Tag Archives: Tears

THE DRIEST TEAR

Posted on April 21, 2017 by elainedanforth

The driest tear that will not come. . It is the one that needs most the heart and eye to clear, to wash and mend the vital part where it comes from. . . Do not fear when the flow … Continue reading →

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NO TIME FOR TEARS

Posted on February 16, 2017 by elainedanforth

No time for tears. . . Comes in the news my latest late and latter elder from this world has disappeared. I say, “No time,” but were it really such a crime, if I would do a little crying? And … Continue reading →

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THE CROSSING

Posted on December 21, 2016 by elainedanforth

Near tears. No not near. There. A leap of faith I now no longer need to take. It’s took. I’ve breached the breadth of one said stream– what looked a river, despite my spine-chill-prompted shiver, was but a brook. Thank … Continue reading →

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A DROP IN THE BUCKET BEGINS

Posted on October 8, 2016 by elainedanforth

Drop in the bucket. . . Tear +++++tear ++++++++++tear +++++++++++++++drop. The twinkle inside +++++that wants me to crumble, ++++++++++dissemble, +++++++++++++++burst, ++++++++++++++++++++die– +++++++++++++++++++++++++down to flop. It seems now +++++a very rough +++++wrinkle I ride– the firm-under-me ground comes crashing all down, … Continue reading →

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WHAT COMES IN SPRING

Posted on March 17, 2016 by elainedanforth

Some sunshine to drench the sky, the morning cold nip in the air, the lingering winter grief to weep its last, its last-year squeak, while moistening glistening ball of eye, the quickening days the faster-lifting day top haze that clears … Continue reading →

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SQUEEZE OUT JUST A LITTLE

Posted on August 27, 2015 by elainedanforth

if you can, take just a sec suspend your plans, and breathe. . . squeeze out a little tear, even though, I know, it doesn’t want to come– your eyes are tired, your feelings mired, and you don’t feel near … Continue reading →

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WORLD, HOW DO I LOVE THEE?

Posted on May 7, 2015 by elainedanforth

World, how do I love thee? I can count, but also need to add, and first, must figure out some more of my best ways, for, as a girl, sometimes quite clumsily– at others, dancing gracefully– whether glad or sad, … Continue reading →

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ENDING TO AN ENDLESS DROUGHT

Posted on January 8, 2015 by elainedanforth

An endless drought. . . Impossible to wait it out. . . It’s time to let it cry. . . Alas, the tears of one of God’s true daughters want to roll, but, disappointingly, the well is found to be … Continue reading →

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SUMMER EYES

Posted on June 26, 2014 by elainedanforth

Eyes to the sky only summer tears ease the dark inside. . . so why do I keep them in arrears, my face so dry?

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SIX MINUTE POEM

Posted on May 31, 2014 by elainedanforth

I’ll give myself minutes– six– to write some lines and try thereby to fix something that cannot be fixed. A loss so large I’m at a loss where to begin to grieve. . . tears come but mostly go. . … Continue reading →

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