The Moving Pen
Kym DakinMy blogposts are built on insights gained from 20 years of coaching & training. My poetry reflects the beauty, challenges, & mysteries I discover in nature.
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Synesthesia
Headphones on, a morning outside.
Piano notes dance in my ears light and quick
The coronet paints
Distance in long tones, spooling out in
Ribbons of gold, peach, deep blue.
My eyes rest briefly on
Vivid vermillion nasturtiums,
Easy...
Why Vague Feedback is a Form of Abandonment
(Photo by Alexx Shuper for Unsplash)
“Good work, but maybe push it a little further.’”or “Until we tell you otherwise, you’re doing fine.” You’ve gotten this feedback. You may have given it. And it quietly communicates: I don’t care enough...
Friday with the Feeders
(Photo by Joshua J. Cotton for Unsplash)
Feathered balls of fluff
And fury, always
Tightly wound at my feeders
A gulp of seed
A furtive look over the shoulder
A mad flight into the safe green underbrush…
But this morning
The world i...
The Boundary You Keep Softening… and Why
Dammit. I did it again. I knew better and I said “yes” anyway.
My former client - “Riley” is a well-meaning person. She does the best she can, but her life is a series of crises that she and I have tackled - often successfully - in prior s...
Turtle
(Photo by Zamri MS for Unsplash)
River gargoyle
Still as ancient truths atop his
Petrified stone.
He knows we are here
Gasping at his stolid glory
In our silly vessel.
Is he so still in fear of us?
I think not.
He’s seen many of ou...
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