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A Gate Unfastened

cyn in doorway 1962

Let my history then be a gate unfastened to a new life and not a barrier to my becoming.

                                  (from the poem "Yorkshire" by David Whyte)

PoetrycynthiaJuly 10, 2016David Whyte, history, hope, life wisdom, memory, poetryComment
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Commentary, Finding Hope, MemoircynthiaJuly 10, 2016hope, election, politics, opinion, advice, overcoming, racism, progress, John Gilbert, Louis MacNiece, balance
Lines and reflections Fog at play. A hike with friends...foolproof remedy for the blues. We’re fortified now. A storied old house: “Outdoors the wind./Indoors the locked heart and the lost key.” (Louis Macniece) We ran into a skeleton, a miniature mule, and Milly today. I’m obsessed. Can you blame me?! Looking out towards Gaviota Peak the fog considers a comeback Ranch roads on this late summer morning... veterinary lesson best kind of welcome red vein Well, THIS was unexpected. And this is how we are getting to know the infinitely fascinating and oh-so-faraway Felix...sigh. When a friend calls to me from the road And slows his horse to a meaning walk, I don't stand still and look around On all the hills I haven't hoed, And shout from where I am, What is it? No, not as there is a time to talk. I thrust my hoe in th In a dark time the eye begins to see (Roethke) a walk adorned by swirls of fog The shy return of clouds.
“Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”
— Mary Oliver
 

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