POETRY

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The Orchard

El Gringo Clandestino

Semana Santa 2026 · Playa El Palmarcito

I will water your garden until the day I die. Not ownership. Not rescue. A man arriving with water.

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NAVIGATING: A Triptych

Shane · Gina · The Compass

Day 43 · March 2026 · Palmarcito

Two whole souls. One shared center.
Navigating — and so the compass held.

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Worth Not Leaving

Day 43 · March 2026 · Palmarcito

Not every act of love looks like arrival. Sometimes it looks like knowing exactly how long a thing must remain on the flame before it becomes tender enough to offer.

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SHANE

An Acrostic

Day 43 · March 2026 · Palmarcito

Sovereign in spirit. Honest before truth. Aware of the unseen. Navigating by the inner star. Evolving toward the fullest measure of his fire.

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GINA

An Acrostic

Day 43 · March 2026 · Palmarcito

Grounded in truth. Independent in spirit. Navigating by inner knowing. Alive to the fullest measure of her heart.

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Singular

Semana Santa 2026 · Playa El Palmarcito

But strange is only what the ordinary calls
the singular.

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Nobody Leaves Hungry

El Gringo Clandestino

Semana Santa 2026 · Playa El Palmarcito

Not every act of love looks like arrival.
Sometimes it looks like iron.
Sometimes it looks like waiting.

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The World In Their Bodies

Merric · Tristan · Layne

Day 43 · March 2026 · Palmarcito

They have the world in their bodies now.
The highways. The caves. The castles.
The rockets. The sea.

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MERRIC

An Acrostic · For My Eldest Son

Day 43 · March 2026 · Palmarcito

Mighty in spirit. Enduring through trial. Radiant with presence. Remarkable in resolve. Intuitive to the deeper signal. Courageous enough to go first. Captain.

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TRISTAN

An Acrostic · For My Second Son

Day 43 · March 2026 · Palmarcito

Tenacious in spirit. Resilient through trial. Ironhearted at the center. Selfless in love. Tender without shame. Authentic in soul. Never-yielding in what is right.

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LAYNE

An Acrostic · For My Youngest Son

Day 43 · March 2026 · Palmarcito

Limitless in spirit. Animated with joy. Young-hearted in wonder. Neverending in curiosity. Expressive in the full language of his soul. The one who enters laughing.

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The Accent of the Soul

A poem & its backstory

Day 43 · March 2026 · Palmarcito

I have never belonged cleanly to a place.
I have worn distance like a second nature,
a man made out of leaving and return.

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