Author Archives: randomyriad

A Long Not So Bad Week

Posted on January 20, 2008 by randomyriad

Although I am still encrusted in the gloom of winter, things don’t look as bad after another long week. My attitude is definitely improving even though the weather is not. I had a dream about planning a parade with a … Continue reading →

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Trudging Through January.

Posted on January 13, 2008 by randomyriad

I have to say I have had better weeks. The winter is beginning to sink into my bones with damp and chill weighing heavily on me. All the sky does right now is seep and leak cold water and wet … Continue reading →

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Poems from Preschool World

Posted on January 10, 2008 by randomyriad

The Dream Artist as a Preschool Teacher There is a place Where a line of tall eucalyptus trees Stand in twilight. A path runs along beside them. Somewhere near is a park with a wooden game Where you put a … Continue reading →

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Three Poems From My Natural Science Period

Posted on January 9, 2008 by randomyriad

Twenty Years Ago In the heavy forest, My skin bordered the sky, Played with it, Wings probing, Noticing, Eyes turned on themselves. In between I was unprepared, Whirled from almost every year Back to that object of finding gaze And … Continue reading →

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One Good Simple Thing

Posted on January 6, 2008 by randomyriad

There are things in life. Simple, easy things that take the hardness out of world for a moment. Ghostly music seeping in from another room makes me stop. She is singing again, and I cannot move, I must stand and … Continue reading →

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