hunger – Lindsey Gallant

You

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

You spoke a word into my longingDropped an apple of gold into hands I didn’t know were reaching I tasted it, smooth as surprised honey And began to weep for all...

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Morning

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

I will never tire of sunrise glancing off the river’s ripples Or how you are still with me when I wake I will never tire of your breakfast fire Hot coals ...

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Blue Beggars

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

On the morning of the first day of March, greedy jays are at the feeder, first to find the crumbs from the master’s table. Persistent little beggars, these blue...

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The end of Lent: when all you have has run out

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

I cannot do it. Cannot keep up with the hunger. I cannot feed them all. The bird feeder swings empty again in the harsh winds of March, and those who have not f...

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Lent Is For the Birds

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

Winter is truly here with a respectable -22 C morning. The snow is crunchy and crystalline, and the river shivers under its growing skin. Life stirs house by ho...