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kindling

kindling new fires
walking high wired fences
defensive of love


scarf

a ribbon of wind
tightly wound around her neck
kept out the cold


foam

frothy, flaming hot
clouds sitting atop coffee
puffy and pillowed


gyrate

she pirouettes/
politely parting sound waves/
O whirling dervish


better

relativity|
motion my light in time space|
brights' velocity|


sprout

a shoot of verdant
green peeking out from snowdrift
a shard of summer


light blue

how blue can you get |
imagining grass greener |
on the other side


codex

no chip off the old |
wood blocks split, to leaves turning |
maps of myth makers


early

I've never been
a bird who gets the worm |
wound to my own clock


more

what to do with less
when more is so appealing |
on long rainy days


relief

caved into bent bones
walls of shaken loose buildings
waiting to rise again


overcast

overshadowed
legacies of ancestral pain
a prevailing wind


simple

a teardrop rainfall
deserts remember my name
the unseen water



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shoe/s

clicks ruby heels twice
walks into the silence between
cold drops of rain

forest

life is what you smell
in green air amongst small trees
shadowing newness

gamble

marriage ~ mirage sale
mid-life crisis, vehicles/
plastic surgery

voracious

carnivorous flower
with its voracious petals
and lethal honey

current

surfing low tides ~ tripped
by moon rising in the mist/
you - sorely missed

descent

deep eyes
I've dived into them before/
like the sky ♥

crescent

the moon barely
showing its pearly smile
a toe hold for god

cradle

baby's cradle board
all shiny beaded, brand new /
soon morphs to skateboard

home

a well worn heart
with wall to wall happiness
visitors welcome


soul

my sun is your moon
once we were in mad mad love
our souls sung one song


wind

my skirts are oceans
my breath the four winds blowing/
my heart, shining moon


winter

winter white with wet
cold seeping through floorboards and doors
dreamers of Spring

hooked

nervous fish look/
oh limp baloney on a hook-
crookedly smiling

sauce

barbecue, grilled in
ambrosia burnt sienna
secret's in the sauce


restore

reconfigured
put yourself back together
gathering clouds


splendor

candor from red lips
splendor in high prairie grass
greening the brown earth


eagle

eagles vision long
into the future to pull
the present forward

evident

she sees with her heart
eyes can be so deceiving |
revealing it all

codex/codices

I plagiarize myself
tattoo all obsessions
blue-black codices

on my most delicate parts
dark flowers bleeding pages

gesture

give me a signal
a smooth hand ~ in a mudra
move in for the kiss

snow

white birds huddled
at the edge of azure ponds
embracing south winds


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cold

South Dakota snow
falls in October so cold
before tricks or treats


visit

never a blister
or outta control twister
baby's visitin'


onion

pealing back layers
thinning the skin to thicken
a swelling heart


ground

cold hard winter ground
waiting for a Spring thaw/
flowers slumbering


bell

a ringing in ears
sound of bullet's ricochet
a long distance call


marble

round, a world in glass
shot from a thumb and finger
upsetting planets


frontier

a final frontier
inside minds eye, rolling back
where it all began


slow

Autumn easy
sunshine when it gives a damn
winter's waiting with wings


crinkle

wrinkles sprinkled
are nature's way of sayin'
this time, a worn face


comfort

luscious touch
fingers, hands, arms and lips
twists hurt into love


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mesa

Table Mesa
the ancestors red earth home
where blind eyes can see


boat

my ship sailed empty
of spoils of war or larceny
floating free


moist

eyes fill with rivers
overflowing edges~burst
emotional dam


feeder

birds get spoiled
thinking they're domesticated
won't fend for themselves


sugar cane

bent and stooped backs
cutting caña since near dawn
for the world's sweet tooths


fall

falling in love
up/down free falling ~ heart first |
thirsting for someone


gravy

wavy gravy
in a boat bound for chicken
slapped on someones hips


still
still making moonshine
in backwater towns nightly
rounding out the tides


snap

twigs and bones
wringing of hands, popping of stones
a magic motion


swamp

in the way back
patiently picking their teeth
alligators wait


away

too far to be home
nearer to being foreign
words my mother tongue


never

never say never
as soon as you do > never
takes a bite of you

it's like forever
a long way to say > maybe
so don't count on it


turquoise

turquoise sky, blurry
clouds colliding in the blue
not sure about rain


sway

stomp, turn, swish and sway
dancing can be dangerous
calling in the day


circus

divine clowns dancing
bring the future forward
by chanting in reverse


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back

the backs of big cats
are the best part to spy
their smiles, too awesome


whimsy

your eyebrows curved bird's
wings that lilt with your smiling/
songs of yesterday


