with the kinds of competition on AP, it is an honor to be mentioned...
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Come, make me home for the forest
burrowers and borrowers,30 lines, 11 comments, on Dec 24 8:56 AM 2006
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to take this last walk
as if it were a first. -
See me, now, I honor you;
know you for who you are
29 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 28 5:57 AM 2006. In spiritual
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Sixty times the confusion
created by our mother’s36 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 27 7:21 AM 2006. In Society
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There is gathering in the glen,
a swarm over the blossoms,29 lines, 13 comments, on Jan 4 11:36 PM 2007. In Friendship
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Sing it to me, again, mother.
Carry me back to an old place to start again.27 lines, 9 comments, on Jan 10 7:13 PM 2007. In Spiritual
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7 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 13 8:31 PM 2007. In Spiritual
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Sighs of special speech, spoken to no one.49 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 15 10:13 PM 2007. In spiritual
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a nice “No,” and it moves mountains
to hide that refusal39 lines, 16 comments, on Jan 12 6:43 AM 2007. In Dark
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You are so small
a plot in all this, I wouldn’t see you even if I looked back.13 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 18 11:56 PM 2007. In Other
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Everything is attached, like toy,
to the hand of god, pulling, tugging,
pushing us at his required meter of his music.34 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 13 9:38 AM 2007. In Spiritual
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But, I should discuss the rain. Rain that falls
in full sunlight, they say are angel tears of happiness51 lines, 10 comments, on Jan 17 8:47 PM 2007. In Hope
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I will hold it safe for you until you can rise
and take it and pin it on your breast;
a hero’s badge, honorable woman that you are. -
Earth’s broad belly, holy in its heavenly push,16 lines, 9 comments, on Jan 25 7:38 PM 2007. In Nature
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draw me up,
with the net of amniotic sac of heav26 lines, 8 comments, on Jan 21 10:22 PM 2007. In Spiritual
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If you do, then tempest is honored
as truth20 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 27 3:06 PM 2007. In Contemporary -
He meant to merely meander in the land he loved,
but, somehow became tripped up19 lines, 8 comments, on Jan 28 4:57 PM 2007
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Mottled memories of a tucked nest4 lines, 11 comments, on Jan 24 9:42 AM 2007. In Nature
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give birth in a gush of cold glacier,
on a cold morning, on a cold bed.16 lines, 14 comments, on Feb 6 8:35 PM 2007. In Nature
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I know she has given me beautiful hope
on frail wings that make no sound12 lines, 7 comments, on Feb 6 9:32 PM 2007. In Spiritual
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I should have read more mystical stories
where heroes always go through some fire,16 lines, 10 comments, on Feb 7 10:40 PM 2007. In Sad
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we spoke many languages
sang similar songs5 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 8 8:33 PM 2007. In Society -
I’ll afford you a pat, for I’m such a sweet cat12 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 9 4:27 PM 2007. In Chidlren's
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Light of little books could not foretell22 lines, 12 comments, on Jan 30 12:00 PM 2007. In Spiritual
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a lakeful of tears
that you sink into30 lines, 7 comments, on Feb 5 11:55 PM 2007. In Loss
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Breath of winter blurs a well-caulked window
facing out over locked lake17 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 8 7:30 PM 2007
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20 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 17 5:23 PM 2007. In Loss
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15 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 19 4:45 PM 2007. In Nature
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in the same old snafu
there’s been nothing bereft30 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 17 9:31 AM 2007. In Humor
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10 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 23 9:59 AM 2007. In Society
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and if you dare to touch it
its anger will bleed and spill15 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 13 11:18 AM 2007. In Angst
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That is my laid-low truth.
