Thursday, August 28, 2014

LIKE A TENDRIL CRAWLING INTO ME

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LIKE A TENDRIL CRAWLING INTO ME   1.   DESIRE   Would the tendril creeping through my hair, crawl down my face and touch...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

BECAUSE YOU ASKED ME TO STAY

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    BECAUSE YOU ASKED ME TO STAY   (For Lourdes Veronica) Summer simmers down, but it isn’t/ all gone. So drink sl...
Monday, August 18, 2014

SUNSET DANCE AT SAUBLE BEACH

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    SUNSET DANCE AT SAUBLE   Today's poem (not to worry writer friend Blanca Datuin---poetry forces me out ot the woods, and...
Wednesday, August 6, 2014

WHEN WORDS COME BACK (THAT THEY MAY FORGIVE)

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WHEN WORDS COME BACK (That They May Forgive) There are no lessons deep enough, clear enough, that they could hold on to or use to ...
Monday, August 4, 2014

TODAY'S SMILE TRIGGER: A Mini Commencement Address

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TODAY'S SMILE TRIGGER: A Mini Commencement Address to the University of Hard Knocks Class 2014 by Mme. YO DETTE, Chancellor, D...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

SUMMER SMILES ON MY MIND

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    SUMMER SMILES ON MY MIND   1.   A Summer Dance   48 summers ago, on our maiden dance, I knew I had only one lef...
Monday, July 28, 2014

WEANING SONGS

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    WEANING SONGS   1.   An Uncertain Quiet   They will discover strength on their wings, and, soon enough, they will...
Sunday, July 27, 2014

FENCE GRAFFITI POEMS *

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  FENCE GRAFFITI POEMS *   (For Israel and Palestine at War on the Days of Eid)   ...No time to rejoice for those who wa...
Friday, July 25, 2014

SUMMER ASHES: THOUGHTS OF A DRY SEASON

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    SUMMER ASHES: THOUGHTS OF A DRY SEASON I have lost my passion: why should I need to keep it/Since what is kept must be ad...
Thursday, July 24, 2014

THISTLEDOWN BLUES

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THISTLEDOWN   BLUES   This cool stillness on a bare porch jolts me from a somber thought: Hanging by a thread, this fluffy ...