Letting go..?

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Thursday, March 6, 2008

Criss cross give the dog a phone

..destination the crossroads flights of fantasy the clicks, the clacks of the railroad tracks rollin neath me endless blue sky mountains prairie sea vagabond was I my youth, spent on the road the greatest teacher of them all I learned of life, love and above all compassion we are here to share... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Milk and honey

Der Bingle, and I with my banjo, spent many a happy hour round the fireplace makin the lasses laugh, seizing the night as though it were our last Neddy with her brownsville curl Olive and her funny lopsided grin and little Cheryl of Singapore the five musketeers were we, and oh how the winds did... Sign in to see full entry.

Rhetorical mused the oracle

as she licked her thumb I've decided to not teach myself how to write but instead let the muses nine Calliope, Clio Euterpe, Melpomene Terpsichore, Erato Polyhymnia, Urania and Thalia show me the way they are my thoughts, my words put to the music, the ryhthm of my ids dance I own them they own me... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 3, 2008

Seven years as the scare crows

At three a m on the eighth day of august nineteen eighty five Four days before my thirty third birthday after five and a half weeks of traveling twelve thousand miles On my way back home to be with my two little girls On that lost stretch of highway you took the face God gave me forever from me... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Ocinda

Ocinda my love come, take my hand and walk with me for a while Let's stroll down to a tropical beach We'll build a fire, of driftwood and watch the sun set I've brought a blanket and a bottle of champagne I've a little small talk I'd love to share Yester night I wished I could see you And all I... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Dread not

I know fear she walks with me every day she is my constant companion she wants to be my dear darling to share her cold kisses her breath hisses in my cringing ear I know fear always lurking in the shadows never to close but always near Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

grandeur

my poems are my gems my jewels if you will simple unique elegant I love to wear them on my sleeve they sparkle in sunlight keep me company in the night and with them I am never all alone Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, February 25, 2008

oops a gypsy daisy

new blue and old sarah feel it comin on gotta stray away for a while been to long since I've been gone and it's time to shake the dust from my boot heels gotta leave this life behind, time to pull down the shade, put out the light and freeboot for a while must say good night it's ah right, I'll see... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Shroud

You took your life late last night and I just have to go away for a while the you, has disappeared all traces gone there's just an empty shell on deaths distant shore I used to pull your comfort over me and I don't blame you for being afraid memory invokes pain and the loneliness rolls in It's going... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Beaches

What drew me to you that day on the beach divine providence the law of attraction Were we meant to morph into poet poetess wordsmiths guiding each other across barren beaches exploring the secret sharing life and laughs Well I guess we'll find out one day at a time Cause it's to late now we're... Sign in to see full entry.

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