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A Psalm of My Own

Post author By Susan T. Martin
Post date 08/01/2020

Written after Fighting With Myself All Night . Jehovah knows my suffering, hears my pleas each day . He knows the pain this madness brings, knows I’m made of clay . I thought I’d be forsaken, and all my hope was lost . […]

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Full Heart

Post author By Susan T. Martin
Post date 04/29/2020

Will humans today heed the warning? In these times of pain and mourning ?

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We Are Going To Make It

Post author By Susan T. Martin
Post date 03/23/2020

Is anyone out there as old as I am? I grew up to the Mary Tyler Moore show, on every week as I recall. When I was 10 or so, she was beautiful to me, not just as a pretty woman (which she was and is, if she is still alive, is she?…)but as a […]

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Okee Dokee Then…

Post author By Susan T. Martin
Post date 11/24/2018

It has been AGES since I have been here, it seems that when I am on fire with my visual art , my written art suffers. Time is a factor, when I have 5 projects going at once, the voices in my head are rather subdued, because all the poetry is oozing out of my […]

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Right Side Down/Wrong Side Up

Post author By Susan T. Martin
Post date 12/11/2017

I wish I looked like this right now, because it looks like I feel pretty good about myself in this photo! And I did! I think it lasted a couple weeks, it was after I was alost finished moving in, and I was enjoying exploring my new home town. I had gone into ma cute […]

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Where Am i? Where Have i been?

Post author By Susan T. Martin
Post date 09/19/2017

Strange days, these. People are acting wild, out of control. There is fear in their eyes, urgency in their speech. Anger in their hearts. I have been running away again, from storms, from memories, from emotions. Thankfully running towards God, who has taken me in, again. I am so grateful. I had a bad episode […]

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Fanning A Flicker

Post author By Susan T. Martin
Post date 09/02/2017

In my last post here on The Wind, I shared how ashamed I was to not want to help myself get well. Upon further reflection the episode was cringe-inducing, and I must confess, my statements were frightening! Back in pool playing days my motto was, “It’s not the dog in the fight, it’s the fight in the […]

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Inertia

Life in a funeral parlor is very boring. Father sleeps all day now. He was always a napper, and absolutely loves to sleep. Perhaps it was an escape for him years ago, a way to avoid dealing with Mom or us kids. A big part of his nappiness is sleep apnea, which wasn’t even heard […]

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Killing Time…

Under rocks I see the clocks, When they buzz I hit with rocks The blasted thing when it rings Seems to knock me out my socks I try to sleep, and on it beeps I try to sing, not hear it ring, It won’t be blocked, that awful clock. I will throw it off the […]

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