bell

Pavlov's dog wasn't
but bells always signal/
singing for supper


next

medianoche
betwixt and in between night's
yesterday/tomorrow


plum

ripe purple oval
desirable attainment ~ fruit
shot off tops of heads


heat

temperature rises
in the heat of anger
cool heads are better


horizon

your eyes rise above
lines drawn in the sands of time
my horizons pale


switch

switch back the train
time flowing forward - back again
there's blood on the tracks


later

in a minute
which means never or maybe
is a better good-bye


wash

a wash day
is a good way to let out stress
ring out clothes, not necks


canopy

sky her only canopy
she lived free like gypsies
and birds that fly south


locket

his and her smiles
captured inside silver
a loaded locket


past

lo que paso, paso
what's done, is done - no fun
doing it again


prestige

stature can crumble
under like statues weather
worn badges do rust


leftovers

green peas in the rice
fresh food is overrated
make mine warmed over



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passage

moving past the lock
safe journeying destiny
a skeleton key


dark

dark hugging the light
reminding us there's two sides
two rights make a wrong

turn into the bright ~ nightlight
illuminating the hall


fast

a fast from loving
you who I loved so well
it's hell being apart


chill

days took on a pall
even the merciless heat
beating down doors

to get away from itself
heat so hot, it gives chills


slight

small in its shadow
far reaches of opacity
visioning light


sea oats

tender remembering
sea oats swaying the shore
prehistoric grass


well

well wishing isn't
a wishing well full of cents ~
cementing futures


sight

seeing isn't sight
a look behind obvious
around shadows edge


pale

moon's pale face staring
down from between ancient trees
at lovers entwined


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sway

moon makes her skirts sway
at night her waves reach the sky
dancing away doubt


green glass

I see you through glass
emerald green as ocean
conjuring you back

pink

wide open and new
baby mouths looking for food
pinking as they bloom

recent

too soon to be June
again the clock tries to tick
kickstand always stuck

boom

unruly champagne
corks gone off half-popped ~ missing
party started late


cruel

gravity and time/
rhymes that don't know what's missing/
fools schooling the blind


small

small soliloquy
a rosebud wrapped up tightly
awaiting cloudburst

sealed

sealed and signed tied to
dealings unseen ~ tomorrows
now read the fine print

large

round and lovely thighs
thunder type ~ that could crush buildings
in a single bounce


early

Coyote arrived
early for the bar-b-q/
it was yesterday



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Grendel

monsters don't scare me/
one little tiny bit/
shoot 'em dead in the eyes


shoes

orthopedic flip flops
mine were always two-toned
saddled with long miles



truck

take a no wheel drive
hoofin it, better for me ~
the environment



echo

an echo carries
your name on its lips etching
out sides of mountains



sparkle

his soul sparkled
through deep azabache eyes
in a moonless night



zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

sleep keeps me awake
I fake dream by smiling wide
wishing on a sheep



shade

shadows change the shape/
of things to come flying in/
shapeshifting color



gray

gray skies opened up
dumped water in ropes on streets
people danced in them



swim

swimming in pearl light
dreaming of sea otters
smiling at the moon



patience

I can wait until
stars fold themselves into sky
then, you're mine again



glint

flashes reflected
eyes angry at the full moon
spilling promises



handle

your eyes like shadows
lurking lost behind dark/
glasses that hide beauty

your eyes a beacon
a way to the future past/
present ~ a holding

handles help steady
ones way in the pitch darkness/
opening the way





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browse

aroused by the scene
prowling bowling alleys
looking for a good throw


thwart

foiled again, folded
in like an accordion
now ~ all bellowed out


pig

reverse zoonosis ~
human flu to swine instead
the other way 'round


rock garden
in my rock garden
stones tell creation stories
the sky meets the earth


quick

quicksilver quivers
and the alchemist dithers
to be or not to


method

my madness modern
but I don't buy prefab fear
the tale wagging dogs

dart

arrows ~ love and hate
stupid cupid don't aim straight
I'll take some respect

dragonfly

shimmering wings
on a blue dragon faerie ~ quick
make a righteous wish


gift

dark eyes on the prize
the moment you arrived
swooshing into the world




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