Daily Archives: December 6, 2012

apocalypse poem #7–terminus

there are a million small deaths waiting– one for each of us predicted, certain each end as real as every beginning if this world does fall further past gravity’s tumble we do not need to reach ashes before our rise & … Continue reading

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Originally posted on Rule of Stupid:
My previous post generated some comments between myself and Susan – which after some editing became this! So. If you fancy it, I offer a challenge. From your own blog (or another), can you…

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Thoughts on time (a duet)

By Noel A. Ihebuzor and Susan L. Daniels the sound of time being kept but never held compare this to the heart beating, ticking bleeping, never sleeping yet not keeping time just hugging and holding scents and traces from its … Continue reading

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the tank drummer

Guitarists strum chords on guitars & singers sing.  A pianist floats fingered scales on her keyboard, but what will we call this soldier coaxing steel drum tones from a tank? Guitarists strum chords on guitars but this man is a … Continue reading

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apocalypse poem #6–the prophet

stained sneakers scuffing sidewalks hands stuffed in the pocket of a torn pea-coat Daniel in bluejeans screams sermons into frozen air. red-bearded, handknit cap hiding long curls, he’s a latter-day prophet promising damnation, God-ridden to rags & sticks, eyes lit by … Continue reading

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