It is aerodynamics.21 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 18 7:45 AM 2007. In Life
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17 lines, 9 comments, on Feb 27 11:30 AM 2007. In Loss
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19 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 18 1:14 PM 2007. In Society
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touching stone, I am made flesh
for the difference in faith today18 lines, on Mar 1 9:54 AM 2007. In Spiritual
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12 lines, 8 comments, on Mar 1 11:29 AM 2007
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waiting to be unwound, to be born
again and again to become your real joy.26 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 5 8:37 PM 2007. In Life
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bringer of Spring closed cold crypt
over this long latitude of mine28 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 13 4:08 PM 2007. In Sad
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Came gifts in rainbow, waves of
Ribbons woven in amongst knots;14 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 4 2:11 PM 2007. In Love
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she is brought spongey and blushing
to a morning’s birthing bed and warm rest.12 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 13 11:05 AM 2007
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20 lines, 7 comments, on Feb 26 9:20 PM 2007. In Spirituality
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12 lines, 6 comments, on Apr 11 9:20 AM 2007. In Angst
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21 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 12 7:56 PM 2007. In Loss -
When he was walking through springy moss,
it was easy to sneak up on a rabbit warren,0 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 20 9:22 AM 2007. In Society
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Boys on battlefield, raising their last arm,
want to be saved33 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 22 10:19 AM 2007. In Society -
What to some, a chore,
churning this earth41 lines, 6 comments, on Apr 22 4:55 PM 2007. In Romance
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Old pictures fade
depending on acidity of paper12 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 24 6:30 AM 2007. In Sad
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I think windmills work through planning / beveled edges so that they catch / air that is hooking a ride / / in Pincher Creek, just a hill
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Hello from a long time ago, my sweetheart,
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Do angels wait / in storm tossed clouds / / drifting through heavenly days / of hard and harrowed hours / / when all but rain refuses / t11 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 29 8:37 PM 2007
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There’s an ocean, where there is no seaside / perfumed pulse, not salty brine. / / Here, white waves leap into blue sky / setting a green12 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 30 5:11 PM 2007
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You push promises
over sweetened coffee43 lines, 6 comments, on Dec 19 11:57 AM 2006
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Sweet sweat on summer’s sod / squinting eyes to catch a curling / spirit lifting up in leap of faith / to touch tender trellis up to God. /26 lines, 6 comments, on May 6 5:37 AM 2007. In Spiritual
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She speaks and veil moves softly so I can hear19 lines, 20 comments, on May 2 10:19 AM 2007. In Spiritual
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she was stick thin, / a bird’s nest bobble of braids /41 lines, 2 comments, on May 3 5:24 PM 2007. In Society
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Let all our sisters of the world
know sorrow has no rented seam ~
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Tell the mother, medal in her slack palm, folded flag to cradle instead of child, that this is worth it~44 lines, 8 comments, on May 3 12:36 PM 2007. In Society
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When spring curls its lips58 lines, 18 comments, on May 4 5:45 AM 2007. In Thoughts
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39 lines, 12 comments, on May 20 6:12 AM 2007. In Adult
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First was made Universal air, / waters lapped lost, with no shore / or cheek to whisper on / then he pegged sun, moon, and stars / he gathe
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Have you ever wished to go blind19 lines, 4 comments, on May 27 6:55 PM 2007. In Thoughts
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You take clay, knead it, add enough tears, stir, touch, taste, love to life and you have Woman ~ a good woman!57 lines, 12 comments, on May 19 7:58 AM 2007. In Spiritual
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moving as if she had no bones33 lines, 50 comments, on May 19 6:14 PM 2007. In Society
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I dumped out last night’s coffee / over a stack of dirty dishes, grounds / punctuated sink, / wrote messages in slow swirl / you came to me40 lines, 2 comments, on May 23 5:49 PM 2007. In Society
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Warming stone / is a passion of mine / marble-slick coldness / waiting for warm body / to curve against you / You never asked / I was there13 lines, 9 comments, on May 27 8:28 PM 2007. In Love
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4 lines, 6 comments, on May 10 9:03 PM 2007. In Humor
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Let us fill our quivers with Eagle feathers
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pretend nothing’s broken, nothing’s wrong / wiring firing haphazardly / and around me / even that is not enough / I dreamt of Californian s16 lines, 4 comments, on May 23 6:09 PM 2007. In Dark
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Dance me to the end of love / so I might remember steps we took, / what ways our feet learned / to know which way to move / like body knows27 lines, 11 comments, on May 31 7:31 AM 2007. In Thoughts
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I hated him for it. I did. / I was nothing more than his other mistress / and refused him absolution / other than a slammed door / and a w24 lines, 12 comments, on Jun 7 2:03 PM 2007. In Personal
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My words pursue presence of body; / womb, swirling seminal thoughts / waiting to attach to official orbs of meaning. / Great poets have had41 lines, 12 comments, on Jun 5 12:15 PM 2007
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He is caller of snakes who follow him / to some swilling sea; Jesus, Goliath / five-star general, a mutilated warrior, / rancher rubbed r
