Category Archives: New Free Verse

Poetry 2012

swallowing

having the same name was nothing he cared about and the absence of rings I promised held us tighter together in choice rather than any ritual binding I did not want everything I was, all I made swallowed in one … Continue reading

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Sam Peralta: River Solitude.

http://semaphore1.blogspot.com/2009/07/river-solitude.html?spref=tw I love this.

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this is a crying out

this is a crying out the music wolves make but from one throat howling wordless & blown through body made flute is this love or worship summoning– or are they the same thing sounding this call that shakes bones to sand

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becoming this us

bodies blend to become this us promised in your hands how they open to mine how our eyes echo feeling this us promised in your hands painting skin all colors with one touch how our eyes echo feeling the way … Continue reading

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wake for a refrigerator

something standing in a house eight years unmoving should be family– we all have those people we cannot move easily, stubbing toes sometimes on their hard edges & them without the grace or ability to apologize for it (in fairness, … Continue reading

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September Heights Challenge: Moon (2 haiku)

this red moon is ours glowing bright, feigned innocence– white like other moons *** the man on the moon runs his fingers through oceans turns tides to pass time

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overgrowth

the creek today is no place for visions– it is water choking on stone and algae.  Too shallow for currents to move the first dark leaves dotting the surface like hollowed cicada skins split down the middle & empty the small … Continue reading

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