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norms MaryJane Nordgren norms MaryJane Nordgren

glaring standard

friends with mettle tell me

only after i ask

what calamities

have near-felled them

their courage not to whine

makes all the more glaring

and pathetic the current standard

of men’s behavior

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Russia MaryJane Nordgren Russia MaryJane Nordgren

not alexei

i guess no one taught you manliness

so bluff, bluster and bullying

are all you know except to whine

when things do not go your way

blame is due someone else

anyone else but self, though you

claim credit for all that goes well

near you

no, despite your attempted comparison,

you are not alexei navalny

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learning, love MaryJane Nordgren learning, love MaryJane Nordgren

healing greater than wounding

“Healing has greater power

 than wounding and inflicting pain”

implies that love has greater power

than fear, and i wonder at that

given that fear is so abundant

and primitive a newborn reacts

in fear to falling yet accepts warmth

and nourishment as part of self

so overcoming fear with love

is a learned response

but overcome, it does

for those with courage  

and it takes love to even attempt

to try to heal

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spirit, generosity MaryJane Nordgren spirit, generosity MaryJane Nordgren

Pastor David

comment from Eileen gives author hope

a gentleness of spirit

warm and giving despite disappointment

fighting spirit without violence

but with love and generosity

he draws my admiration

every Sunday with his sermon

and his supportive smile

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author, courage MaryJane Nordgren author, courage MaryJane Nordgren

gracious response

 

a brilliant thought of an author

who has captured and wide, loving

audience for her work

 and then the gathered courage

to reach out to Jane Kirkpatrick

with her own loving story

of mother’s courage growing up

amid annihilating weariness,

ill-treatment and poverty

 the response, far more gracious

than our Susan could have imagined

  ah, the difference between big and small

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Poems, healing MaryJane Nordgren Poems, healing MaryJane Nordgren

coping

An original poem by MaryJane Nordgren

courage under pain

calm while acknowledging fear

willingness to take one day

at a time in order to heal

         

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