Author Archives: trillium24

About trillium24

“Art is a lie that makes us realize truth at least the truth that is given us to understand ... " Pablo Picasso

Mom (for Bethany)

Posted on November 3, 2018 by trillium24

She was the best mom. In hard times, she’d put a Bible under my pillow so words of comfort mingled with my dreams. (Fear not, for I bring you tidings of great joy.)   She never let a stranger-child go … Continue reading →

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Migration

Posted on September 16, 2018 by trillium24

Five billion years — we must find a new home. Five billion years  — the earth falls into the sun’s embrace and will not let her go. Our species needs five billion years to burn the dross from our souls, … Continue reading →

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Willows

Posted on July 10, 2017 by trillium24

Early March and the willows, brown and gaunt, remember they are beautiful, first in the golden slant of the morning light then soon, from within themselves, the palest green, a hue, innocent somehow, as if hopefulness suffused their limbs and … Continue reading →

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Haiku, Japanese Garden

Posted on January 25, 2017 by trillium24

The shrine within me. Dew on the blades of grass shines on my dream lake.   A feather drifts by, aimless wanderer stop here. Oh, it is a moth!   The koi opens his mouth, all the colors of his … Continue reading →

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Famine

Posted on January 25, 2017 by trillium24

Even desperate for water in the desert the dead must be washed, every part, to stand before God clean.   Hands bound, feet bound, the child lies on the ground, the skull too big for stick-bones.   Quiet the child, … Continue reading →

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Loneliness

Posted on January 25, 2017 by trillium24

One clove of garlic, chopped, sautéed in olive oil, a handful of spinach leaves steamed, rice noodles boiled.   An Arctic freeze settles on the city too dry for snow, the ground frozen and stiff.   A squirrel walks the … Continue reading →

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Psalm One

Posted on November 25, 2016 by trillium24

(“I found within me an invincible summer.” Albert Camus )   You have wasted your time, messed up, squandered your money.   You have destroyed your health, & you bristle with blame and resentment.   Listen.  You have the courage. to … Continue reading →

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New life in dying Aleppo

Posted on August 21, 2016 by trillium24

The newborn, screaming, red-faced, held by his feet, upside-down, slapped, pinched into that first cry, his first breath angry, the mother unconscious, gutted on the table, her leg broken, her arm broken, hauled in 9-months pregnant, shrapnel in her belly, the … Continue reading →

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InterPlay Journal, Friday June 10, 2016

Posted on June 10, 2016 by trillium24

Krista was an amazing leader, as usual.  Her theme was nurturance. First, before the Warm-up, we stood in a circle, and she had us close our eyes and feel our feet relax and open the top-of-our head chakra.  She said, … Continue reading →

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Shrine for Don

Posted on May 30, 2016 by trillium24

Crowned “king of the gods” in high school, caped with scepter in hand, a gentle smile, the basketball star in our tiny world, at 21, a lieutenant in Vietnam. Bombs fell on the green villages perimeters strafed and over-run maimed … Continue reading →

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