I began rereading Les Miserables this week. I ended last night with the moment of Jean Valjean’s change in soul, when he sees himself and and life for what he is, and in the illumination of Bishop Bienvenu’s mercy, he wills himself to change. The words he cried, on knees, in the moment of […]
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OPEN WILDS
During heat of day, they swam in the cooling waters of canyon stream; and in the eve, they made love on a blanket strewn upon bed of fallen needles beneath shadow of the pines as sky caught fire in last glory-flame of day. Sweet acridness of pine and the moisture-heat of love held in […]
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HAUNTINGS OF THE HEART
All hearts harbor hauntings. So it was when she returned. He saw her once again, her face and smile: sand blonde hair with sun bleached strands that scattered like bending rays of light in dance with summer winds; spread of sun-kissed freckles over bridge of nose that spilled onto cheeks and skies of […]
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BEYOND THE PLAIN
They walked a country road together in high apex of August heat as sun sank in sight in western sky; its fire greatest in advance of coming eve and night’s cooling respite hinting of autumn airs to come. The sky weighted heavy in humidity from a rain that would not break and dampness refusing […]