These are the poems I used for a manuscript that I entered in a manuscript contest by Word Works. The winner gets published and $1500. I feel like a pygmy amoungst giants entering this. But, time will tell. I had broken this into several chapters, but chapters don't work on lists so you miss out on this.
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I roll sounds across my lips,seeking luscious sensations to tease and tantalize my lust for word magic.32 lines, 173 comments, on Oct 16 6:25 PM 2006. In Contemporary
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Shifts in the shadows stir the quiet.
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Out of the colored dawn that gives way to the deeper hued day,
the heat comes, bone deep. NIghts steamy. Standing. Listening -
The Gathering
Once awakened, even the heat must pass. Wheat reaped, -
Leaves long ago paraded and marched into bags
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The Quiet begin. The jets thunder
overhead and I sit. The silence expanding, a bright -
This promise strewn before me.
This blessing for tomorrow given. -
The night opens its star frosted arms.
Catches our dreams and weaves promise. -
No Answer for Spring Floods
Chapped lips and your tongue -
womanhood is more than just what fills a wine glass.
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With my shoes off.
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Messages, wrapped with prayers,
reflect hopes dreams, -
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It takes great strength to be tender.
Stand in the hurricane driven winds21 lines, 51 comments, on Sep 7 1:35 PM 2005. In Love -
She spoke and the words
rippled the air and broke -
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I feel your mouth shape my name.
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Her answers were a promise still waiting to be kept.
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Arms arced and urned,
he cupped the setting sun. -
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