Love Canoe Poems

Young me took this to heart:
“Love many, 
Trust few,
And always paddle
your own canoe”

Now I paddle my canoe
In icy waters
Far from my youth
and my many lovers...

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"CIRCLING INSANITY IN A PAPER CANOE"

I circle insanity
as I go around and around.
to my left, just outside
each turn,
thirty-two years of myself.
32 faces,
purity to broken,
I unmask...

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Early one Saturday morning,
In a warm July sky,
We walk up to Mary’s to set up our canoe to the river.
My friend and I would take...

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I was paddling down on the lake in my canoe

Written By Dean Masciarelli

August 2, 2010 (12:30am)



I was paddling down on the lake in my canoe

Waiting...

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we put the canoe in
the river, like glass
sun high and hot
a perfect Midwest day

push off, catching our rhythm
harmonizing the oars
smooth teamwork
not our first time

we laugh...

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She had his bracelet on her arm,
his taste upon her lips,
he had a token of her love 
upon his fingertips,

They parted at the crossing 
of...

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Your white canoe comes edging down
you skim the river without sound
thank God I guessed that you'd be found
along the Misty river.

  I stand upon...

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