The Monastery

Monastery garden stands outside of time, no place for strife or conflict Mary’s shrine, guards the names of loved ones, Continue reading →

Baubles

Rain calls to them Snails Like baubles on the branches Copyright John de Gruyther 2019

White Flowers

Get me the white flowers the ones we planted in ’78 the ones that grew over the garden gate the Continue reading →

Distraction

Distraction in vain Thin space waiting for the touch This is the living Copyright John de Gruyther 2019

In the Bleak Midwinter

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The Last Days of Autumn

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Moments

She re-adjusted his collar and smoothed his lapel a moment shared he was ready Copyright John de Gruyther 2018

Silhouette

  Fascinated by the silhouette of light the tree, receiving messages from another world The clouds’ majestic menace, offering rain Continue reading →