Monthly Archives: December 2016

As Dark as it Gets

Posted on December 21, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

This is as dark as it gets. This is true, true dark. This is as dark as it gets, says the earth to the spirit. Don’t look up, yet, for there is nothing to see. Rush, if you must. Push … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing: Third Sheep from the Left

Posted on December 13, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

The third sheep from the left is the holy child. You can see her, in the frame of her mother’s camera, at the heart of the heavens and the earth. In her, the earliest secrets of love are revealed. Before … Continue reading →

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After the Massacre: A Christmas Poem

Posted on December 13, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

  When it was accomplished, and Herod’s soldiers returned from Bethlehem, a silence settled over the land like frost. The odd wailing, like the purposeless wind. And it came to pass in those days that a mother, after her child … Continue reading →

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