Monthly Archives: August 2012

Haiku Heights Prompt: Green

mint mingles with sage my fingers rubbing green scent from leaves I harvest

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the physical properties of desire

  the sigh that drives everything desire is simply desire & here we reach for each other, welcoming our bridge of words and silence mirroring the draw between atoms echoing the loneliness of God for Adam the want of earth to hold … Continue reading

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stone dreaming

the woman with pebble eyes and river blood sings inside water her dragonfly wing whisper brushes my ears she needs rain the drought of her bones is dry twigs snapping her mud skin dries in lines tracing alphabets I don’t read the hurricane stripped … Continue reading

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how 12-year-olds flirt

how do you like them apples she asks bellyflopping cannonballing moving as much water as 99 pounds can splash into his face he likes them, I can tell as he shakes pond water from his eyes splashing back but those … Continue reading

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my eyes hold the colors

my eyes hold the colors of this water stirred up we swim in their reflection

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when to listen

when I speak smoothly and bring you armfuls of smiling word bouquets what I say is not as important as what the spaces between words tell you when I stammer

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a marriage and a mistress (of sorts)

I meant to write that great american novel once so married to the idea i wanted to keep poetry comfortably on the side, straying only once or twice a week i never intended him to move in and take over all … Continue reading

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