Articles by BKE

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Concentration is a Gem II

July 9, 2016 BKE 0

  Gems: the value of hardness—something to bear in mind.   Also, having light inside There are people gems Cat gems and dog gems: It’s the light inside   One of my favorite aunts loved […]

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Concentration Is a Gem I

May 17, 2016 BKE Comments Off on Concentration Is a Gem I

A pearl beyond price, and… mostly beyond reach too. The Chinese word yu means both “jade” and “precious stone.”  In ancient China, only the first wife could wear jade.  The second had to content herself […]

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Books

March 29, 2016 BKE 0

I love books and I see them everywhere I go, much more often than hawks. I also love gems and stones, but until I finish a little piece about them, I am borrowing like a […]

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Hawk III

February 23, 2016 BKE 0

Frosted over with power What is the weight of death What’s the weight of life Who knows, except that both get lighter— When a hawk circles over. Another close friend just died and hawks are […]

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Hawks II

January 29, 2016 BKE Comments Off on Hawks II

Hawks’ meaty thighs, pantaloons, beaks, the sharp eyes indented so sharply under their hawk brows– and those talons: what an over-glory of perfection.   The ravishing yellow shagreen toes of Red-tailed Hawks boast bright black […]

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Hawk I

January 19, 2016 BKE Comments Off on Hawk I

Pray not to Heaven For Heavenly bird Or Heaven may take you At your word. — Stevie Smith Hawks do not slink, cower, praise God, reminisce, forgive, pray, or worry. Hawks preen, determine, kill, dive, […]