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Let time

Soften the calluses

On your fingers

So you may

Touch with tenderness

That tenderness

Of existence.

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Thanks.

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thank you, little voice. this is beautiful. <3

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Mar 12Liked by ars poetica

I always feel so happy when I see your letter waiting in my inbox. Often I save it to read at a quiet time when I have space to ponder its truth and beauty. Such gorgeous painted layers of thought and emotion-- thank you for sharing your gifts.

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this was such a wonderfully overwhelming note to receive. i'm so glad that we share that moment together, across space-time and in little scribbles. thank you for being here.

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Mar 12·edited Mar 12Liked by ars poetica

22,000 times. 22,000 chances to be tender. Thank you, again.

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thank you, 22,000 times. x

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“Whatever happens.  Whatever what is is is what I want.  Only that. But that.” 😍

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"like a prayer prayed back to the one who prays" <3

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Mar 28·edited Mar 28Liked by ars poetica

Reading my Substack recommendations, the line from Kinnell's poem caught my eye. I'd read that poem for the first time a few weeks back, and it struck a chord which moved me to write it out and add it to my notebook of favorites. Kinnell opened the door - but once in, your writing had my attention.

There is a gracious amount of substance and beauty in this piece - and for me that means reading it

again and again, Thank you for this.

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i'm so happy you could make a little home here. thank you <3

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Mar 26Liked by ars poetica

Thank you so much. Such beauty is this, your sharing. 🙏💛

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thank you for being here <3

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Mar 14Liked by ars poetica

Thank you! 🙌

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thank you for being awake to the words. <3

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The classic poets are full of awe-inspiring beauty like Galway Kinnell. I often wonder about the boundaries of Time. If it is truly a gift, we must preserve it like a sacred stone. Breathing is so overrated for many of us non-believers. The genius of simple actions such as inhaling/exhaling is quite fundamental. All these deeper thoughts slowly dissolve into the rivers of the mind. Thank You little voices. I learn so much from thee with these transportive philosophies. I'll continue to be open to the Muse. Be Tender in the sweetness of life's road.

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thank you for staying so alive to the Miracle. always lovely to see your words <3

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Mar 13Liked by ars poetica

you always come at the right time <3 <3 <3

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you are everywhere you are exactly when you need to be.

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"tenderness, i am beginning to learn, is a sort of genius." this is delicious. taking in bites.

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i hope they could nourish you this week. <3

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That poem by Galway Kinnell is exquisite. Thank you for so many beautiful words to digest.

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isn't he just divine? i'm so glad you could pocket something from this. <3

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