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The Stillness

October 21, 2026October 21, 2026 ~ joanvinallcox ~ Leave a comment
In summer evenings
I seek the stillness 
in the light. 

In autumn evenings
the stillness 
moves into the night. 

As darkness envelops 
the stillness,
the mystery glows. 

The stillness clears my eyes,
calms my breath,
offers dark fecund silence

and sustains me. 

Crossposted at https://joanvinallcox.substack.com/p/the-stillness with a recorded reading

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Joan Vinall-Cox, Ph.D. is a lifelong learner, retired communications professor, rabid reader and poet who has taught in both the college and university systems. Her Ph.D., in 2004 was an Autoethnographic Arts-Based Narrative Inquiry focused on moving from technophobia to technophilia. She is a widow from a happy marriage and a mother to a strong and kind daughter. Her interests include Centering Prayer, Multiple Intelligences, Attention Deficit Disorder and its connection to creativity, Jung, Campbell’s Monomyth, and Arts-Based Narrative Inquiry

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