Category Archives: Relationships

The Pastor’s Visit

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Doc Arnett

She’s in remarkably good health for a dying woman:
nothing really hurts,
everything else works
with both mind and body.
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Faith, Fear & the Nearness of Eternity

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Doc Arnett

In the howling chillness of the night,
a thin skin of ice formed
un-smoothly on the surface
of the rainwater tub. Continue reading →

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Boston Marathon, 2013

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Shards of smoke and fire,
a burning blasting of glass and metal,
yells of horror:
a shock wave of disbelief Continue reading →

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Things That Last

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Sometimes
I have held to hope too lightly:
letting go too easily
in the long night of doubt
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Our Daily Bread

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Doc Arnett

All that passes upon this earth
looks forward to its feeding,
bleats its pleadings into the wind
and sends itself toward whatever lies before. Continue reading →

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Driving Back from Little Rock

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Doc Arnett

watching my son
and my daughter-in-law
holding their newborn daughter

is somehow as precious to me
as holding her myself Continue reading →

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Insight

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Doc Arnett

we were not made
for miles or moments
but for a life
that extends beyond life,
for existence that transcends living. Continue reading →

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Fashion Statement

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Doc Arnett

The last time I shaved my chin
was for my mother’s eightieth birthday; Continue reading →

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A Good Thawing

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Doc Arnett

It takes a greater warmth
than slightly above freezing
to ease into these colder places
where fewer traces of sun
and warm breeze can reach. Continue reading →

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A Little Effort

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Doc Arnett

If all of us who like to feel appreciated would deliberately spend a few minutes a day expressing it for others, there’d be a lot more appreciation in the world. And we might find out that showing appreciation feels at least as good as receiving it. Continue reading →

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