Poems
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Poise
Ocean’s mist clings to your selfless smileRefracting strength and charmPearls and perfumeAdorn perfectionYour bravery of warmth…
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Wildflower
August’s raging heat dried my wildflowers out,Fire bloomed beneath the mountain of clouds.Desperation drained my blood…
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Come September
Wake the windAnd toast the leavesEcho the sparrowsAnd dance with the beesRipen the grapesAnd drop apples…
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Can’t
Can’t cryCan’t laughCan’t breathCan’t danceCan’t waitCan’t leaveCan’t runCan’t moveCan’t grieveCan’t giveCan’t hopeYou’ll see
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Grayscale
A flare up of defiance for lost rebellion of youth,Loving and fighting were mind numbing proofThrough…
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i’m fine.
“I feel bad” or “like sad”, all the words you just saybecome “I’m fine” and “I’m…
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Writing today is hard
Once measured and careful, I sped up waiting for you,I crossed desolate mountains with hope of…
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What was it
What was it –Who was I to scout my own way?Directions lead nowhere as maps fade…
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On a walk
Western winds breath your name, dispelling dread.Oaks and buckeyes wake to declare you near.Winged signs descend…
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Calm
I am calm. The fridge buzzes, the dryer clanks, the birds sing, a car passes by.…
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To dance against the future…
To dance against the future is one hell of a thingOne drop of fortune, three drops…
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First Song
When vengeance met duty I drew back my bowIn hushed desperate for beauty, for rhythm and…
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Hereditary
These powers that you gave,Fraught hope and levity,They charged me with a huntFamished depth and clarity,To…
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Experement
Enter Eden’s elfs,help hem the dress,The effect gets better,the end resplendent,Gentle Eden felt merry, Wretch elves…
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Concrete Crawlers…
Concrete crawlers prance in clear cloak of dayConcealing quick panic in crimson hedges delayedCrawlers, who crooned…
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Demeter
When winter’s first poppy,With a youthful determined spirit,Breached the earth’s surface,Frosty rays hit the green tail,As…
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Fire
Melody of a furnace does smoke, crackle, spitSits an iron box on a stage made of…
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An Ending
I sit pleading with a forgotten memory,That I’ll know your face, to face your enemies.But if…
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Wait
From time to time I feel you near,A roaring notion, an ancient frontier,Fading truth of comfort…
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Long Voyage
Moon drops landed on the kelp filled seashore-Marking the tide turning to then from before.Mistakes and…
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For You
The ground, it wept, it bled for You,Who race to dethread the desperate MendFor you, the…
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Laughter
I can’t remember when I last laughed.Not for punctuation, politeness or show.To hear joy deep within…
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Willow Witch
The willow calls to wind that winds still lochs,Call awake sleeping wicked dethroned.To crawl in homes,…
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Horses
Born from a spring,To spring forth to life,To live as a partner,A partner in strife.Roaming high…
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Raking
My neighbor rakes up leaves as the summer burns the springThe noises reach the bees, fragile,…
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Water Glass
Cool and smooth,Stray droplets meet my hand. Refracting and enhancing,Bright lemon floats atopThe clear water. Slightly…
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Red Hawk
Like the Red Hawk that comes down for water Amused or bamboozled by yesterday’s martyr Who…
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Change
A casual observer on the run from my own life.Devastated from the outcome of what once…
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Stuck
Every step I take the universe laughs,As she pulls me back to the beginning,In a vicious,…
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Star Gazing
There was a call late Sunday night,A conference to hide the stars from my site.For fear…
Hemlocked Heart 