Category Archives: Your Monday Blessing

Pandemic Merlin

Posted on May 12, 2022 by bobjanisdillon

Somewhere, probably,in the Cornish caves,Merlin reflects that the worst has already happened,and is yet to be.The grail has been lost, and found,and will be lost again,the table sundered, communion givenand ripped apart. As a journeyer both waysupon the bifurcated seconds,Merlin … Continue reading →

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five short poems

Posted on May 12, 2022 by bobjanisdillon

The lake ice cracksSea monsters unseenSo it must be warmth in the air A poetic still life:a few pears, a plum, in a bowllight reaching the same through a window,and just out of the frame,a doleful unicorn. I know they … Continue reading →

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When You Can’t Even

Posted on May 12, 2022 by bobjanisdillon

Here is something you can do. Place your shoulder.Or back. Or belly. Leg, arm. The firmness of your foot.Some part of you.Against the ground, gently.Or the linoleum floor. Or the sofa. Or sit.You might close your eyes. Then, rock. Gently.Rock … Continue reading →

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For Those Who Have Been Wronged

Posted on May 12, 2022 by bobjanisdillon

They don’t always get it right,you know. The counsellor can’t read his own handwriting,the judge’s breakfast weighs on his decisions,the banking software forgets to carry the one. Boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife:all of these, words around a hope,the hope itself fastenedto … Continue reading →

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Exist

Posted on April 19, 2021 by bobjanisdillon

Lately, I’ve been putting prayer on the to-do list.I know, I know: there’s something spiritually amiss about this,a lack of authentic devotionality, a careless mix-up ofthe self-help priorities. Worse, it’s sometimes sixth, or seventh on the list.Some days, I don’t … Continue reading →

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An Alien Astronomer Reports on System B^DX4-2

Posted on April 5, 2021 by bobjanisdillon

System B^DX4-2 is a promising one. A single mid-size star, with a number of planets in orbit – 6 visible. Gravity tables put the likely total at somewhere between 8 and 16. Star 1-B^DX4-2 is just post-midlife, stable ordinary. Nothing … Continue reading →

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The Trick

Posted on March 23, 2021 by bobjanisdillon

The trickis to open your handswide enoughto hold the sunrise

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On a Grey and Rainy Morning

Posted on March 16, 2021 by bobjanisdillon

Everything under the sky gets ruined,broken by raindrops,whispered suggestions by the passing galesthat soon become promises. The ten thousand things are busybeing destroyed utterlythis grey morning. Even now, your bitterness, regret,sorrow and care,your hatred and pain,your worst moments, and the … Continue reading →

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Idiot Wind

Posted on March 2, 2021 by bobjanisdillon

Listen, he said, it’s like this.Some idiot farmer has thrown your plans into the wind, like seeds.God knows why. On the highway, 18-wheelers roar continuallyover several of your dreams.Don’t worry, the birds are cleverer than those monsters,they’ll get there, eventually, … Continue reading →

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Breathe

Posted on February 9, 2021 by bobjanisdillon

When things go wrong, and wrong again,And disappointment sets up campUpon your spirit:Breathe. Breathe in the moment’s dampAnd heavy-laden wisdom, sent From higher places to your cell,A missive seeping to the bone.Take it in, hear it,Let prayer, that holds all … Continue reading →

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