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A Joyful Noise- Root Music of the Heartland

May 31, 2026January 9, 2022 by bonesnsnow

the thin black line of the old songs

Categories photography, poetry Tags family, life, love, photography, photos, poems, poetry, relationships 6 Comments

Say Grace

May 31, 2026November 26, 2020 by bonesnsnow

this non-gathering
in plague, the living
held at safe distance

Categories poetry Tags family, ghosts, lineage, pandemic, plague, poems, poetry, thanksgiving 3 Comments

a brilliant day

May 31, 2026July 29, 2020 by bonesnsnow

we bear down, burning fifty
to zero in thirty feet and somehow
we slide right…

Categories poetry Tags accidents, crashes, death, driving, family, life, photos, poems, poetry Leave a comment

it means we made promises

May 31, 2026May 31, 2020 by bonesnsnow

it means you

can still close my eyes with your lips.

Categories photography, poetry Tags anniversaries, family, home, humanity, life, love, marriage, photo, photography, photos, poems, poetry, relationships, self, women 1 Comment

such a fool

May 31, 2026May 23, 2020 by bonesnsnow

maybe instead we pass a kind of key

to those we leave behind

Categories poetry Tags death, dogs, dying, family, foolishness, humanity, life, memories, photo, photography, photos, poems, poetry, relationships, wisdom Leave a comment

rising

May 31, 2026May 15, 2020 by bonesnsnow

rising
on differently feathered wings

Categories poetry Tags brothers, death, dying, family, home, humanity, life, photography, photos, poems, poetry, relationships 1 Comment

that i would do better

May 31, 2026May 10, 2020 by bonesnsnow

if you could only come here
and die again,

Categories poetry Tags family, humanity, life, mother, mothers day, parents, photos, poems, poetry, prayer, relationships, women 2 Comments

enough

May 31, 2026May 2, 2020 by bonesnsnow

one day this blood will stop and with must end all of the sadness, all of the joy

Categories photography, poetry Tags Aging, death, dying, family, happiness, joy, life, photography, photos, poems, poetry, prayer, relationships, sadness Leave a comment

Isolation

May 31, 2026April 5, 2020 by bonesnsnow

A bar of soap in the dish, unremarkable and dry.

Categories photography, poetry Tags communication, coronavirus, death, dying, family, friends, humanity, life, memory, nature, pandemic, photography, photos, poems, poetry, relationships, self, survival, the future, travel Leave a comment

one last chance

May 31, 2026March 29, 2020 by bonesnsnow

this unnatural natural silence

Categories photography, poetry Tags covid19, family, humanity, karma, life, nature, photography, photos, poems, poetry, quarantine, space Leave a comment
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