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The phrase Moments in the Park was originally used to describe short prose poems inspired by observations on walks through Horton Park and other outdoor spaces. Throughout 2016, I crafted Moments in the Park as a daily practice. I have continued to write Moments in the Park, just not as frequently as that first year.
Here you will find the prose poems as well as expansions telling the story of the inspiration, reflecting on a related theme, or digging deeper into learning about the subject.
I also hope that you will be inspired to create your own Moments in the Park, in words, images, sound, or whatever medium suits you. If you would like to share your creations, I would be happy to post them!
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Moment: May 30, 2019, 6:15 a.m.

5/30/2019

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Trees' leafy mantles, extensions of the earth rising up to meet the sky, enfold the path I walk, so I feel comfortably wrapped in a warm, green nest.
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Horton Park
Photo by Tracy Kugler
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A Prayer for Creation

5/10/2019

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Dear Creator,
Let us open our eyes to the tears in the fabric of your creation and the suffering of our neighbors - human and more-than-human - caused by the way we live.

Dear Teacher,
Let us open our minds to see the connections between ever more destructive disasters and the economic and power structures that drive them.
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Image by Peter Lutz from Pixabay
Dear Life-Giver,
Let us open our imaginations to the possibilities of abundant life that could be realized by living together in a new way.

Dear Father-Mother,
Let us open our hearts to our brothers and sisters - Anishinaabe and Dakota, Mozambican and Syrian, monarch and red-tailed hawk, lady slipper and white pine - so that we may live in thriving community with them as you intended.
Written for the Integrity of Creation service
April 28, 2019
St. Paul's United Church of Christ
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Moment: May 10, 2019, 4:00 p.m.

5/10/2019

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With his crisp black-and-white checks and staccato rat-tat-tat, a woodpecker is as formal and precise as a mathematical proof, adding a flourish of elegance, as he swoops off in graceful flight.



Hamline Ave
Image by Jennifer Beebe from Pixabay
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Rainbow of Spring

5/6/2019

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Sensuous red tulip
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​Dainty orange butterfly
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​Flashy yellow goldfinch
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Fresh green leaves

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Clear blue sky
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​Regal purple irises
Goldfinch image by Peggy Dyar from Pixabay.
All other photos by Tracy Kugler
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Moment: May 1, 2019, 6:00 a.m.

5/1/2019

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​Aspen and lilac, cherry and apple, even oak and gingko have all begun to unfurl. Only the locust still slumbers, bare branches leaving space to spot the sparrows.
Seminary Ave.                              Photo by Tracy Kugler
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Moments: October 2018

5/1/2019

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Oct. 1, 4:15 p.m.
In the mind of a tree, a tiny bird flits among the leaves, an idea floating just on the edge of thought, then darts away, too quick to grasp.
Horton Park

​Oct. 12, 4:30 p.m.
Sun-gilded lakes float across a shining plane toward a horizon obscured in misty glare.
Taking off from Minneapolis airport

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​Oct. 15, 12:00 p.m.
Falling birch leaves flicker and glow; gilded angel feathers drifting down to bless sacred earth in a forest temple more glorious than any crafted by human hands.

​Seurasaari Open-Air Museum, Helsinki, Finland
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​Oct. 21, 8:00 a.m.
A deep freeze has made warm golden leaves suddenly unfashionable, and they drop from sugar maples in glinting flurries.
Horton Park
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