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An Invitation

Uncategorized / September 21, 2018 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

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MLK Day 2021

Audio Recordings, Haiku, Remembering / tagged Civil Rights, Equality, Hope, Inspiration, Martin Luther King Jr. / January 18, 2021 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
A dream is a dream except when it's a nightmare time to dream again

The life and dreams of Martin Luther King Jr. are celebrated today

Image by Tumisu from Pixabay 

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Holy Water

Audio Recordings / tagged Faith, Hope, Politics / January 17, 2021 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Jesus came in love and love is a miracle always which abides and shall abide for as many in his name who have pissed in the font as many and more have kept it pure

On our knees this Sunday that Joseph the carpenter might rebuild

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Prophets and Losses

Audio Recordings, News, Relationships / tagged Belief, Cult, Dictators, Faith / January 16, 2021 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Our faith being true sadly never guarantees that object is too

Photo of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, German by ArtTower from Pixabay

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Wednesday’s Child is Full of Woe

Audio Recordings, News / tagged Politics / January 15, 2021 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
6th - Auto immune disease ravages the body politic 13th - The body fights back 20th - Has a cure been found - Will anti-vaxxers roll up their sleeves

Image by Anita S. from Pixabay 

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Im-Peaching the Poets

Audio Recordings, News, Poems about Poetry / tagged Politics / January 14, 2021 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
How to rhyme in an unrhyming time How to sound soulful describing unsoulful subjects Nothing rhymes with orange, not even blood
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Black and White

Audio Recordings, Personal Growth / tagged Courage / January 13, 2021 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Old mister magpie yin-yang trickster coyote of the sky Wearing on the outside what I’m hiding in the in Black and white and good and evil in clear and equal measure Sitting on a fencepost scolding me for a coward

Photo by Ovidiu Cozma on Unsplash

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Eagle Eye at Eighteen

Audio Recordings, Ranch Life / tagged Regret / January 12, 2021 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
The Golden Eagle hangs on a string of grace a hundred yards to the west I raise the 32-20 Winchester and squeeze off a shot Dead hit in the breast the string breaks and it drops Quick voice in my head Damn fine shot Slow voice from my heart Damn fool
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Wake Turbulence

Audio Recordings, Flight, Nature / tagged Winds of Change / January 11, 2021 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Deep in the night the great horned owl strokes silence with silence If you land a small plane behind a 747 (Don’t land a small plane behind a 747) If you land a small plane behind a 747 the invisible vortex from its wingtips can toss you back into the air or slap you hard into the ground Behind the great owl the softness of its passing hangs in the air
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The Bobcat

Audio Recordings, Nature, Remembering / January 10, 2021 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Close by the Boy Scout camp I came upon a bobcat in a tree I looked at the bobcat and the bobcat looked at me She was poise and beauty and one with where she sat I was knob knees shaking knob knees shaking and a funny hat

Boy scout camp, St. Victor Saskatchewan. About 50 miles (80km) north of the Montana border 

Image by milesz from Pixabay 

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The Badger

Audio Recordings, Nature, Relationships / January 9, 2021 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Observe the Badger creature of the earth See how she moves with the grace and ferocity of tectonic plates Observe the badger but do not try to pet her soft earth softness Do not let your hand get caught between the plates
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