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A Joyful Circle – the Final Lineage Poem

May 31, 2026March 20, 2022 by bonesnsnow

I wouldn’t have missed a minute of it. And I pray that I will have many more to experience. Little boy, I weep for joy at the prospect of meeting you!

Categories Dharma, poetry, Reflections Tags death, family, life, lineage, love, photography, photos, poems, poetry, reincarnation, relationships 2 Comments

A Joyous Day – Gift of a New Life (8th Lineage Poem)

May 31, 2026March 15, 2022 by bonesnsnow
A Joyous Day- Gift of a New Life

I’ve born witness now to the birth and growth of two sons and a granddaughter. This is the great mystery and the gift of lineage.

Categories photography, poetry Tags children, family, grandchildren, life, lineage, love, photography, photos, poems, poetry, relationships 1 Comment

Shadow People – When the Lineage Merges and Generations Fade

May 31, 2026March 8, 2022 by bonesnsnow

for a downstream lineage to manifest requires an injection – a partner, a husband, a wife to be inserted into this stream that it might flow onward

Categories photography, poetry, Reflections Tags daughters, family, generations, life, lineage, love, marriage, photography, photos, poems, poetry, relationships, sons 3 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
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