Closeness

Being too close, restlessness, stillness, quietness. Grow wood for the trees. The difficulty is one of perspective, you have freedom. Continue reading →

Nearly Sun

Spider webs such awe inspiring architecture, tree sap regenerative nature, the expanding universe and Jupiter the nearly sun, these are Continue reading →

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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