Category Archives: Poetry
A Softening
This little spot of ground Needs no watering or weeding For what sinks a tender Root into sun-baked dirt? I wonder when seed first failed to sprout On this palm-sized patch of yard? Summer bleached the brown oasis hard Amid … Continue reading
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Hope Like Crimson Roses
Broken bits of autumn leaves Press into the ground As we stand huddled against the chill. “I’m mad at God today.” Single file Eight men assemble In solemn rows To lift the cherry box And I wrap my arms around … Continue reading
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Freshly Washed
Rounded mounds of known Tumble like fall leaves, A splatter paint of sleeves Linked seam and weave, Colors disentangled arm by arm, Rhythmic folds of life Eased into neat stacks, Scarlet-dyed, Waft and warp, a generous Stewardship of love Palms … Continue reading
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Breathe
To breathe Side by side Simply present Touch, Lace edge of grace, As flesh is rent from flesh, One heart and beat Through decades of days Torn in two I don’t know what to do! Just breathe That’s it? That’s … Continue reading
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Embrace
Dripping in liquid lines Across the skin, Barest breath of Himalayan dew Cascades into exquisite Embrace of cashmere. Linking up with TS Poetry Press for the poetry prompt “cashmere.”
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Why Poetry?
Poetry is breath, Image draped bare Over ochre emotion Finest strands of gold Woven word by word, Hue and breadth into life, A palette of diamonds Dripping from silver filigree, Piercing points of Liquid luminescence Spilling depth across the page … Continue reading
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To See
To see into Instead of skimming over, Passing by, Rushing through To STOP In the midst of busy, p a u s e With a quiet heart And observe One moment, One breath, F U L L Questions Skimmed from … Continue reading
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Swing Wide the Door
What if love was inexhaustible, And lives never Shattered in the storm? What if every neighborhood Boasted a garden of diversity Called Beautiful, Instead of different, Other, Humanity in every Hue and shape and shade and size Splashing breadth and … Continue reading
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A Harvest of Words
Words, language, Voices, sounds Crowd the open spaces Vying for attention See me! Hear me! Notice me! p l e a s e But it’s hard to hear Through the crushing, Bruising wordfall Of humanity Hard to breathe Among spindly, … Continue reading
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The Poetry of Rust, An Offering
Poetry bleeds rust Corrosion, erosion Decay A breaking down Peeling away Of polished veneers And fabricated sheen, A consuming Bubbling up of Layers and words Stripped clean of Excess Till all that remains Is essence of the whole Fitted into … Continue reading
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Absorbing Color
To see Takes time Like to have a friend, Investment Choice Slowing Presence In the moment, Being all there, Saturated, nourished Fed on abundance of TIME Absorbing color And taste and heat And heart Fragrant and flush, Vibrant with possibility, … Continue reading
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Steeped in Grace
A long cool sip of Inspiration Tickles the tongue with possibility Filmy iridescent bubbles Rise soft on summer breeze Calling me to chase Teasing muse! Lifting inspiration Just beyond my reach Casting barest shadow On this blue sky day Steeped … Continue reading
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Come Home
I packed eighteen years Into cardboard boxes, And headed north Towards Spinnaker Lane, 2B. Windows down, Journey spilling wide Across the white line miles My life, my choice, My rules, How to live, Whom to love, Room to grow, Time … Continue reading
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A Bowl of Glass Beads
A bowl full of glass beads Sits on the coffee table, A glittering pool of moments Waiting to be strung into days, Childhood years, Eighteen and a half, First born, First gone, “Don’t blink,” they say. I did. And now … Continue reading
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Sculpting Shadows
We build up, over, around, Seeking structure, form, Order from chaos, Time from manufactured light. We erect steel girders Around faith, Locking God in, Pouring the Word into Concrete slabs Of order and predictability, Painting the holy shut, Nailing it … Continue reading
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Tending Beauty
Beauty rises in A thousand words Shaken together and Splashed into image. A basket full of Berries dripping with summer, Ideas clinging together Like pollen, A sip of nectar Bursting into words Strung like dew drops Into a garland of … Continue reading
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Be Bold!
One phrase, Four words, None big Or new or hard or old, The poet wrote, “Be brave with words.” But I don’t know What that means… Be brave… Be bold… I’m not. I’m pen and ink and tea And books … Continue reading
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What If?
What if we stretch imagination W I D E ? And stand At the edge of eternity And leap? Pause in the chaos Still Silent Expectant Content Waiting… Simply because God is God? What if we reach beyond the door … Continue reading
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Forgive Me!
Forgive me! I’ve been wrong, Made assumptions, Guessed incorrectly At emotions, Motives. Old scars crack, Spread, Seep up through Years of new memories Butterfly feet of forgotten pain Perched in shadowy corners Of the soul, Sticky tendrils Clinging close, Unnoticed, … Continue reading
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An Artist’s Heart
To breathe deep and listen For the symphony of birdsong, Cadence of crickets, Subtle percussion of cicadas And bees and mosquitoes, To feel the air, Moist and thick and full, An enveloping cocoon on a Sultry summer afternoon, To glimpse … Continue reading
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