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Riverside Louis is a willow ~ / not just any tree, but one that weathers well, / standing in sage sun, silver leaves waiting / for drop to
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I wear beads at my breasts
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There is a slow grumble of short patience / rumbling cool-cinder ground / so restless is this preparation to go. / Go, then! I am unable t12 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 15 7:38 AM 2007. In Sad
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28 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 13 10:49 AM 2007. In Society
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Lying on grass, ass-kicked and weed-whipped13 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 17 11:58 AM 2007. In Thoughts
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Underwater, a struggling orchestra / tunes up:12 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 26 10:16 AM 2007. In Nature
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doubled over in bracket embrace / molding to muscles that hold / bony reminders of yesterday / they lift her into her wheelchair / she sink30 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 23 12:23 PM 2007. In Life
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She / sweats love / dredged with dew / as breathless sky / fringed with dark lashes / stares at her split and burst / of sweetmeat fruity f10 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 26 2:48 PM 2007. In Thought
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A loon moon light sliver of shore / Silver shiver of weaving waves / Sunken shade surrendered to sleep / Deep drop blue-toned black banks /11 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 25 2:13 PM 2007. In Nature
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My prayer scraped knees are addicted to earth, / My elbow-sharp arms branch from me / To hold hands up to filigreed friends / That carry my14 lines, 10 comments, on Jul 26 2:23 PM 2007. In Spiritual
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10 lines, 14 comments, on Aug 12 2:10 PM 2007. In Spiritual
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29 lines, 10 comments, on Aug 9 5:04 PM 2007. In Love
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8 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 16 7:17 AM 2007. In Nature
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28 lines, 16 comments, on Aug 16 9:56 AM 2007. In Spiritual
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15 lines, 12 comments, on Aug 18 9:28 AM 2007. In Memories
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23 lines, 8 comments, on Aug 18 11:38 AM 2007. In Thoughts
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26 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 18 1:06 PM 2007. In Loss
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You give me harvest from your garden
as if I should be beholden to you.10 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 19 10:10 PM 2007. In thoughts
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Here's yer cup of while we wait26 lines, 13 comments, on Aug 21 7:40 AM 2007. In Thoughts
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How could it snow in summer?
14 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 21 8:03 AM 2007. In Society
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23 lines, 11 comments, on Feb 23 6:59 AM 2007. In Adult
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15 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 17 6:42 AM 2007. In Personal
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I have touched sky and known heaven
in spite of never sitting in a church.38 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 17 7:06 AM 2007. In Personal -
18 lines, 12 comments, on Aug 14 1:15 PM 2007. In Friendship
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12 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 17 6:18 AM 2007. In Society
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She had a ruin for hands;
gnarled knobs of wet laundry34 lines, 10 comments, on Aug 20 8:09 PM 2007. In Loss -
Gray day’s somber slump
over brittle brown earth; -
We’re Florences on battlefields, Mary at crosses,
Dianas in colonies and Mayas by word.11 lines, 8 comments, on Aug 23 7:09 PM 2007. In Society
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I heard your crass call bounce off bronze balustrades
to slip, like a loose tongue over the chin of doorstep.22 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 27 4:13 PM 2007. In Society
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Dying mothers have forgotten
that a newborn baby’s head,20 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 27 8:13 PM 2007. In Society
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She sweats and shivers, according to the season;
this girl with Aphrodite energy,15 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 21 9:18 AM 2007. In Society
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What is breathed onto paper,
falters out into the Universe12 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 21 10:48 AM 2007. In Spiritual
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Where she was tall, he was short. Both round,
squat, little pumpkins in their garden’s harvest.20 lines, 10 comments, on Aug 23 8:10 AM 2007. In Society
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I am gutted, ground and gritty
Sand stone thoughts, sifting16 lines, 8 comments, on Aug 25 10:09 AM 2007. In Thoughts
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Come, take my hand an we will journey
to beginning crossroads of time, -
I give up.
Own this heart forever.28 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 28 10:25 PM 2007. In Life
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Poor maligned crisp late-fall flower
petals; laughing babies’ tongues26 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 31 3:55 PM 2007. In Nature -
Some saw Mary in a grotto,
or was it a burning bush,12 lines, 6 comments, on Sep 2 6:47 PM 2007. In Spiritual
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There was, on the grill of every big truck,
in the well-spaced rest stop, were promises33 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 21 11:48 AM 2007. In Spiritual -
You are well aware
of my half-hearted attempt25 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 26 6:57 AM 2007. In Love
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Darker shades of night’s near shadows
reveal a grotto of firefly beacons,29 lines, 7 comments, on Sep 2 1:15 PM 2007. In Spiritual
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Winters’ past, haunt me.
