Monthly Archives: June 2011

Molten

Posted on June 29, 2011 by stephenarcher

Today I learned that 65% of the stars we see burn­ing through the draped vel­vet are really dou­ble stars. If one looks through a tele­scope it is two stars most of the time. I am think­ing of rela­tion­ships. The bright ones are … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Jellyfish Four Ways

Posted on June 26, 2011 by stephenarcher

Your hair fell like Grace Kelly’s, a per­fect swish off the shoul­der, in my mind. In the ocean the jel­ly­fish swayed sexy-like. At the same time I knew I saw beauty in a way that fed me and I felt guilty … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Nothing There

Posted on June 25, 2011 by stephenarcher

My third grade teacher told me to take time to look around. He sug­gested we look at our shoes, at the edges of win­dows where the dust was thick, at the mid­dle of a blank wall. Just look, he said, because you … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Koan

Posted on June 22, 2011 by stephenarcher

I sat with a friend who wept as she said she believes she is worth­less. I asked her who is it that is griev­ing for this worthless girl?

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Chalk

Posted on June 18, 2011 by stephenarcher

A 16 year old girl went to ride her horse in her pick-up. Three hours later her mother found the truck upside down in the berm, the tires hav­ing long since stopped their lazy spin­ning in the air. Her daughter’s seat belt was … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Summer

Posted on June 14, 2011 by stephenarcher

Rick­ety pick­ets finally emerge after months of gray sod­den slodgy snow; the fences are as thawed as the ground, gates in fences are now open. One day I walk out­side and the air is lilacs and hon­ey­suckle. The sky turned … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Dogs Run

Posted on June 12, 2011 by stephenarcher

In my dream dogs run, Grass bends; I hear them gal­lop. A river turns north.

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Wander

Posted on June 9, 2011 by stephenarcher

Being able to say what I need has been one of the hard­est things for me to do in my life. Most of the time, mean­ing many many years on end, I have lit­er­ally not known the answer to the ques­tion, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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After The Rain

Posted on June 5, 2011 by stephenarcher

Jel­ly­fish like Dale Chi­huly glass float through your heavy-lidded eyes. It’s the light after the rain catch­ing reti­nal cor­ners as you drift down and away; again, the jel­ly­fish, all rhythm and sway, tak­ing you back to salt water dreams before … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Trunk

Posted on June 3, 2011 by stephenarcher

I have read that the dis­trac­tions and addic­tions we play with are the branches and leaves of a tree. The trunk of the tree is called code­pen­dence, a ridicu­lous word with no rela­tion­ship by mean­ing to the word that makes it … Con­tinue read­ing →

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