Snow Baptism Poems

Cherub's unfurled fingers faithfully extend to his fallow fringe 
   hung from a chest made firm by suede, sweat and rain.

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Pieces of me
Like wind blowing through trees
Barren of leaves
In the winter of my dreams
Falling softly, like autumn thoughts
Caressing the earth
With exciting auburn, crimson
Colors of hope
Brilliant,...

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I well recall the old farm pond
With winter ice and fernlike frond
Where I was baptized long ago,
After they scraped a drifting snow
Across the road and...

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South of the border near Mexico way, she felt betrayed
Mariachis music filled the salty air where she stayed

She was to wait welcoming hands to a...

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Metal, blood, and mascara 

Half sunk a shattered visage lies,
A wrinkled lip, a sneer of cold command,
Of boundless and bare
Along the level, sands stretch far...

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When I stopped Dancing
(new edit, 2022)


I stopped dancing first 
when the screeching screaming voice, 
cut into my small, happy, care-free body 
like a sharp knife...

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We see ourselves as that fire across the land;
a wall of words to wall out hurt or pain.
We create a story among ourselves to entertain,
experience...

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Mattressed fall skies surround naked framed trees--the coming of old man winter...

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        Whispers of the Winds


What color is the wind?
I only know it kisses me and tickles toes.
Like a magician at times, it opens doors.
It makes...

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As I woke up this morning I was thinking of what should I do through COVID-19 pandemic.
I said to myself, “I want to go for...

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Ashes to dust
If you must 
You will only end up in a bust 
You see you proclaimed yourself as a King 
In a place where...

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It emerges like thunder
Without the noise
It formulates like snow
Without the coldness
Assessing itself

It sings like a bird
Without the notes
It proceed like a lady
Without the heels
Laying the...

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They kill children too
 
 A hum of silence met me
 Dead babies everywhere like dolls on a filthy carpet.
A lone soldier guarded the scene
He...

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Ran from the thunders
fell into pot hole of wonders
muddy waters tainted my flesh
praying the rain come harder
wiping my eyes for better days

wind flew my woes...

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The passing

It is so long ago; the memory is fuzzy as an old photo,
the room was warm, the coal fire burned lustily
I looked out of...

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