Tag: poetry
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October 08, 2008 11:42 AM EDT --
The dog sits by the bedroom door, waiting
while I longingly bury my face
in your jacket that hangs limply in the closet.
It smells of you in the Fall,
fresh . . .
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January 11, 2008 10:45 AM EST --
( John , this was scratched on hard ground with a fingernail :-)
I see you.
From the corner of my eye
I see . . .
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February 15, 2008 11:06 AM EST --
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Muddied and barefoot,
he walks the fields behind his plow;
loving the grace
of his water buffalo's dance
between the lines of green rice,
(precious plants that . . .
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January 25, 2008 02:29 PM EST --
Pain suffocates
like a dense atmosphere
where songbirds could neither fly nor sing.
It . . .
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July 19, 2007 01:46 AM EDT --
For a dear friend whose meditational road leaves me far behind...
I aim to find my way there
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November 29, 2007 11:19 AM EST --
Holding on to her grief,
she folds the towels with care
making the edges line up
in perfect symmetry.
Each breath slowed down,
each movement . . .
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December 04, 2007 12:51 PM EST --
By candlelight
you wooed me
By daylight
you left me.
Now
watch everything . . .
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January 04, 2008 12:25 PM EST --
(with Ed Nudelman's suggestions I have incorporated the changes.)
Part I: Yesterday
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October 20, 2008 01:08 PM EDT --
Tonia asked for a birthday poem. On short notice, this is all I can produce. Because I'd probably get shot for it, I will only leave it for today.
Fame came . . .
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October 02, 2008 08:56 AM EDT --
Motivated by the recent re-publication of powerful poetry by Tonia and those deliciously funny poems by Ina, I was inspired to go looking for a piece I wrote ages and ages ago when I was new to the . . .
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July 08, 2007 11:13 PM EDT --
My world is stale
I miss you.
I miss your voice
... so like the thunder
receding, softly
heard through the evening . . .
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August 03, 2007 02:29 PM EDT --
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March 20, 2008 09:51 AM EDT --
I'm a push-over for the beauty of the English language, and like a lot of people, I believe that poetry is its best form.I really want to learn more about poetry and read more of it. . . .
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October 14, 2007 11:32 PM EDT --
Through all the borders I cross
thoughts of you accompany me
like a cloak I can not shed,
keeping me warm against the wind
. . .
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June 25, 2007 01:20 PM EDT --
I kissed you just that once . . .
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