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Precious Moments

Posted on May 16, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

Precious Moments Time is a sledgehammer to porcelain, Memory, the hue of bathwater once The kids have gone to bed. The word is said, The allowance spent, quicker than the growth Of an atom outside the lab. Give, then, Each … Continue reading →

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On the Corner of New and Union

Posted on December 19, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

On the corner of New and Union, The crossing guard asks me where I’m headed. Now, I’m thirty-eight years old. I’ve been across the street and back again, If you know what I mean. I mumble my thanks, and wave … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing: Halloween edition

Posted on October 27, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

There may come a time in life’s journey when thine own self rings as hollow and false as an old fool in an usurper’s court. Fear not. Well, OK, fear a little, but wonder, too. Pick up your plastic pumpkin … Continue reading →

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“The Red Leaf” (video)

Posted on October 23, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

This is a video of yesterday’s poem, “The Red Leaf”, starring the very leaf that inspired it.

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The Red Leaf

Posted on October 22, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

A boy cradles a leaf in the palm of his hand. It’s a red leaf, found on a hillside among its colleagues, the already fading output of growing life, now brought to wondrous reverence as the beauty upon which the … Continue reading →

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Your Monday blessing: ‘Tis the Season

Posted on October 20, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

‘Tis the Season Autumn’s ancient days are freshly here – The fall of man’s ambition, bringing grace. Angelic ghosts and costumed babes endear The infant twinklings ‘neath the moon’s new face. Delicious dark, your mystery unbound Brings freedom to the … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing: for Indigenous Peoples Day

Posted on October 13, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

The difference between redeemed and forgotten is justice. Tombstones crumble, but the pain that is etched in the blood of our family sings, and sings, until the final hearing.

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The shock results are in

Posted on October 8, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

The shock results are in and it is now clear that laziness is ecologically preferable to industry. All this doing is now a misdemeanor under the moral law. For those prone to hard work, try to take this news not … Continue reading →

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Rattle the tin cans

Posted on October 2, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

Shake the drum, rattle the tin cans. Strike metal on brass, Make the loudest pots sing for dear life. Turn a field of cows into commotion. Lean on your horn, Sound trumpets in the midst of the city. Scream like … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing (9/29/14)

Posted on September 29, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

May your sorrows, your regrets, your mistakes, your lost loves, your false hopes, the emotions that still cling to you, the sadnesses of this world, all change color into something beautiful before they fall off the tree.

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