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I feel warmth and security within my heart
because I have built a castle around it.37 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 14 4:10 PM 2008 -
Within the old oak tree
I gazed deep while swinging37 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 14 5:46 PM 2008. In Life -
I love to go to an old used book store
and open books that have been closed a long time.32 lines, 7 comments, on Nov 17 10:41 PM 2008. In Life -
Could that be why you are so cold
so aloof among the companions?50 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 21 7:56 AM 2008. In Thoughts -
When I was a young man I had a lot of parties
and there were a lot of women who went to them74 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 21 12:57 PM 2008 -
The roulette wheel turns
and the ivory ball is set free.24 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 22 11:38 AM 2008. In Other -
He looks up through whiskey glazed eyes
lips thin and cracked by the cold. -
I laugh about it now, I laughed back then
Except when I got caught.58 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 23 7:15 AM 2008. In Life -
It has been three days of top roman now
and payday is three days a way.26 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 27 11:01 PM 2008 -
They walk a rutted road
In a world full of dust devils31 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 29 1:36 PM 2008. In Life -
I know many who have a hypoxia to their brains
as they go about doing ineffable things18 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 5 12:42 AM 2008. In Thoughts -
I was down range on a cold Winter's day
checking my targets and was pleased to see -
I have lost myself in Seattle rain
spinning down from the great boughs -
I am grateful for Apples juicy in the Autumn
and thank God for the Birds singing in trees36 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 5 11:54 AM 2008. In Other -
We live with lies in our closets
and never let them out.27 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 5 5:59 PM 2008. In Sad -
I have walked these streets
and talked these streets. -
Like a beaten prize fighter a face into the storm
Feel the wind pelt me with jabs and crosses20 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 10 8:41 PM 2008. In Life -
We sat at the counter drinking beer
as a man drew a caricature of you and I. -
There is something to be said for drinking whiskey
while listening to old country songs. -
I am about simple things.
Black and white.36 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 13 8:10 PM 2008. In Life -
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Humming bird feeder
empty on this Winter day,60 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 13 8:35 PM 2008 -
I see them on the street corners
wearing the sign35 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 19 12:06 PM 2008 -
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It is always the rumors that get to me.
They become wild as the wind blows.12 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 19 1:59 PM 2008. In Life -
I have fallen from many horses since I was young .
My father used to joke that I was a cowboy30 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 19 3:05 PM 2008. In Life -
I have dug fire line in the middle of August
When it was so hot the plastic spoon45 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 20 12:55 AM 2008 -
Here the hot desert wind moans a song
that no one knows how to utter. Lost26 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 20 8:32 PM 2008. In Life -
Play the song bar room singer
that penetrates the heart. -
Sometimes life is a crap sandwich
with a double paddy of poop30 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 20 8:59 PM 2008 -
46 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 20 9:05 PM 2008. In Sad
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I have been one who searched
for the divine message. -
She has no time to sit and consider
all of the annoyances of life.52 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 20 11:52 PM 2008 -
We go driving in the night
to see the decorations24 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 21 11:09 AM 2008 -
Sometimes I catch myself
thinking about you -
The glimmer of snow sends an ache into my eyes
and the chilly wind permeates an ache in my bones.19 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 21 5:44 PM 2008. In Life -
I keep dragging it along right behind me
in what I vision as an alligator bag29 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 21 6:27 PM 2008. In Life -
It is funny I should be stumbling across this subject
here, right now at this time of my life.33 lines, 5 comments, on Dec 24 6:07 AM 2008. In Life -
Sometimes old ways do not work
that is life.15 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 24 6:30 AM 2008. In Life -
I knew as soon as I excited the bird things were going to go wrong.
When the parachute opened the heavy oscillation began32 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 24 8:41 AM 2008. In Life -
It takes him a long time to rise up
from that old chair that leans slightly one way.35 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 24 11:17 AM 2008. In Life -
It is hard to watch but I do
as the vagrant huddles57 lines, 6 comments, on Dec 24 12:41 PM 2008. In Life -
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Today is a cold Winter day
and I am facing into snowfall.23 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 25 9:48 AM 2008. In Spiritual -
Tongue curls
with each syllable.30 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 25 1:53 PM 2008 -
Who needs to go forward
When right here and now16 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 25 2:04 PM 2008 -
Life will flow on reflecting itself
and sometimes I will see my face distorted24 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 25 2:11 PM 2008. In Life -
I think of the ride on the rumble
On the way to meeting her fate.31 lines, on Dec 25 5:29 PM 2008. In Thoughts -
Sunrise is slow to smile on the old wood,
but the grain stands out never the less.22 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 25 11:06 PM 2008. In Life -
Sometimes we sit for hours and play cards
until we hours of the morning.26 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 26 1:10 AM 2008. In Life -
I’m walking down a sidewalk on a hot August day.
