Best Notwithstanding Poems

hanging in the air
humidity’s heaviness . . .
the river’s slow crawl


On the Mississippi lies the beautiful little city where I once lived. How many times I trudged up inclined streets; or leaning forward, red-faced and panting, pressed up slopes with all my might, feet on...

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DREAMS NOTWITHSTANDING RHYME


Shape a picture 
Shape your dreams  
Dreams catcher
Dreams chaser
Chaser is fast
Chaser is slow
Slow runner
Slow track
Track of the costs
Track of the times
Times to rise
Times to land
Land mines
Land white
White power
White magic
Magic tricks
Magic charm
Charm  down the skies
Charm  under the stars
Stars twinkle
Stars are blind
Blind...

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Cage a soul
Cage a tiger
Tiger has claws
Tiger had claws
Claws leave a mark
Claws create echoes through time
Time occupies thoughts
Time thoughts empty time away
Away to where I could chase
Away to be lost forever
Forever lost
Forever existing
Existing as energy 
Existing as thought energy
Energy needed to chase
Energy of a tiger's...

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Monday comes and my thoughts turn to fleeting things;
I wrestle to run from it
yet I lean on and on.
chasing the wind that brings soul resting
was far too gone.

I know I needed the things that last forever;
Not the ways of the wicket
Nor the likes of the...

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