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O Lord, open my lips
and my mouth will declare your praise.

—Psalm 51:15
original poetry by andy coan.
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XVII   New 01/31/2012
XVI   New 01/28/2012
Arise and Go   New 01/27/2012
[mom's hands] 10/24/2011
[falling leaves] 09/04/2011
[St. Brigid's cross] 08/26/2011
[fresh-cut hay] 07/07/2011
The Hem of Your Garment 07/05/2011
[green tea] 06/04/2011
[peach trees] 06/03/2011
[first strawberries] 05/10/2011
[ah if we cannot see] 03/21/2011
[deep in shade] 03/20/2011
[stay with me] 03/20/2011
[hydrangaea under oaks] 03/20/2011
[sun-drenched cherries] 03/18/2011
[shidarezakura] 03/16/2011
[hana-no-kage] 03/14/2011
[so tender] 03/03/2011
[today is the day] 02/28/2011
[mourning dove] 02/24/2011
[hand in hand] 02/18/2011
[long notes] 02/15/2011
[Bright midnight] 01/09/2011
[New Year's Eve] 12/31/2010
[Cheese and crackers] 12/26/2010
[his loving hand] 12/22/2010
XV 12/12/2010
The Fourteenth Way 12/11/2010
[advent candles low] 12/07/2010
[monday morning] 12/06/2010
[mother's hand] 09/23/2010
For Those Who Have Recourse to Thee 07/26/2010
[breath catches] 07/25/2010
[I feel like Basho] 05/31/2010
[honeysuckle scent] 05/12/2010
[Unfurl the sails] 04/26/2010
[Blossoms all gone] 04/25/2010
[Ah, dear blackbird] 04/23/2010
[Row by row we walk] 04/19/2010
[Dancing sails] 04/08/2010
Reaching For Heaven 03/13/2010
Second Sunday 02/28/2010
Solstice Song 11/29/2009
Prayer to St. Kevin 06/03/2008
Lorica 02/19/2008
Memorial 11/02/2007
Act V 07/10/2003
May Day 06/08/2003
Joga Bonito 06/19/2002
Hastening 05/21/2002
Three Tabernacles 08/06/2001
No Good Reason 08/01/2001
Capricorn Moon 05/12/2001
Odyssey 04/12/2001
[Yoshino spring] 03/29/2001
Weatherman 11/14/2000
A Prayer 06/06/2000
Magnificat 05/27/2000
A Sea-Change 05/06/2000
Closer 11/06/1999
Smoke 11/05/1999
In the Valley of the Kings 09/28/1999
Saint Patrick 08/11/1999
[Window-fan, and] 07/16/1999
[mid-summer] 07/16/1999
[rocks washed smooth] 05/23/1999
Niche 05/12/1999
Icarus 09/08/1998
So Beautiful 08/29/1998
Smoke 08/07/1998
[From a place beyond] 07/25/1998
Blueprints 07/24/1997
Fourth Watch 04/07/1997
Sweet Jazz Music 12/04/1996
Designed 03/01/1994
The Sun 03/01/1994
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