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A Reflection from Ukraine
From cushioned seat... I watch the battle-fought treasure of rich dark soils rush by, Endless acres of life sustaining grains stretching...

Sue's Musings
Feb 7, 20232 min read
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Refugees
I will away before you wake, A weary journey to partake. As you lift and shake your head, Your dusty hold... I will have fled As from...

Sue's Musings
Jan 31, 20231 min read
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I Do Not Fear
I do not fear and yet I weep, Too much undone before I sleep. Bomb, you coward, Burn and break My country for your ego’s sake As clouds...

Sue's Musings
Jan 28, 20231 min read
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Psalm 39
Today I cried out Moved by song of man and child. I placed my head in my hands But... Failed to kneel. I wept. Warm heart rending tears...

Sue's Musings
Dec 11, 20221 min read
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The Beginning
For Isabel and Leon as they start their married life Birds hang From the rafters of Heaven In rapt anticipation For the joining Of lives....

Sue's Musings
Sep 26, 20221 min read
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Time and Place
Whirling gulls beat transparent skies, Filling wind with gust torn cries, Soundless granite aches to share, Sunrise glories oceans...

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Feb 28, 20221 min read
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Glacial
Beautiful and distant You were Tethered to us Like a glacier Before it calves In a splintering rainbow Silently drifting Off Alone Cold...

Sue's Musings
Jul 22, 20211 min read
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She Rests
She used to dance Before she said "Yes". Her body remembers the feel of "that" dress Light as a whisper and deep as the night It twinkled...

Sue's Musings
May 6, 20211 min read
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Stolen Life
I See You. Etched clearly On crisp white paper, Framed by cotton soft locks. Light sinks into the deep folds of your parchment skin, Yet...

Sue's Musings
Nov 7, 20201 min read
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God's Treasure Chest
How blessed am I? To sit 'neath impossible sky And drink in calm and mirrored blue Broken only by one… No two... Cormorants. Thrusting...

Sue's Musings
Oct 6, 20201 min read
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Do you Remember?
Do you remember? Our island in the sea? Barren… Sandy… Humid.. But home to you and me? Do you remember? Our houses squat and square?...

Sue's Musings
Oct 6, 20201 min read
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For Phil
It is time Our Lord God said For you to close your eyes and rest your head Upon the soft and pillowed bed Of green pastured Earth. It is...

Sue's Musings
Oct 1, 20191 min read
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Washing Day
Pegged haphazardly they hang Weighted by water and volume Private garments for all to see Crisp drying in the Sun. The sight comforts me...

Sue's Musings
Jul 27, 20191 min read
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Transformation
They came in the night Praetorian guard Wave after wave Attacked, Parried and sparred. Heroic their efforts As North Wind it blew Despite...

Sue's Musings
Mar 5, 20191 min read
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Mortal Footsteps
I took a walk today Along a sandy beach. The edge at which the unknown depths Attempt their final reach For Earth’s silicate security -...

Sue's Musings
Oct 28, 20181 min read
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The Hunt
Let's go. Fly away with me, Into sky blue and over the sea. United We will slip the snare of this Earth’s tether And, with flapping wing...

Sue's Musings
Oct 27, 20181 min read
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Serenity in Hyde Park
The gravel crunched under my feet, like the grinding of peppercorns… steady rhythmic... pestle against mortar. Lapis lazuli sky was...

Sue's Musings
Jul 31, 20181 min read
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The Die is Cast
Upon which day did you decide To take your life, to run and hide? Away from me, In that secret place I cannot see? I looked for you under...

Sue's Musings
Jul 22, 20181 min read
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To My Few
Our triune God from outset did decree Frail mortals… Made in His image… Should live as He. And thus alone we must not be But live... In...

Sue's Musings
Jul 18, 20181 min read
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The Scent of a Life
One doesn't know before we start Upon which beats of racing heart Those jeweled moments will ensue Shared with loves, just passing...

Sue's Musings
Jun 15, 20181 min read
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