Traces of tracks, gone, no longer mark23 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 2 1:47 PM 2007
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I really do not know, anything about God or President or popes
but were they real men, I would lead them and their merry band28 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 3 2:39 PM 2007. In Society
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This is an apple, but not just any apple
It could be Eve’s or what’shisname who waited arrow,23 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 8 10:40 PM 2007. In Society
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smoke, curling up from fire,
shifts and simmers in sky until it is taken up -
This ain’t play love, this is real love
Holding on like day’s gray dove47 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 9 9:40 AM 2007. In Lyrics
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In exactly ninety-two minutes, more or less, I will find a way
to tell you what has niggled, been pressed, been pinched back25 lines, 11 comments, on Sep 9 4:26 PM 2007. In Personal -
my daughter, belly full of belief
posing for a photographer21 lines, 14 comments, on Sep 10 10:28 AM 2007. In Spiritual
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Back when children could decode language,
animals knew we would listen;16 lines, 18 comments, on Sep 11 6:56 AM 2007
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Drowsy stretch of navy comforter;
sleep disturbed by yawning sky31 lines, 10 comments, on Sep 11 7:15 AM 2007. In Nature
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I have spoken to you each morning,
when sun has warmed you enough for you to speak18 lines, 8 comments, on Sep 11 12:38 PM 2007. In Nature
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There is a fall in the garden,
swift and mighty swing22 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 11 1:20 PM 2007. In Nature
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Boston fern are rolling up their prayer mats,
pumpkin vines unwrap their smiling gifts20 lines, 12 comments, on Sep 14 6:54 AM 2007. In Nature
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sheet of geese sliding above still lake
like kiss of breath on smooth back -
Two handrails of a wharf
lead to a point beyond that seen33 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 22 3:28 PM 2007. In Spiritual
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she scalds her lips shut with café au lait
while peering through a haze she huffs30 lines, 6 comments, on Oct 1 7:15 AM 2007. In Thoughts -
Air brushes face in ice to crystal
what dust might dream in white-out weather24 lines, 11 comments, on Oct 26 12:02 PM 2007
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Humming the silence of his absence
while pounding life, like dough -
You are stone’s slow pry from its mother lode,
a drop-dead fall of quiet as it -
We gather what we can
in comings and goings, -
Slip of solitary dark shape
over edge of southern horizon32 lines, 9 comments, on Nov 24 3:37 PM 2007 -
We have already razed our homes,
razored children from soft lining,18 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 25 7:23 AM 2007 -
Earth and inhabitants, carried in womb of Universe,
fed green and gold, blue and red, through invisible strings45 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 26 10:51 AM 2007
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decade erases hawk-like features
but nothing for damp pillow10 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 28 7:42 AM 2007. In Sad -
My shadow ripples on corners of walls;
sharp corners bring it near, recesses20 lines, 16 comments, on Nov 29 6:42 PM 2007. In Writing
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This morning, coffee is bitter no matter sweetening
one-minded focus is on atrocities: -
I fall to newly turned sod
like child to breast22 lines, 10 comments, on Dec 1 9:43 AM 2007. In Spiritual
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I have painted walls / with signs and messages / to myself, to God, / to anyone good at translating / I am offered posies / I watch petals30 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 17 8:29 AM 2007
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9 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 14 12:02 PM 2007. In Thoughts
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Geese are gathering on gray curve of mouth.
