OK (WC)

 

(Wendy Cabell, January 26, 2023, feast day of Our Lady of Atocha/Long Fields, and of Saint Polycarp, Saint Paula of Rome and Saint Torgith of Barking. Image from here.)

OK*

and it will be-- 

through every

Opportunity for

Kindness

*In memory of Lana, in hopes of carrying on her legacy of kindness.

BFF (WC)

 

(Wendy Cabell, January 22, 2022, Chinese New Year (Water Rabbit), and feast day of (above) Our Lady of Bethlehem, Saint Wendreda (her "angel roof" here, here, here) and Saint Blaesilla. Jewish calendar today marks end of winter ("as per Genesis 8:22, the year consists of six 2-month 'seasons': seedtime, harvest, cold, heat, summer and winter"). Image from here.)

BFF

…as your breath goes out,

    you go out with…

      —Chögyam Trungpa

gone pilgrimagin, as

horizon opens for me and thee

most steady, most pleasant 

your company

**From combined prompts: Freewrite as inspired by new year of Water Rabbit, etymology of “breath”, and relevant quotes, as well as by “Spring Poem For the Sake of Breathing, Written After a Walk to Foster Island” by James Masao Mitsu. From Lisa Freedman’s BreatheReadWrite, January 22, 2023.

What Are We (WC)

 

(Wendy Cabell, January 19, feast day of the Finding in the Temple, Our Lady of the Cave, and Saint Liberata of Como. Image from here.)

What Are We

but magic and dust,

share our breath with rose with dove

warm whoosh, soft prayer—flight!

*”What are we but magic and dust” is from Suzanne Westhues’ “Free Write One”, used with permission. From prompt etymology of “lung” and relevant quotes, Lisa Freedman’s BreatheReadWrite, January 19, 2023.