Up to late my life had been exceptionally cruel.44 lines, on Dec 26 1:17 AM 2008. In Life -
When the door must turn
the hinges will squeak in protest25 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 26 10:47 AM 2008. In Thoughts -
I see lines and aging eyes
with the salt and pepper41 lines, on Dec 26 10:59 AM 2008. In Life -
I lie here in my solace
feeling a surplus of heat -
The barn creaks and groans in the wind.
Warped beams swell and sway from many28 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 26 9:43 PM 2008 -
It is two in the morning and I'm driving through a summer rain.
Somehow, that is enough for right now.20 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 27 6:49 PM 2008. In Life -
Her petals fall slowly away in the wind
she knows the clock is winding down.22 lines, on Dec 28 12:04 AM 2008. In Contest -
I have seen men who hand cuff their selves
and beat their heads against prison bars -
The fine silt often lifted into whirls
when the helicopter landed. -
I am driving north towards Wenatchee
when just over the first big hill29 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 28 3:47 PM 2008 -
I know all about loss and pain
it has been the one constant33 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 29 12:48 AM 2008. In Spiritual -
I use to sit with a cigarette and coffee
and listening to that song over and over55 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 29 1:24 AM 2008. In Life -
Could that be why you are so cold
so aloof among the companions.45 lines, on Dec 29 1:50 AM 2008 -
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Walking into a field I come upon a nest
blown out of the oak tree by last night’s hard wind. -
He calls me in the middle of the night and it troubles me.
My son is going to be evicted from his apartment unless34 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 29 11:09 PM 2008. In Life -
I remember when we used to talk
your personality beamed right23 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 29 11:47 PM 2008. In Spiritual -
When we came to the cantina every afternoon she would come
four years old and as bold as bold could be.52 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 29 11:53 PM 2008. In Life -
I have never been a natural at anything.
Seems I have to sweat and struggle -
There are people who hate me and my kind
I get e-mails full rancor and maledictions -
In a few more hours all the old things will peel away.
Shed like the skin of a snake and tumble in winds24 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 31 8:40 AM 2008. In Life -
Paradise is a meadow in the mountains
a gallon bottle of Jack Daniels. -
Concerning the epistemic secrets of the world
it hides under calyxes24 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 31 12:08 PM 2008 -
I look at her face scared by life's asperity.
The premature Grey and crows feet from30 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 31 2:34 PM 2008. In Life -
How easily the dial turns to show divergent flowers
Even from a slight wind it seems the design changes.31 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 31 8:03 PM 2008. In Thoughts -
I withered lasso hangs from a saddle
inside an empty stall of an old barn.25 lines, on Dec 31 8:06 PM 2008. In Life -
Hollace Baughman is seventy three years old.
Just last week we fell a two hundred foot fur.43 lines, 6 comments, on Dec 31 9:24 PM 2008. In Life -
The wind sends fingers of gelid chill down her back
as she makes her slow way bending slightly forward -
It was cold that December day as frozen fingers of wind
scowled across starving red faces of the once proud Sioux.40 lines, 6 comments, on Jan 2 12:10 PM. In Sad -
Everything gets lost in the fog.
the explanation of my life -
Many wish the scripts
of their lives -
I have heard the prophecies of doom since I was a young boy in church.
The Russians were going to invade and Armageddon would begin.35 lines, 6 comments, on Jan 3 12:54 AM -
I would rather not see the bends in the road
until the come into focus as I roll onward -
When I think of you I see a dried sunflower
tumbling in gusts of cruel wind, -
The moon was full last night
I saw it shinning pale -
There is nothing better than to dance with a conflagration
as it flares to stars deep in the night. Who could not42 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 9 11:37 PM. In Life -
I remember that day when we were young
The wind was blowing through our hair -
I have been in those storm clouds
and can tell you the whirl winds43 lines, 6 comments, on Jan 10 1:24 AM. In Thoughts -
They say that a canvass can be an opiate for the soul.
Peace can hold strong inside as you sketch out expression. -
The moon was full last night
I saw it shinning pale38 lines, on Jan 20 8:15 PM. In Life -
No one likes to be in the fire
because it burns. Hot!80 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 24 9:09 AM. In Spiritual -
The moon was full last night
I saw it shinning pale42 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 31 9:21 AM. In Life -
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They are sitting here on the table
I guess you could say they are49 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 31 11:49 PM. In Life -
I see them driving forest road
pecking a road killed deer.13 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 1 12:57 AM. In Life -
When a stranger came in
drunk and disorderly.56 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 1 10:38 PM. In Life -
Crystal designs of frost form on the windshield.
a maze of intricate designs in the night. -
This is what is left of the tree
where the birds used to sing51 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 5 11:39 PM. In Life -
There is no graduating
from life with great honor. -
In the insanity of my madness
is where I will be.23 lines, on Feb 6 12:15 PM -
As I go farther the road deteriorates
from a mist of snow on the shoulders43 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 9 8:43 PM. In Life -
I am walking the river in the night.
