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Seasons of Refreshing

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Doc Arnett

There was a fine feel
in the unseasonable coolness
of October air sent into summer,

like the moving of the Spirit
in a soul sensing the nearness
of its exhaustion, Continue reading →

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A Gentle Summer

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Doc Arnett

The air had been cool and refreshing, a pleasant meshing of light breezes and pleasing shade. Continue reading →

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Day Fades Into Day

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Doc Arnett

An evening this lovely
could nearly draw the dead from their graves:
sunset beginning to fade from the sky, Continue reading →

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Toward Peace

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Doc Arnett

We sit, then, sipping cold drinks
and watching the moon slip its way
into the branches of the pin oak. Continue reading →

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Teachers

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Doc Arnett

I had a good long conversation with a colleague yesterday, discussing poetry and language and such. Continue reading →

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Talk Time

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Doc Arnett

Our connections with one another are rarely static; they tend instead to become stronger or else fade. Continue reading →

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Good Works

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Doc Arnett

There are such moments as this
when hot coffee
and the quiet beauty of God’s still morning
shared in the refreshing softness
of a moon’s pale circle fringed with orange

is our purpose. Continue reading →

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Parting Words

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Doc Arnett

When I stood beside his hospital bed in the pre-dawn hours of that March morning, I fully expected that to be my last time with him. Continue reading →

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Slow Conversation

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Doc Arnett

We sat there for over an hour, talking in the warmth and darkness. The air, a bit heavy and humid, lay against us like a blanket almost too thin to kick off on an almost cool night. Continue reading →

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