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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

Caught

May 31, 2026April 25, 2020 by bonesnsnow
one long breath

we are held by the sky
the way fish are held by the river

Categories photography, poetry Tags fishing, joy, life, nature, photography, photos, poems, poetry, prayer, space, sunrise 2 Comments

beyond reason

May 31, 2026April 18, 2020 by bonesnsnow

these alternating forces shaping the hands
that sculpt this world

Categories photography, poetry Tags life, nature, photo, photography, photos, poems, poetry, spring, winter 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

laughter and tears

May 31, 2026November 11, 2019 by bonesnsnow

so little survives
beyond laughter and tears.

Categories photography, poetry Tags fall, family, home, laughter, leaves, life, mountains, nature, photography, photos, poems, poetry, relationships, seasons, self, sunset, tears, trees, winter 2 Comments

winter’s end

May 31, 2026April 19, 2019 by bonesnsnow

three geese
skim the treetops, crying out,
lost in this featureless white world

Categories photography, poetry Tags birds, life, photography, poems, poetry, trees, winter 2 Comments

the women tell me

May 31, 2026February 17, 2019 by bonesnsnow

so many deaths

caused by mistaking reflections

for truth

Categories photography, poetry Tags children, family, humanity, life, nature, parents, photography, photos, poems, poetry, relationships, women Leave a comment
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