Monthly Archives: July 2008

A Poem of Sudden Summer

Tilt It all starts with a loss of balance Tipping arms waving to and fro Silliness of a dizzy dream Screaming, streaming madness The desire grows bursting Out of my ears Through my nostrils To the outside world I feed … Continue reading

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Three Poems Written A While Ago

Delicate Dance The balance is the beauty, each part moving freely and yet affecting each other part, compensating to retain the center. If the form is awkward, the movements must wobble. Thus perfection mars the balance and brings the structure … Continue reading

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2 poems that happened today

Summer Storm Day All night the storm grumbled around Lightning flickered through my eyelids With one tremendous crack-rumble ripping me out of loose sleep into the misty dripping dark in the morning my basement office cool gray light filtered through … Continue reading

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Peace is a Place

Watch as you step there will be a place to put your feet Somewhere between the sun and moon a star will shine Mount your horse of water raise your cup into the circle sky the path will be clear … Continue reading

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A Stoop is Close to a Fall

I She was not his hawk None but her own And preyed upon herself With talons shredding No soft hands or arms but wings spreading in down swirling push could not pull her free To bend the air Under her … Continue reading

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