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It is blank Wondrous blank Only regret The keyboard Does not offer A splatter button I can not Simply type out words And hit scatter And watch them whirl about And splatter Letter carcasses about So I could encircle them With my pen Drawing lines of connect Creating new directions In content and form IContinue reading

Good morning Lilies of the dance field The crown vetch is heralding The morning of the day As the sun wavers Its gleaming And the clouds Stroll in Caressing the world With darkness Coolness Of the night lingers For just a bit longer Then trails of sweet nectar Drain from your lips As the rainsContinue reading

Lizards

I watch Lizards Trolling along The cliff Hanging angle of fence Head to tail In their procession Stopping to forage in the ants The cling to the vines In a draping oasis Head to tail This caravan Of sunken elephant Bobbing Their Grey, brown bodies to the sun I watch And I am transported toContinue reading “Lizards”

softly

I call to my cat in the simplest of ways with silence

Sensualities of breakfast

The leathery hand grasping yours As you clutch the soft damp corn tortilla Layering it with thin slices of dimpled bound Spinets of dappled lit sunrise hued cheese The scent of pulled from the earth Outer wrapping of the leek growing long and sleek And the thought memory evoking spice of lemon basil Warmed andContinue reading “Sensualities of breakfast”

the beauty in the rose is its thorns for it keeps it humble

I request of you To appreciate beauty The special faucets In every being Without being judgmental A rose is a rose But its thorns are its grandeur It must bare For it is too often plucked with out care To its longevity Be careful of whom you judge To be greater than the rose ForContinue reading “the beauty in the rose is its thorns for it keeps it humble”

the caterpillar

the caterpillar does not go into the dressing room and ask for another gown 5-25-14

tarot

I found it curious I’ve put my cards in a big black mesh back and have drawn out 3 cards asking the question what will I dream tonight? the bag is shaken tossed cards shuffled the same three cards guide fork in the road decision 5-14-2014

sight

if the word is good it will leach out there I am a quiet force humming about to emerge I have a strong backing be that they are inside of me making me stronger but I do heed their advice and will wait for the paring of sight to crawl out of me 5/15/2014

winged

You may have been winged But you are not broken Go out there and fly Be it in only one direction For that is what winging will do for you You have not been clipped Just winged enough to see To travel in the light Now go forth and sing Your heart Your soul outContinue reading “winged”