Monday, August 11, 2008
How come it's so easy to settle for second best or leave a dream behind?
Locked-In Gates and walls and hard and fast barriers Controlling both entrance and egress Human harbours with log jams and shipwrecks extolling the virtues of infinite capacity All the while knowing we are locked in our personal fortresses Aspiring bon vivants believing mediocrity “Is good enough...
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Sunday, August 10, 2008
There's nothin' like taking a moment or two. Silence IS golden...
Repair Curtains of my room can you not render it colourless The gaudy tartan blinds me Sublimes me Eyes averted I yearn for pastel rooms of melting and the sweet disorder of distraction Not attraction by default Render me vaporous and ethereal and in my aloneness I shall gather up forgiveness and...
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Saturday, August 9, 2008
"I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore" ...
Speak Up Forget elegant speeches. faceless governance with satirical sheen Break away from the controllers or the controlling, the fictitious double speak and the shameless shuffle of order and disorder There is more than dull survival or money which seems to vaporize but nonetheless settles over...
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Friday, August 8, 2008
Some days it's so easy to float into the arms of your lover...
Ribbons Riding upon whimsical winds and clothed in beautiful echoes I come to you Like letters spelling words I unfold one character at a time And across my shoulders thrown a caress or two Wrapped not in clouds but silks and bewitching ribbons The scent of me shall fill the space between us thicken...
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Thursday, August 7, 2008
If only we could just be ourselves and kick it up a notch...
Bend Around the bend and beneath the core simmers a story a fable or lore Chuck the caution into the wind Blow out the candles forgive your sins Tempt your fate unleash the past Each stone unturned won’t be your last
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Is the celebration in my head bothering you? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Orchard In the orchard of our mind, a carefully planted and cultivated place, there is art, reverie, and imagination A sweet mélange of citrus and blossoms Invigorating aromas of sweet content There also irreverent reluctance to sing from the song sheets of shattered sonnets or bottle-necked dreams...
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Short, maybe not so sweet, and to the point - sometimes we need that.
Lie When slumber escapes the beaten eye and satiated dreams are far from nigh When our prayers becomes but empty sigh we know our lives are just living lies
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Monday, August 4, 2008
Oh, how I love a good rainbow! Don't you? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rainbow The hue of blue Somber in its many shades; indigo chasing violet The condition of pink * bubbling over with hallowed faith The regalness of purple serving up dignity The faint, alluring scent of ruby red charming even the uncharmable No room for olive drab in the unambiguous spectrum of...
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Sunday, August 3, 2008
Some levity for WileyJohn. I know he love’s limericks so let’s get playing!
There once was a girl from the Island and she always seemed to be smilin’ A wee dance was her flair Skirts a twirl if you dare In folly she found sweet asylum
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Saturday, August 2, 2008
Happy Birthday, Dad. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Although my father died some years ago I still think of him every day and make a point of celebrating his birthday. Painting entitled “Father and Daugher” by Armand Coté, Quebec, Canada Hero With an astonishing poise she would leap into a bitter attack at anyone who sneered at her father A plain man...
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