Saturday, June 23, 2007
Caught up in an existential funk
If I think I am That ensures that I am But what exactly is it that I am? A thought? I think. Don’t blame DeScartes He did his part He cogito’d Ergo, He summed, Or one can assume he did, at least. Is life just one extended jazz riff And we all waiting for the last notes To echo off Club Life’s walls...
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Friday, May 4, 2007
An ode to Sir James Marshal Hendrix
Sitting in the dark Smoking rope And listening to Jimi Hendrix His fingers massage my brain Ease the strain As I fix my gaze On a Purple Haze All along the watchtower Out by the Red House. Strangely bent notes Twist through my ears Details strange to my mind No less shine clear As Jimi grabs the...
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Wednesday, May 2, 2007
May springs forth
Gray skies obliterate the mountains Rain drums steady on the roof Roaring approval for its work. A look outside reveals a downpour Sliding sideways across the valley Dancing with a blustery wind, slashing. It is time for the walk home But not the weather for it. Soon, the rains abate The wind fades...
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Monday, April 23, 2007
Midnight on the road
Road trip headlights Bore conical holes into the black night White lines blink by As tires sing on the highway It is midnight And the rest stops full of murmuring trucks Offer bleak sanctuary Against raw rimmed eyes Straining to erase the dark And put another 100 miles behind. The new moon smiles on...
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Sunday, April 15, 2007
Locked in a flower – a photopoem
Yellow daffodil Steals the sun And locks it into A form similar To whence it came. “I won’t be here long” the flower quavers to the whispering wind “not long at all, look at me before I am gone.” Pink flowers blast Bright patches into the afternoon shade Offering testimony To their alchemy Digging...
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Friday, April 13, 2007
Eagles with photos
Flying in search of food for his mate The blad Eagle soars afar Piercing screech Brings shudders to prey. Close to the nest Mother Eagle waits For the day When fuzzy new Eagles Will fill the nest Waiting their turn To take wing. These photos were taken this afternoon approximately ¼ mile from my...
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Sunday, April 1, 2007
Dizzy the day
I open my eyes To the cock’s mighty crow Day begins And the sky flies overhead Then, all too soon it seems The eyelids of night begin To close on the sunny scene As my eyes close in repose And the night spins silently by. Again and again The scenario repeats Each day brings new challenges And maybe...
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Sunday, March 25, 2007
Awake in a dream
I am standing on a black ivory platform It curves away to either side of me And I see the shadows of the people People who have been my life But now inhabit a higher plane. I am here because they once were Grandma Grandpa Dad And all the rest sigh The wind of which blows through my life I am now...
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Sunday, March 11, 2007
Your master arrives
Identical We lie in wait Tucked into our tightly packed container. All the same, slim, round and white A shiver runs through our collective being As the bright red cellophane strip circumnavigates The path to our freedom. Yellow-tinged fingers Pull one of us from our confines Blood-shot eyes gleam...
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007
The snow swirls fire
It seems so long ago now The time of camping is done The icicles hanging from the roof Tell me outdoors is no fun. But once The fire crackled and popped As we gathered Smores fixin’s Close and fenced with hot dog Roasting sticks to the delightful Sounds of birds singing on high Camping out eased our...
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