Daily Archives: March 2, 2013

in times of crows and ice, we dream spring

in this time of crows and snow I write of ice flowers mimicking daisies and you dream daffodils stir under snow, but earth keeps her own time despite our yearn towards a sunward tilt and longer days we crave that break into blossom; the … Continue reading

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Little Girls: Veal

No sweeter meat was ever marketed, wrapped tight and packaged, shiny for delivery; use by dates coded in biological clocks ticking DNA chose your cut carefully because what is soft what breaks in us shifts to sinew, muscles with time and can choke … Continue reading

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The marcher stumbles

How do you travel from that tie-dyed tent city of 1986, pegged and jogged across a continent for peace to now, your pulse threaded green on a heart monitor reassuring us you did not fall not yet. The answer is the walk … Continue reading

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WOMEN (and men who love them)!!!! Let’s share our words.

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Haiku heights prompt: Breeze

what will nod daisies scatters snow like confetti winter’s white flowers

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