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the plant reaches toward the light
marigold meant for marriage by the front door — for luck – grows leggy and strange in its pursuit of the light that falls just short of the door it blooms barely marigold but still blooms tiny yellow hearts at … Continue reading
Posted in gender and sexuality, my glamorous life, poetry, religion and spirituality, wheel of the year
Tagged aloe plant, army guy, bisexuality, blooms, boston, domestic partnership, doom, earth-based spirituality, gardening, high summer, lesbian marriage, love, marigolds, marriage, men, nature, plants, poetry, poetry - mine, religion, shacking up, shade gardening, spirit, spiritual practice, summer, summertime in boston, sunlight, sunlight of the spirit
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For Mark – a New Year’s Poem
For Mark, a New Year’s Poem Gentle kisses on the roads of the body you open me in ways that make me ache stop bossing and I stop for the first time Words get us in trouble, the bright … Continue reading
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Tagged army guy, gender, gender politics, love, men, poetry, poetry - mine, the ocean, winter, yemaya
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More about gender essentialism, and a little bit about love
The older I get, the more I veer toward the “nature” side of the gender argument. Admittedly, I’ve been pretty skewed toward the gender-is-a-construct side of the spectrum since all that reading about transgendered rights I did in my 20s. … Continue reading
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Tagged angst, childhood trauma, gender, love, memoir, men
Profession
“Stay on the phone,” he said. “There’s something in the mail here from you. I thought you might want hear my reaction when I read it.” “Yes, I would like to hear your reaction,” I replied. It was very hot, … Continue reading
At this moment
“I care a lot about you,” he said. “And I have a deep affection for you.” Later, he said, “I like what we have. And maybe it will develop into something stronger. Or maybe it won’t.” He also said, “It … Continue reading
Five things, 10pm
Slowly breaking through to daylight Slowly breaking through to daylight Slowly breaking through to daylight Slowly breaking through to daylight Slowly breaking through to daylight Slowly breaking through to daylight Slowly breaking through to daylight Slowly breaking through to daylight … Continue reading
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Tagged army guy, dating, feminism, gender, health, lolcats, love, men, music, paganism, religion, work
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Tagged army guy, boston, daily, dating, fitness, five things, graphic design, gratitude, management, men, photos, sex, spring, work
