All Over the Map, too

By Troosha - About Me - E-mail this page - Add to My Favorites - Add to Blog List - See other blogs in Poetry

Saturday, March 25, 2017

Grey We fixate on the black and white the carnival of certainty wavering only slightly should the forces of light skew our exacting vision We prefer the straight lines the picture perfect the shadowless state of knowing We follow paths untangled and choose absolutes over ambiguity But there, in the... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, March 19, 2017

Was on the road for a few days but back home and loving it

Brilliance In the slow sinking abyss of mediocrity lies the torment of brilliance ambition success There, too, are murmurs of rising above the norm or the constant chatter of achievement It’s not entirely infectious but somewhat seeping in its calling It’s a voice smaller than a sigh and crisper... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Oh, how I love the wind

Wind The unseen essence of wind causing eyes to blink and hair to tousle Breathing life into me so that I may exhale a perennial sweetness Messages carried like the toll and clang of a bell But the sound is swift and passing; sometimes an ephemeral time-infused hymn The invisible wind clears passage... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 13, 2017

I think I'm on a roll now and enjoying being back

Inspired Intentions and aspirations strung together with a soft twine of hopeful We hold them closely to our chest For were it not for these dreams both lofty and humble we might lumber through an ordinary day or miss the subtle sparks of the unexpected Astonishing might pass us by if we did not... Sign in to see full entry.

Release When I wrestle with my grisly fear and strange thoughts make my blood run cold or when sweat trickles down my cheek even on a brittle, chilly morning I have no choice but to choose such verbs as conquer defend arise When I can hear both the sizzle of my thinking and the creek of the... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, March 12, 2017

Collective Be it silent or wailing the veracity of good men and women clusters on the earth’s surface forming a fine sand of good intentions pureness and tolerance In vigor and substance lives shape lives hearts weave into hearts worlds collide not with crash and rumble but with the gentle sear of... Sign in to see full entry.

Fade...

Fade The transparent wash of your loving stills my worries and cleanses my secret failings The amplitude of the earth is ever so slightly hushed by the sound of my own name It falls from your lips with grace and the rhythm of this whispered river flowing dwells within me Inseparable is each fallen... Sign in to see full entry.

Have a question for anyone/everyone...

Can I/we upload a photo from a file (IE from our computer) or can we only upload from the net (a pic possessing a URL)? Does my first poem show a photo or did it disappear as quickly as I posted it? Thanks all.... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, March 11, 2017

Can't remember how to do a darn thing on here but I'm back for a bit...

Sigh Within those sweet moments of joyful one should not stop to think Personal inventory not required Retrospection has no business there In the deep and ever so sweet split second of contentment and perfection one should simply linger not with pause or hesitation but with abandonment When... Sign in to see full entry.

Headlines (What is this?)