Best Folds Poems

Dark Earth Folds In The Heart's Red Bloom

You and I and all we do
Know not, til our hearts are through 
The press of life, what things we be
Root or leaves or shade of tree.
You and I and all we seem
May be but as a drift...

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Time folds inwards,
like paper cranes in cosmic flight.
Time folds inwards—
a twist of clocks in glass-bound wards,
its orbit skewed by quantum might.
We dream in loops by neon light—
Time folds inwards....

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The hills are clothed in gleaming folds of white,
With flow'rs, whose heady fragrance fills the air:
The spring has come, the sun pours out his light
On three small children playing without care.
The girl weaves knots of flowers in her hair,
Her brothers tumble down the hills and...

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A river folds upon its banks 
with waters deep and cold.
Its molten flow rolls endlessly
from aquifers untold.

It ripples over ancient stones
placed when the earth was cast.
Each sheared and formed the bedrock's course
'neath outflows bold and fast.

Swift currents know of time's slow ebb,
and legends never told.
Its...

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Fountain of mercy yet fading away

                   Valleys of hospitality just sometimes display

               ...

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An interval of quietude; she sleeps,
caressed by copper curls in silk cascade.
Observing beauty in her calm, he weeps,
remorseful of impassioned hands he laid.

From searching eyes, secluded pain she hides,
within her mind, love's solemn vow replayed.
Through purest skin, dark cast of anger rides,
wrapped safely 'neath soft...

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bright summer days fold

long dark veils shroud every hour---

as winter shrinks in...

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Sun goes down until twilight hours of dawn
under the light of a corner street lamp. 
A performance stage, casts, leading me on. 
Awestruck audience at the fickle vamp. 

Pacing back and forth in high-heels to heat 
every wink of the night, vain, among men;
I snap,...

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I cannot see the trees,
nor a single leaf,
nor the grass that ripples like water
in some half-forgotten dream,

dear people, I cannot see at all,
no one,
nor full recall:

the meaning of laughter, 
the miracle of love,
the warmth of a smile, 
skin, the otherness

of a lover, of a friend,...

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O hollowing gales,take me to the breathtaking sights
Where dreams abide and love resides
      in the ensemble of butterflies 
      and beautiful summer skies

where morining sparrows narrate the lore of romantic lovers
and sunny spells were followed...

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I can see you in the corner of my eye
I will keep you here as long as you like
will you respond to my calling?
How will I know you are the one?

what are my intentions?
another path that leads to the house?
another house that is the same...

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unwindling deeds sweep through four man's cross
washing away the wrong i have done in tross
over the misty moutian tops i have walked stubbling over all rocks, the loss of 
balance knocks
walking in my shoes and gaze around in a look down
 i have found that...

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Heart Folds

Beginning so small
this mound of tissue
time's perpetual resuscitation
life's bellows for passion
protection's engine of flow

So simple its form
this muscle of pulsation
innocent of harm's way
liquid breathing of body's dependence
wanting only to maintain tomorrow's awakening

Sentries stand guard
immunity's breach driven back
poisons held at bay
health and longevity made secure

So...

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As a young teen I sadly confess, I dreamt of becoming an actress.
A class assignment drew me to Warner's  in D.C., where I
brushed up against black history..
I stumbled into a meeting of the NAACP.
The people  welcomed one out of touch, this
young white girl...

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God carved him from his finest cloth.
He gave and gave.
They drank his broth.
Most unaware of what was given,
with blinders on they kept on living....

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