I’ve been waiting for awhile now You hug me as I hug sky now My cool bark ‘gainst your warm skin Tree and human; sky are kin Feel the circuit now a-hum Atoms swirling as if one I’ve been waiting for awhile now You hug me as I hug sky now This poem was inspired…
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dVerse — Monday Quadrille — My type
Photo is used with permission by fabulous photographer, Pat, at Chronicles Of An Anglo Swiss. my type blows blue, clouds up, purges skies of subtlety. puffs petrichor into dusty nostrils, quivers stemhairs, stirs windchimes; the type that makes the call still sparks where wyrms enter, their tidings pleased roar Yinglong’s regard embodies fortunes freefalling, pummeling,…
dVerse — OLN 321 and earthweal OLW 130 — Moon Troiku inspired by Samuel Peralta
Earth, sky, stillness.The evening unfoldsthe rorschach of the moon. Earth, sky, stillness.Moon shares its momentbonding wonder. The evening unfoldsthe same, yet differentthe moon won’t say why. [T]he rorschach of the moon.always tellsif our piano is in tune. image: full moon taken on 071322 Today’s form is a troiku, where I will use Samuel Peralta’s…
dVerse — Haibun Monday — following dark portends
shadow ink pools matte vacuum reflection absorbs no light Miraged oasis in the distance, the desert traveler’s pace quickens. Skin bag long dry, biology mandates relief to stay imminent collapse. Stumbling, she falls to her knees in gratitude — which flips to horror. A crow lands. perched in dead palm, caws to still-moving carrion scant…
dVerse — Form — The Big Bluff
I stand before a California tree Tree that stands tall in Michigan Michigan is no place for sequoia Sequoia only home is California California seedlings trans planted Planted in Manistee, at the lake Lake Michigan’s temperate bluff Bluff that satisfies the sequoia Earlier in the week, I heard there were sequoia trees growing in Manistee,…
dVerse — Poetics — This is Nuts
Falling off the wagon sometime in mid-late June While the house watchdogs slept, I struck out for Forbidden late night snack under sugar plum moon I skulked noir urban jumble, fumbling for my cash Thirsty ear piqued for tunes at speak easy dance, By moon’s shine, I sought cursed, dastardly mash Alas, that whisky barrel…
dVerse — OLN LIVE — No Such Thing July 2022
He always said“I wish I would have known you before”(…I became a monster.)There was genuine regret in his voice. The first movie we watched together–his place/choice– was, “No Such Thing”(as monsters.)It was a template for his self-perception. As he was cuffed in the back of the cruiser,headed for jail for busting up the house,he…
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