The rain is falling down hard.44 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 20 7:17 PM. In Life -
I have slithered this fine line before
dancing on a razor blade20 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 20 8:23 PM. In Personal -
I don't know why I do the things I do
just some kind of drive inside of me.25 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 20 9:07 PM -
I gaze through my window as slow morning sun struggles
to waver its light upon frost covered ground. Already45 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 27 8:53 AM. In Life -
We often don't think of what we do
until the doing is done.35 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 1 8:03 PM -
He used to look me in the eye and ask "How do you feel."
I always averted my eyes away and answered '"fine."69 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 4 8:59 PM. In Life -
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The smoke burns my eyes
as I take another drag19 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 4 10:24 PM. In Life -
I remember those days when I was on that edge
Caught between being a boy and a young man. -
I will pull myself to freedom
in rush after fervid rush10 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 5 7:52 PM. In Life -
The skies of Boise are wide
and the smiles are warm.10 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 5 9:20 PM. In Other -
She sees herself in the middle of this flowered field.
The little girl she was and the woman she is. -
He used to live in the house
upstairs in the middle room.41 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 6 9:07 PM. In Contemporary, Weird -
I hear the shots and squeal of tires
shrieking with jet like force -
I am forever eleven years old sitting
in the living room my brother holding38 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 13 12:44 AM. In Abuse -
There is nothing better than to dance with a conflagration
as it flares to stars deep in the night. Who could not40 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 13 11:44 AM. In Life -
His finger traces tender ears
with the same care33 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 13 9:07 PM. In Life -
I am sitting in this bar with strangers
that I do not know and don’t know31 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 14 2:11 AM. In Life -
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On the riverbank
I skip rocks -
I gaze through the branches of an old pine
when the wind blows it groans from the years. -
Crystal designs of frost formed on the wind shield
maze of intricate designs in the night36 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 14 1:06 PM. In Life -
Remembering your smile
I always called you sunshine. -
I look upon these gray walls stained with the rust of stagnancy
with a mind that is mad and has gone madder. -
All this clear water does
is swirl this vapid face33 lines, on Mar 20 1:59 AM. In Thoughts -
They fold their hands to the front and they smile
with big brown eyes as wide as the ocean. -
We go on half blind
trying to navigate -
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Tears fall like broken glass
on the concrete walk. -
Even today she shows a glimpse of beauty
and her smile hides that Jekyll and Hyde -
I remember watching Dorothy
as she closed her eyes and43 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 28 7:40 PM. In Life -
The flow of my life has never been a cantabile
I bear the scars of my parsimonious life.32 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 1 9:06 PM. In Life -
My God! I think to myself
she was gone just like that. -
I can barely remember those days
They are crowded in grays and blacks83 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 2 9:08 AM -
I watch the solmen ceromony
that is played out every day -
Navigating through confusing convolutions
like a ship trying to avoid ice bergs -
I find myself sitting on my front porch
watching the final rays of the sun.17 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 3 5:18 PM -
She bends down and feels the water in her hands
takes in a breathe of salt seas as the wind -
I keep going back to that day
when we sat upon a cliff ledge31 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 10 12:07 PM -
We taste it every day of our lives.
Every time we walk a meadow12 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 10 2:14 PM -
I find myself as I have always been
somewhere in the great in-between.22 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 10 2:23 PM. In Life -
I have felt the fear of a silent white forest
as trees stood still like frozen wraiths30 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 10 2:47 PM. In Life -
There are times at night
when I go mad from the groan of engine -
I watched it float into the sky free and wild
like a woman who has just discovered love -
I just seen something today on the road.
A black crow hit by a car on the pavement17 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 17 5:39 PM -
I waded to a small isle one day when on the river
to a piece of land the river had slit as it forked. -
When I hear your songs
the sigh within my heart12 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 17 8:53 PM. In Life -
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I remember how you and I ran through the wild wet saturated grass
spongy on bare feet slick as we fell landing soft.21 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 23 9:26 AM. In Life -
I come here often
on this porch -
I am working in my barn
shoveling manure -
A shooting star
like disconcerted dreams. -
The sun welters down a forlorn simulacrum
of these flexuous hours where emotions35 lines, 1 comment, on May 3 10:07 AM. In Life -
I go through it mile after mile
a step away from pure madness -
When the shadow within a dark soul
is touched by warmth it is like24 lines, 2 comments, on May 28 11:39 PM. In Life -
I am rolling across this desert
eating up pavement as fast as I can.43 lines, 2 comments, on May 29 12:22 AM. In Life -
He walked with a slight limp from war wounds
and coughed with lungs damaged by mustard gas -
It was a close call as a boulder came rolling out of no where down the cliff.
I watched it bounce down the gully straight at me.34 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 5 5:43 PM. In Life -
I remember that day when we sat on top Red mountain
and we watched lightning flash as the storm loomed.24 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 5 5:45 PM. In Life -
I have long since tired of the martingale wrapped around me
felt the whip and the plowman’s commands28 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 5 6:39 PM
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