Saturday, March 21, 2009

A Steep Embankment

relentless upheaval
implode in a wheat field
absorbed into the sky
yellow tumultuous landscape
fierce in t
he contempt
restrain the birds
press hard and break wings
feathery-down graves

the sound of water
a beautiful voice
the stars are blind
grasp ribbon-tails
visitors need not attend
deliver the pleasure
in memory of
a smoky illusions
wafting in
a languid reverie

thrash about like pantomime
splayed about in an irreverent
manner, muttering fragments
beyond surface appearances
losing sleep over
tinges, pings, plucks, aches
brooding in dark corners
a preying mantis


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Friday, March 20, 2009

03.20.09

There is a curving
artifice to the slanted
smile. A yearn runs
deep when momentum
strikes in opposite
directions. Discordant
notes play a thin
melody, reminders
of vanishing indigo
fantasies. Inside-out
exposure to find
tenderness lying
stripped clean.
These bites barely
show teeth. Discard
the skin.


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Subtle Presence

The night trembles
shadows skitter
across the earth

Heaven is in the simple
things, wind caresses
naked branches

Empty space
creates lonely sounds
in paper-thin tissues

Subtle light and dark
morph grey
charcoal sketches

Lines weave and tangle
into blossom knots
creative nest

Seedlings tumble
and part the earth
in pin-prick slices

A catch in the night
air
keeps
disintegration at bay.



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