two
Then settlement crossing
Then past the Walnut Tree
Past Park Edge
Past black dog.
My chest is cold.
But my heart is warm
Circulating
Alive
And I have warmed up as I keep it moving
Kicking my own butt into gear.
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Savory Beginnings

1/30/2016

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.(an unusually warm day w/high of 53 degrees)
A fine but busy day
Takes my breath away.
I wake to grab a cup of hot tea
And sleepily stumble upon my sister
And her husband at her special table
Near the fireplace.
Some friendly banter from Bhakti and Mark
Precedes the decision to prepare breakfast
Mark makes the eggs,
I chop the cilantro,
Bhakti preps the grapefruit.
It is pleasant to slow down
Way down from the frenzied
Chaotic pace of our week
Both at work
At work out
And in transit
And savor a meal together.
Added bonus: Sandro offers a taste
Of his special eggs.
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Frozen Spider Homes

12/5/2015

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Picture
Moments of revelation
May be missed if we do not pay
Attention, open the blinds
Step outside, see the light
Like today
When I awoke after helping hang
Christmas lights on my sister’s tree
To a seriously special winter wonderland
Replete with God’s grace
At first I could not believe what I was seeing
And called Bhakti into the room to see.
As I discovered and got closer
Magic revealed itself to me in the form of white
Patterns that almost looked like plastic webs
Looked fake because they were too perfect.
As we looked closer, we realized indeed
They were real



Picture
And found more and more of them behind every hedge and shrub.
Intricately delicately beautiful
To view closely, the ice crystals
Tiny yet beautiful
At the same time
As if God had come down and made them himself
Last night
Pointed spikes of ice crystals sweetly adorned the now bare maple tree
In front while ice webs continued to reveal themselves
We got closer to see their beauty.
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Skulker Stop Skulking

11/17/2015

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Say something
Even hello.
Hola.
Guten tag.
Senora, me llamo Juan!
But no matter what
Stop lurking
Behind my car in the driveway.
You are awkward,
Insensible,
Scary,
Irritating,
In your silence,
Lack of announcement,
Skulker, stop skulking
Or I will get out of my car, and…
​
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Sanity

11/15/2015

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​I find you
God
In all the spaces
Between electronic humming and insanity
When
I slow down and take notice of…
Those things others may miss
For their rushing
Like fluttering leaves
Conducting their own symphony
With wind as their instrument
And the downy woodpecker
Tapping aspen in my sister’s backyard
Delighting us with his bright red nape.
Baby blue rays perfectly slanted
Pouring out of heavenly holes
Compelling me to soar up to heaven
To be with my great God and the angels.
But wait!
There’s more…
Splayed branches now bare of their clothes…
Pushing, pointing, directing my attention
Ever up, upwards pushing up to the sky
As luminous brilliant pink orange cotton candy swirls
Inspire a recipe.
I can almost taste it,
This tangerine
Fluffy cloud sorbet
Citrusy, sweet, sour, tart, tangy
All at the same time.
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​Ethereal Rays

11/12/2015

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Hwy 71 returning to Dayton from Hocking hills
Translucent blue ethereal rays pour down
Out of cloud gaps
These rays beckon me
To soar up to heaven
Baby blue rays perfectly slanted 45°
Towards the ground
All the more dramatic
For their juxtaposition against a lightly cloudy grey sky.
My friend Lorraine would whip this
Up quick, fast, and in a hurry
Capturing (on canvas) forever this
Fleeting precious priceless ethereal look.
This gorgeous light continues
To pour and I imagine angels
Waiting for me at the tops of these holes of light.
His majesty revealed again. 
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Cotton Candy Swirl

11/2/2015

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​Pink and purple vertically streak the western sky
Sweetly surprising me upon my exit
Out the back door to discard compost.
Do not miss these moments
Of incredible beauty
Because you are distracted.
Take time to look up!
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