These Arms
those arms
that know and are able
those arms
that are able and do
those arms
that do enwrap this torso
those arms
belong to you
these arms
that seek and reach out
these arms
that reach out and do
these arms
that do wrap those arms:
the shadowy imprint of
what belonged to you.
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Old Rose
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Steely piercing gaze
steady and calculated
scorn etched lips pout
scathed grains discolour
pearly teeth bared
proudly held chin gloats
pencilled thoughts
permanently carve the soul
crafty words sliver
carefully orchestrated chaos
cornering all resolution
creased yesterdays wither
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Mother, Mother
Mother, Mother
are you crying?
Come and look,
the roses are dying.
Mother, Mother
I am hungry.
Come and see,
the dishes are piling.
Mother, Mother
I am lonely.
Come and hear,
My heart's key is snapping.
Mother, Mother
are you sleeping?
Come and run,
Let's play in the sun once more.
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The road to here and there
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the road to nowhere
must begin somewhere
the road to anywhere
always begins everywhere
if in doubt of direction
find your spot elsewhere
then follow your feet
where your nose leads you
the road to dinner wear
ends in frozen tupperware
the road to Delaware
travels here and there
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Dinner Invitation
if I at this keyboard
proffer
thoughts of how I feel
among the dirt paths
within the valleys green
reduce opportunities
infer profanities
slimming hopes
dulcet rhythms
increasing mirth
whence shall arise
understanding
that only I shall know
offer me
on your keyboard
thoughts of how you feel.
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Whispers
Express life - a soul
go to 'never see' walls
friends in the mend
chests palpitate - wend
a little place - belief hasty
across, around, behind, sit
solemn sweet forgetfulness
summer, simmer - cool
down
an end, wait - much talk
sunlight gold on sorrows old
hidden lives, together shared
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Convenient Amnesia
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My heart bleeds
both fears and gladness
splattered tears
share pavement
spent poison darts.
My hand quakes
both words and gestures
symphonic songbirds
salve torment
spared iron brand.
My eye shuts
both dark and brightness
smothered landscapes
sparse wildernesses
splayed truth forsaken.
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Field of Dreams
words germinant embed
on a once blank page
stand tall, small, frail, bold
monumental -
moprhemic icons
bearers of inescapable burdens
conduits of affable torrents
muted discovery
unquiet disrespect
upon fruited plains
wavey fields of grain:
venues of displacement
perched on a leaf not as blanc.
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Wind Chimes
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small sounds
twinkle in the ear
soft velvet touch
invisible fingers quietly
mingle on a weathered cheek
with sullen humid arvo sweat
bleating echoes in the wind
dessicated foliage rustle
as creaking floorboards
whisper willowed memories -
childhood's laughter rings
clarion of tomorrow fades
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A Cup Runneth Over
The well has not gone dry,
less frequented maybe
by both the drawers and
the occasional passersby.
The stones are loose;
between them, mortar dissolves-
by clement or contrary
weather on seasonal cue.
The vessel is parched
and longs for its lover
by pulley once lowered
its rope frayed with disuse.
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