Elegy to a Still Living But Lost Love Silly thought, I thought we had forever, parsing over joe, puzzling mysteries. Now they have you to themselves in heaven. Silly thought, I thought we had forever. Never hear your rich laugh thrum e’er again. Parting now, past and future histories. Silly thought, I thought we had…
Month: November 2023
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To Alexandra Artiste! in thought, word, and deed Loves to stroll among the flowers Examines life through a fine-cut lens X–\ A nickname from long ago that lingers N–/ Danced on skates and now through streets Recollections spin gems between lines A person whose heart is in her home.
#FF — Long Lost
PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson Questions flip through my mind like one flips through a rolodex; both artifacts are obsolete and unreliable anymore. I stand in the dark on this moonless, November night, staring at the door, weapon clutched in my trembling hand. A step closer and motion sensors activate the porch light. An inside…
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Perennial Funeral The growing season has included a give and take with the local seed bank. I picked up sulphur orange cosmos seeds from them and donated the rest of a pack of black beauty zucchini seeds to them after keeping and planting five. I also donated the rest of a pack of mammoth sunflower…
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To Kerfe Just as I begin this poem a Congress of Crows flies and calls across the back field. They bring me gifts in a soft grey sky. You see, this morning they arrive wing-weary from carrying home from suenodora realms timeless hieroglyphs in their beaks. I thank them, turn each one, and they speak.
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