Knowing to rise by word of mouth,43 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 28 7:38 AM 2007. In Society
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This is lakey tongue that speaks my language;
stutter of ducks in weed hedges,25 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 27 12:40 PM 2007. In Nature
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After the act
Of making love18 lines, 9 comments, on Nov 17 2:12 PM 2007. In Sensuality
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Some say there is a black hole
widening widening37 lines, 7 comments, on Nov 28 8:18 AM 2007 -
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Such nice bedtime stories
to lull children to sleep, dreaming20 lines, 5 comments, on Dec 4 9:06 AM 2007. In Angst
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I shall
write poetry15 lines, 15 comments, on Dec 4 4:22 PM 2007. In Personal
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Sun as monk, bald broad crown
risen to glower or grin31 lines, 10 comments, on Dec 6 9:02 AM 2007
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We say “Snow,” as if that should, or could, explain
skullcap mountains that leer in light of morning,19 lines, 11 comments, on Dec 8 8:28 PM 2007. In Nature -
Hate is twisted love
with hands around my heart24 lines, 7 comments, on Dec 2 9:52 AM 2007. In Dark
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lullaby of willow
leaning to touch water as it passes;18 lines, 14 comments, on Dec 12 6:47 AM 2007. In Nature
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Finely tuned, awl-sharp, senses
hack at language and remake it -
take him down to the channel
and watch the child in a man -
How do I go from a houseful
of seven kids and a wreck of wrapping paper43 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 9 9:45 PM 2007. In Society
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I wrap myself in your barky words, bruise myself
on stumble over rooty grab,15 lines, 54 comments, on Dec 10 7:26 PM 2007. In Friendship -
You left no thumbprint
but your face is burned on my eyelids -
Once, before words, and real gestures,
world was nothing but tight-stretched canvas27 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 16 11:24 AM 2007. In Sorrow
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It will not matter what is written on,
or stored within this cedar box -
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Almond nut and cinnamon
toothy words kept cautious15 lines, 6 comments, on Dec 10 2:15 PM 2007
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Cast down your reason for language
that presided over dead voices25 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 15 11:01 AM 2007. In Society
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She shrinks and lips go dry on a thousand voices
we have forgotten to hear: Voices of reason, -
pAssing bright-eyed winter’s false joy,
sLight of hand and rumpled paper20 lines, 7 comments, on Dec 6 10:21 AM 2007. In Society
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She may tell you life is not worth living,
or that she is angry enough to kill,26 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 25 10:43 AM 2007
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A sudden shift of shadow to skin that waits for cooling:
This, this is love that has not been reckoned with;15 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 30 9:29 AM 2007. In Sorrow
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Getting them to start is the hardest work;
roots needing to take, grooming to be done25 lines, 7 comments, on Dec 25 10:35 AM 2007. In Society
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how many times I had walked around her,
over her, beside her; sitting -
Gulls crying help help help over kelp,
shushing waves try to calm them, -
Sorrow has a way of incising
through to bone and sinew29 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 29 8:50 PM 2007
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I.
Dancing in water, up to my ankles,35 lines, 6 comments, on Dec 30 10:13 AM 2007. In Spiritual
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I can live without a man. I can.
Sticks and stone relationships24 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 4 7:21 AM 2008. In Sad -
Let’s just say, for friendship’s sake, that it is okay for you to see Jesus28 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 5 9:11 AM 2008. In Spiritual
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I would have wings and ruffled feathers,
eyes bright as glass beads, claws sharp24 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 11 10:30 PM 2008
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A flower is not described by circumstance
of pithy stalk of winter, nor naked grimace35 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 6 9:23 PM 2008. In Life
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28 lines, 8 comments, on Apr 18 4:46 PM 2008. In Adult
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Hibiscus fury whips run-for-cover anxiety
being rinsed of sticky sweat-dried wait15 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 28 8:47 AM 2008. In Nature
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Chitter chatter of spring’s awakenings
brought to harmony by halted hand17 lines, 4 comments, on May 2 9:04 AM 2008. In Spring
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Digging deep in sandy soil that will reclaim you
My shovel hits an unknown boney stone16 lines, 5 comments, on May 2 11:37 AM 2008. In Sad
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There in the corner is a nemesis
my nemesis16 lines, 3 comments, on May 4 11:02 AM 2008. In Thoughts
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Incantation throbbing through a tribal boundary
riding waves of night air46 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 30 8:42 AM 2008. In Loss
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she rose as if to greet her lover, sun to her,
turned and faced him41 lines, 9 comments, on May 21 11:59 AM 2008
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I see a hundred little hook-and-eye fasteners
curving down her back25 lines, 5 comments, on May 24 12:57 PM 2008. In Love
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I breathe it
like a half-hung criminal58 lines, 14 comments, on May 26 11:08 AM 2008. In Writing -
Aracna-menopausal emotions
wearing long tooth20 lines, 3 comments, on May 26 2:51 PM 2008. In Humor
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sucking on icy comments
sets raw nerves15 lines, 8 comments, on Jun 4 10:15 AM 2008. In Sad
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I.
He wears not armor, pounded metal,48 lines, 6 comments, on May 29 8:55 AM 2008
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I.
a few sips down the throat50 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 6 12:43 PM 2008. In Angst
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