Category: My Poetry
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Turned Away
Turned Away I might have turned away, Turned my face to other things That caught my fancy more than you. I might have gone about my day In perfect, peaceful ignorance Of what you held in store And spared myself the grief Of losing you. With honey’d words and nectar’d kisses You called and I,…
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Regret
Regret So many phrases fade into obscurity Remembered for nothing Save that any one of them Might have brought me fame Had I caught it, Might have bestowed fortune Had I remembered it, It might have granted me immortality Had I recognized it, Hell, it might have even been sublime Had I understood it. I…
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Cowering Late At Night
Cowering Late At Night So many dreams dissolve Leaving the empty spaces Of hollowed-out souls And gutted lives. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. We were promised rain-bowed skies And seas like sheets of glass, Fertile soil and gentle breezes, Fruit to pluck from tree and vine And all things under our dominion. Go…
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Sailed
Sailed The horizon is so wide, Wider than I could ever have imagined Stretching from fingertip to fingertip With arms outstretched And so many ships have Dared the dragons Then sailed over the edge. I cannot catch them all. I tried but I failed. Now, those that lie within my reach Serve only to recall…
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Chemistry
Chemistry Running for the shelter Of your mother’s little helper Is my shelter any different than yours? I lean on chemistry and good intentions To see me through my day. They are co-dependent, Equal in status And serve a similar purpose. Chemistry is the grease That smooths the edges That allows for growth Of good…
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Motes
Motes Dust motes pirroette in a golden beam, A beam so sharp and razor-edged There is no pause from dark to light And leaves no blood nor open wound Should you cross it. Then fans out to a golden wash Of light and warmth Illuminating tiny stars, That orbit, dance and drift Bound by the…
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DMZ
DMZ We have come to an awkward place, A North/South Korea moment where No one has claimed victory Yet no one has admitted defeat, An awkward and stressful moment That now demands a resolution. My DMZ is this kitchen table Where victories are declared in stare-downs And brief moments of interregnum. The cost of coming…
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24 fps
24 fps My senses lag behind the times. It may be the curse of age or The effects of my foibles, follies and/or failings. The jury is still out. As the high-pitched whine of day-to-day Descends from compression-blue To attenuated-red I can see the cine frames unwinding. They become foreshortened on the screen, Pressed together…
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What Do I Miss?
What Do I Miss? I miss the touch of another’s skin. I miss the sound of another’s voice. I miss the comfort of another’s presence. I miss the thrill of having an audience. I miss the trail of tears on a cheek. I miss the sight of a welcoming face. I miss the smile of…
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Round & Round ( part 2 )
Round & Round. (part 2) It was a most chaotic trip begun so gently Easing slowly into the wind Cooling the sweat on a sunbaked brow. Then round and round with gathering speed Till hats flew off and curls came all undone. I was on a carnival ride that would not stop. We gasped. …
Palimpsest 