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Dew of the sea

Rosemary
tastes of something ancient;

by pangur ban 22 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 17 9:57 AM. In Contemporary, Love, Other, Spiritual
Never Forever

I dont want to talk/it takes engery, wears me out

by pangur ban 31 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 6 9:55 AM. In Nature, Contemporary, Thoughts
This silence

blankets --
soft

by pangur ban 10 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 26 3:32 PM 2008
Easter Drive-By (edited version)

A field of dried corn husks
cropped close to the earth

by pangur ban 25 lines, 7 comments, on Mar 24 10:38 AM 2008. In Contemporary, Thoughts
Take Me

We were so hungry and reckless once

by pangur ban 28 lines, 7 comments, on Feb 6 9:20 PM 2008. In Contemporary, Love, Personal
I've been thinking

about heaven / of dreams / woven / then forgotten / Loves / ties / commitments / each born / lived / and torn / from this corporal / place

by pangur ban 45 lines, 3 comments, on May 18 11:49 AM 2007. In Contemporary, Other
Songbirds

There was a mating pair of cardinals in the pine tree outside the dining room window. For weeks, my husband and I observed their interactio

by pangur ban 3 lines, 5 comments, on Mar 27 10:00 AM 2007. In Nature

Upon mediation

by pangur ban 24 lines, on Feb 28 4:00 PM 2007. In Contemporary, Other
First Christmas without

my Father –
it is surreal buying cards

by pangur ban 12 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 7 11:38 AM 2006. In Personal, Contemporary
Two of eleven

by pangur ban 26 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 17 11:32 PM 2006. In Contemporary, Other
Restless

It is nearly four in the morning
I cannot sleep

by pangur ban 32 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 14 4:07 AM 2006. In Other
Bird in the shoebox

Wild animals live at my house, efficient feline hunters
drag their prey indoors, paying homage, offering rent

by pangur ban 33 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 21 12:49 PM 2006. In Other, Nature, Contemporary
Carnival

Miss Josie read my plam last night
at the Spring carnival

by pangur ban 18 lines, 17 comments, on Apr 4 10:52 AM 2006. In Love, Contemporary
what I know

I know that I know nothing,
except that life is full of irony

by pangur ban 44 lines, 7 comments, on Mar 21 3:28 PM 2006. In Other, Contemporary

Truth in the eye of perception

I’ve come to the conclusion that conclusions
are an easy draw

by pangur ban 18 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 13 3:26 PM 2006. In Contemporary
It is what it is

Destiny versus destination: I refuse to believe we’re meant to roam without purpose or direction

by pangur ban 42 lines, 7 comments, on Aug 25 7:41 AM 2005. In Other, Contemporary
Too conversational for poetry

It’s a simple plan: be in the garden by 8am so as to finish weeding before the sun reaches the back fence.

by pangur ban 39 lines, 11 comments, on Jul 20 9:51 AM 2005. In Other
Fear

How many lines of poetry does it take to capture
my passion, love – fear.

by pangur ban 27 lines, 12 comments, on May 17 9:55 AM 2005. In Other, Love
Possession

You bundled his words, desires in a song – intended to lessen his obsession, make him less insidious.

by pangur ban 85 lines, 8 comments, on May 10 11:52 AM 2005. In Other
Capitalistic prostitute

I prostitute my mind everyday
turning technological tricks for pay

by pangur ban 16 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 27 9:28 AM 2005. In Other
The center cannot hold

There's so much I don't understand.

by pangur ban 11 lines, 7 comments, on Mar 29 2:30 PM 2005. In Other

They say

"Necessity is the Mother of invention" but there is nothing maternal about the atomic bomb.

by pangur ban 8 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 21 7:21 AM 2005. In Other
Answer

They built a sanctuary from the thunderstorm

by pangur ban 16 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 17 11:57 AM 2005. In Other, Nature, Childrens
Hapkido

It is difficult to quantify
this journey, the roads I’ve traveled

by pangur ban 29 lines, 14 comments, on Feb 25 12:28 PM 2005. In Personal, Other
Art at the internet cafe

three suits exchanging white-collar pleasantries

by pangur ban 13 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 17 2:33 PM 2005. In Other
Mother

I tear open a pomegranate ignoring the juice
that runs down my arm into my sleeve

by pangur ban 14 lines, 6 comments, on Jan 12 12:45 PM 2005. In Other
Something she said

“We are made of memories...
we are what we remember.”

by pangur ban 15 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 17 1:53 PM 2004. In Other
Elsewhere

You were away when I walked along the path
to the river’s edge.

by pangur ban 21 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 17 11:33 AM 2004. In Other, Nature
Volcanic sunrise

Clouds roll across mountain tops
like white caps breaking against a rocky shoreline.

by pangur ban 14 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 9 5:01 PM 2004. In Other, Nature
Searching

Come, sit, stay a while. Let us discuss matters of enlightenment multiple manifestations and the underdevelopment of the soul:

by pangur ban 39 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 6 10:01 AM 2004. In Spiritual, Other
Autumn reflection

I bought Chrysanthemums at the farmer’s market with the intention of planting them before autumn’s frost.

by pangur ban 38 lines, 8 comments, on Sep 30 10:44 AM 2004. In Personal, Other
Against the sky

Thunderstorms fascinate me – especially in the midewest
where they roll in with beautiful fury.

by pangur ban 18 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 14 12:35 PM 2004. In Other, Nature
Finery

Unravel me,
if you are bold enough.

by pangur ban 22 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 9 11:12 AM 2004. In Personal, Other
Predator

I remember the strange man
that approached us as we exited the grocery store.

by pangur ban 22 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 31 4:06 PM 2004. In Personal, Other
The art of letter writing

I want to write you a letter.
Not by typewriter, computer or dictation, but by my own hand -

by pangur ban 33 lines, 10 comments, on Aug 26 7:05 AM 2004. In Other, Contemporary

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