Settling Poems - Poems about Settling

In the air floats a strange sense of panic, like a heavy mist settling over the city, a silent fear and uncertainty that penetrates our bones, along with the beliefs and truths that were once solid as rocks, but now melt like ice under the light of a merciless moon. Institutions, once temples of safety, are now castles of...

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and you tap tap on my leaves high tide descends shipshape as wholesome as can be brought forth from the gale force fete relief oh the hamstring you do hug taut grasp relieves danger from belt strap as it leaves beach plank so the treetop perch easing soothing dry tides of the wind cool-charm in a household sigh bluebirds in their enchant chirp with their hip-hip-hurraying ...

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The headline read: “Low deposits and fair repayments!” The offer of a lifetime, the promise of a lifeline for you and those you love. But “deposits” aren’t just in money when we’re low in depositing care, “repayments” still reek of capitalism when many don’t see their “fair” share. The advertisement seared in bold font and burning lettering, reminding us to...

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Guns, and ballistic threats don't settle anything They can't, more quickly kill. Mindfulness, and compassion therapies, might restore peace We could most inclusively embrace. Could our court and prison and police and legislative systems become more mindful, less judgmental, by restoring win/win hopeful health? Rather than punishing shadowed neurodiversity and cognitive limitations and post traumatic stress disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders and poverty and lack of affordable self-medication choices, Retribution revenge assuming perpetrators had real-world powers to choose and chose badly madly sadly. Court fines and forced confinement in...

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Settling into love for a person for a sacred place fertile organic rich growing space Easy when felt obviously warmly positively copassionately robustly returned Difficult when mean selfish cruel cold indifference perpetuates competing to not further communicate Bilateral lose/lose zero-sum competitive rules Less golden than intending win/win Unlikely to age gracefully cooperatively happily healthily safely steadfastly saving positive protagonist panentheistically felt sacred faced fast-paced race through insufficient reconnecting time Settling into fear against another angry person against an anxious all-consuming place threatening stuck neglected deadening...

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we are not perfect but we're perfect for each other AP: 1st place 2022 Posted on July 30, 2022...

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July 16 Scripture Meditations Based on Isaiah 13-18 Key Verse – Isaiah 14:24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand. MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR SETTLING ME IN YOUR PURPOSE Thank You for settling me in Your purpose...

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He was a young old guy. Rode hard and put up wet. Life under the bridge was tough. Oh, man, if I could just get housing... Sleeping with one eye open Preyed upon by the youngers on those days after you got your check each month... Oh, man, if I could just get housing... Lunch at the mission was a hefty walk. Long way...

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Being part of the solution is to follow the procedure. Respecting the right restriction is to like the safety measure. Being part of the remedy means winning the biggest battle. Never changing the frequency, remaining in the same channel. Being not part of the problem is breaking not the checkpoint rule. The threat fills the road with mayhem; making the virus very cruel. Being not part of...

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Binge watching TV A death by tranquility Unstoppable hearse...

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Oh, Lord, this is the worst thing that we dot! We will be lost at Sea, with the rest of mediocre humanity. Grousing, day and so hopelessly. Why this and why not that? Because we made decisions that left us avoiding all spiritual growth, challenges and avoiding the mat. That leaves ourr souls, lifeless, void and horridly flat! August 13, 2019 ...

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...They sent a copy of an old tin-type, a picture of Milton and his bride, one look at it and I knew the whole truth, Small Doe in the fighting had not died. A DNA test confirmed what I thought, and I resolved to bring this all to an end, Blue Hawk deserved know death’s sweet peace, so out into the crisp...

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...“The bloodshed grew, the army was called in, and sided with settlers as they often did, Blue Hawk’s people were crushed, all rounded up, put on the rez and told to stay within. “Despite the peace both sides still held their hate, cursing the other right up until they died, it wasn’t long after Blue Hawk passed on that he restless ghost...

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This house belonged to grandfather Rudolph, though its history goes much further back, all the way to the eighteen seventies, when to this vast land Herbert Blake did trek. It had once been a grand ranch homestead, centerpiece of sixteen thousand acres, though now it was but six hundred or so, sold off to make bank accounts bigger. Two months ago grandpa Rudolph...

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A simple golden band that he wore upon his hand Didn't seem to matter much to him. He had a rovin' eye and it settled by and by On a woman at her best when lights are dim. The gossip got around in this little western town, And it came to roost for good with his own wife. She knew his...

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