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June 28, 2008 08:27 PM UTC --
I am Descartes' clock
staggering
under the weight
of dual pendulums
Fighting myself with
spurs strapped on
my multiple feet
While . . .
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June 08, 2008 09:45 AM UTC --
Well John, He said
Let me cipher on it
He was calculating
counting his friends
John wanted to
know where he stood
Am I your best
friend
. . .
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February 23, 2008 10:50 AM UTC --
For my mother who used to lullaby her grandbabies with her hummy voice.
Yes my darling
your granny's here
watch you smile an
powder your sweet bottom
don't you . . .
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February 08, 2008 07:08 PM UTC --
Today I kept watch on the many faces
of Joseph Campbell's heroes
Diana slipping through the forest
her path lit by the pale Isis
the . . .
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February 03, 2008 11:19 PM UTC --
Below are three little Cinquains that I wrote today after reading Mr. Ross- 3 Feb 2008
Luna
mischievous
chasing birds from the feeder
wrapped around my bare feet sleeping . . .
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February 01, 2008 10:29 PM UTC --
thread by thread
color by color
this tapestry I've become
woven with and without
care
by all the hands that
touch me
zig-zagging through
avoiding . . .
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January 27, 2008 02:02 PM UTC --
Through the looking glass
not playing with a full deck
deals the queen of hearts
should Alice raise the ante
call, or simply fold her hand
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January 26, 2008 03:36 PM UTC --
OK this started as two Haiku which I combined into the Tanka below...hate it so I am adding the two original Haiku below. Please criticize.
Through the looking glass
not playing . . .
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January 13, 2008 07:30 PM UTC --
She drew him
out of the shadows
drew him up
through the thread
of life
promising light
and when he arrived
she delivered.
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January 11, 2008 06:15 PM UTC --
just 18
fresh from the
hayfield
right off the
ranch
never been
no where
not even out of the state
didn't know nothing bout
war
found that shell
just a dud . . .
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January 10, 2008 09:24 PM UTC --
He stood
on the edge of
Hiróshima
on the lip of the new crater that was its
future
not knowing about
radiation
nor the asbestos
that covered the 20mm . . .
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December 22, 2007 08:00 PM UTC --
He had plans my friend
now sadness follows me
a ghost dressed in
black
without a smile
He had plans my friend
passing through the night
with Chinese food
awaiting . . .
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December 22, 2007 07:53 PM UTC --
Tuvo planes mi amigo
ahora la tristeza me sigue
un fantasma
vestido en ropa
negra
sin sonrisa
Tuvo planes mi amigo
pasando por la noche
con . . .
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November 08, 2007 05:22 PM UTC --
This poem is dedicated to Amy George who encouraged me to use the phrase rewind the wind in a poem. I first used it while commenting on her great poem "Despues de la Tormenta." . . .
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November 04, 2007 10:03 PM UTC --
Flight 1422 to Ft. Walton Beach
Our flight attendant
extraordinaire
quick to please
broad shoulders
watch him flash that
smile
helped the ole lady find
a seat . . .
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November 04, 2007 11:01 AM UTC --
This poem is strongly influence by animism and just as I finished the last stroke, Lorena Mckinnet's voice spilled out in to our living room from Sunday Morning NPR speaking of her . . .
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October 24, 2007 07:25 PM UTC --
I came to listen to the
water
as it grumbled and chewed
loodle loodle loodle lue
daddle daddle doodle dum . . .
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October 12, 2007 12:34 PM UTC --
I am
Tired
of lumps that grow
Tired
of arms that swell
of radiation
of chemo
polite nurses
permanent shunts
and leather recliners
Tired
of nausea as punctual as breathing
one more . . .
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September 24, 2007 08:00 PM UTC --
Blood
runs thick
in these hills,
Deep
so you won't
see it,
Highways
of plasma
all related,
Arteries
bulging
With pride,
Pulsing
through townships . . .
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September 23, 2007 06:06 AM UTC --
OK Tom hear is your request.
1. What is your greatest regret?
Having been misunderstood and not realizing it until the opportunity to correct the error had passed. Not noticing someone’s . . .
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