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Charm Against

You hold the gift of “do no harm”…

Posted byMarushkaMay 20, 2020May 20, 2020Posted inPoetryTags:compassion, do no harm, ego, empathy, hippocratic oath, life, mental health, self, self controlLeave a comment on Charm Against

Incomplete

What does it mean to complete your work? Or rather – what does it mean to undertake your work, when you are aware that it may remain incomplete?

Posted byMarushkaMay 19, 2020May 19, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:Barbara Kingsolver, death, eternity, incomplete, Jorge Luis Borges, Labyrinths, life, Poetry, The Secret Miracle, tomorrow5 Comments on Incomplete

Six Ounces of Possibility

What do you see in a can of tomato paste?

Posted byMarushkaMay 18, 2020May 18, 2020Posted inDon't AskTags:can opener, cocina povera, cooking, food, NoDullTopics, observation, tomato, tomato paste9 Comments on Six Ounces of Possibility

Between Jungle & Plains

I stand between jungle and plains…

Posted byMarushkaMay 17, 2020May 15, 2020Posted inPoetryTags:Austin, avian, bird, birding, documentary, food, grackles, monk parakeets, nature, parakeet, pigeons2 Comments on Between Jungle & Plains

Destroying Evidence

I spent yesterday destroying evidence – no, not THAT kind of evidence.

Posted byMarushkaMay 16, 2020May 15, 2020Posted inDon't AskTags:apartment, cleaning, haunting, humor, laundry, poltergeist, tidying6 Comments on Destroying Evidence

Strange Jewel, Quiet Creature

The jewel no one fights over, the companion no one wants.

Posted byMarushkaMay 15, 2020May 14, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:compassion, Emily Dickinson, gift, grief, grieving, healing, love, pain, regret, understanding2 Comments on Strange Jewel, Quiet Creature

In The End –

In the end, it was backwards all along.

Posted byMarushkaMay 14, 2020May 14, 2020Posted inPoetryTags:fish, plot, Poetry, question, story, storytelling, unknown2 Comments on In The End –

Art of Not-Looking

I like nothing so much as that for which I’m not looking.

Posted byMarushkaMay 13, 2020May 8, 2020Posted inPoetryTags:art, inspiration, life, looking, memory, serendipity, writing1 Comment on Art of Not-Looking

Time of Small Things

They’re everywhere. No, it’s not a horror story – just an observation.

Posted byMarushkaMay 12, 2020May 8, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:details, environment, inspiration, ludwig bemelman, madeline, map, routine, sanity, small things, values2 Comments on Time of Small Things

Vanishing Point

Expanse like the generous horizon, spring of miles and space…

Posted byMarushkaMay 11, 2020May 8, 2020Posted inPoetryTags:drawing, goals, horizon, perspective, Poetry, sight, vanishing point2 Comments on Vanishing Point

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