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A Poem

a child
an idea
an ideal
a potential
incubates
kicks around...

2.070 Fri,27-May-2011
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Landmarks of the Heart

When I look out across the bay
toward the western horizon,
I see only fair weather...

2.102 Fri,27-May-2011
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Easy Zen

Oak tree
simple
roots,
trunk,
bark,
branches,
leaves...

1.244 Fri,27-May-2011
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Red Meat

I need a word.
Raw,
sliced right off the bone
without a marinade
...

1.157 Wed,25-May-2011
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Petite Mort (or birthing a poem)

a terrible beauty is born
always and only in the mind of the reader.
the poem in...

1.166 Wed,25-May-2011
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Salon

How do you like it?

Long and flowing,
luscious and layered,
curled,...

1.881 Wed,25-May-2011
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A Four-story Drop

Fresh paint
spilt on
the portfolio.

Red and black
paw-prints
...

1.694 Wed,25-May-2011
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Working Thought

you only need a few good words to write a simple poem.
only you, need a few simple...

1.510 Wed,25-May-2011
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a loss for words

the forgotten poet’s lines
lie hidden
within my memory
occasionally...

1.880 Wed,25-May-2011
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Homeless Poets

Poets may be common place
and accepted as fixture in the city,
part of the urban...

1.123 Sun,22-May-2011
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An Artist’s Answer to the Absurdly Abstract

This is a curtailed complaint
about the compliant
contemplative character...

2.572 Sun,22-May-2011
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A Vigil for Eden

she waits for her lover
        in the blue room...

1.916 Thu,19-May-2011
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Almost Poetry (inspired by the first line of Marianne Moore's poem Poetry)

"I too dislike it: there are things that are important
    ...

2.736 Thu,19-May-2011
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Crossroads

Wake up America!

It’s time open your eyes.
Rise from your deep dream...

1.063 Thu,19-May-2011
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Sudanese Dispatch

Aircraft let loose fire & brimstone
        ...

1.971 Tue,17-May-2011
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ghosts & echoes

heirs of Abel
          descendants of...

1.292 Tue,17-May-2011
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On Hold

Hey, it’s me.
Where have you been?
You don’t answer my calls....

1.494 Mon,16-May-2011

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