Tag Archives: fall

My eyes had been so closed

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

The trees startled me with yellow –I didn’t realize it was that time again,my eyes had been so closed © Meisaan Chan

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Spring and fall

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Their identity is transition, liminal:So much beauty there,in the departed-but-not-yet-arrived © Meisaan Chan

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November

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

I have forgotten how red the earth gets in autumn I have forgotten the beauty of impending death I have forgotten the graciousness of the lesson © Meisaan Chan

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Gazing out the cabin window, beauty gazing back at me

Posted on November 22, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Birch trees numerous as the cattails standing white, standing brown © Meisaan Chan

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Stumbling words

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes, like now, my words stumble – alleluia, may they stumble into your arms © Meisaan Chan

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Formulas

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Just as there is no formula for God there is no formula for letting go except, perhaps, to accept the fall © Meisaan Chan

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The perpetual lift

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes you protect me from the stupid things I do and other times you expose me, hoping that I learn; both ways are pure compassion, for even when I fall there I am, on the ground and wiser there you … Continue reading →

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October worship

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Bright leaves gather in the wild grasses congregation of joy © Meisaan Chan

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Watchful days

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Long drive; tall, dry corn, trees showing hints of golden fire: watchful days, not yet burning alive, but watchful © Meisaan Chan  

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