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Category Archives: Poetry
Your Heart Should Have Buoys
Your heart should have buoys around its shores warning any adventurous sort not to venture too close. With flashing strobes and a strident moan… stay back stay back stay back. But there’s always going to be someone like me willing … Continue reading
Lasso Of Truth
I don’t know where you are because you are in another room. I don’t know how you feel because your voice too faint to hear. I don’t know what I said, or didn’t say I don’t know why you bowed … Continue reading
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Tagged lasso of truth, love, poem, quiet strength, Relationships, writing work
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In the Land of Lollygag
Fritter is something I do – not eat, Although I call it lollygag. Some might say I loaf around, But truly aren’t loaves made of bread? My mind works such from slack to bread to silly songs It scoots here … Continue reading
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Tagged daydream, frivolity, laughter, lounging about, poem, silliness
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They Dance There Still
Strewn feathers across the grass Leavings from a violent death. Blast tumbled shoe across the tile We leave so much of ourselves behind. Death laps the blood from the stained dance floor where hearts beat true and free, Coward’s … Continue reading
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Tagged courage, dance, love, Love to Orlando, lovetrumpshate, Orlando, poem, Pulse, RIP, strength
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Pear
If a pear could weep it would, cascading tears down its glossy sides. The banana has gone astray, jam grubbed hand plucked it away. Moments later, a resounding crash– the banana hasn’t come back. No curved embrace furthermore, Just one … Continue reading
We All Carry Our History
We all carry our history differently inside us, Some tie memories to leaded fishing weights, so they can sink deep deep deep, Others coat them in hard glossy varnish, so they gleam–better than new. One trots out faded high school … Continue reading
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Tagged healing, History, love, memories, poem, writing work
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Don’t Sleep Through the Beauty of the World
Don’t sleep through the beauty of the world, be awake when sparrows wing their tapestry across the sky, The shadow of the stalwart tree moving across the lawn, see the glittering march of the tide. Be awake for the darting … Continue reading
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Tagged beach house, beauty, lighthouse, poem, seashore, writing work
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Live in the World of Creativity
In college my heart’s desire was to major in English and live as a writer in a garret in Paris. Being of a practical nature and not just a romantic dreamer I ended up majoring in Business Marketing…but my concession … Continue reading
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Tagged art, creativity, Paris, paris garret, poetry, the life of a poet, the life of a writer, writing
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Waiting for a Man To Face His Fear
Waiting for a Man To Face His Fear He’s just across the street. the street lamps should pop from the tension between us. As I sit, I knit a scarf of lavender patience, with threads of trust glimmering softly in … Continue reading
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Tagged 1998, patience, poem, poetry, Romance, trust, waiting, writing work
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