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The Little Girl in the Lime-Green Jumper

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 Jeeni

A little girl, in a bright, lime-green jumper, stole the show tonight. Her mama was playing the jarana and singing […]

Just Words About Life children, dancing, Mexicam music, Mexican Folk Dancing, music, son jarocho

Just Three Doors Down

November 14, 2018December 14, 2018 Jeeni

We live just three doors down from the sea of inhumanity, always close to the possibility that we are sixty […]

Just Words About Life, Poetry by Jeeni homelessness

Fault Line Park

August 16, 2017April 6, 2018 Jeeni

Sitting here talking philosophically, about the fin of humanity, in the throes of a heat wave, shaded by the towers of Fault Line Park. One has to ask, does the name […]

Just Words About Life death, Fault Line park, meaning of life, San Diego

The Day Lennon Died

December 8, 2015November 16, 2017 Jeeni

It’s a date I still mark as a point of reference, the apogee of a level of tribulation and pain […]

Just Words About Life death, grief, John Lennon, Order of Protection

Lively Hoods

September 23, 2015November 16, 2017 Jeeni

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing […]

Just Words About Life Employment

Tribute to Steve Kowit

April 3, 2015November 16, 2017 Jeeni

It was a privilege to listen to you weave words like a Mayan pattern revealed deliberately, precisely, ingenuously. One poet […]

Just Words About Life Steve Kowit

On Hold

March 1, 2015November 16, 2017 Jeeni

Thank you for waiting. We know your time is valuable. We appreciate your patience. A representative will be with you […]

Just Words About Life customer service, telephone support, waiting on hold

Winter Solstice

December 21, 2014November 16, 2017 Jeeni

Even as I succumb to this feeling of complete absolute despair, Even as I resign myself That I am helpless […]

Just Words About Life Depression, Hope, Winter Solstice

Be Still

October 29, 2014November 16, 2017 Jeeni

As sure as the setting sun, my work is not done. Not in this garden. Not in anything I’ve set […]

Just Words About Life contentment, garden, meditation, Sunset

Just Plant Me

September 19, 2011November 16, 2017 Jeeni

When I’m finished here you don’t have to save anything. Not those boxes of memorabilia and books of photos. Surely […]

A Gardener's Words, Just Words About Life death

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