Work Imagism Poems

My daughter who was then, just about seven.
The sun had just settled softlty in the Pacific.
We were in Ghiradelli Square, a joyful place,as is heaven.
Into...

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Just as first sight my emotion lingers 
As in a suspended animation of thought being
My breath, as if our lips touch you take
A ever waking...

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Painting You

Before painting, I first sketch you
In my mind’s eye…To compose
The lines, shapes, shadows and lights, 
That work altogether to form a semblant sight
Of you...

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Police lady kneels in prayer for peace* against echoing bombshells
Babe sleeps midst quietude inside mother’s womb.

*Philippians 4:7 ...The peace of God, which passeth all understanding,...

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sun shadow finger marks streak down my kitchen
they appear in even strokes, reminding me of piano keys
excited sun-thriving plants lean toward my blinds
hoping to soak...

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city of increasing fervor 
heavy with sealed glass windows
in vaulted towers
sky-high protection 
from the steady spew of cars
urban sidewalks in the
private grayness of fall
where sparrows...

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***AND NOW GOD BRINGS TO YOU… ***

Ladies and Gentlemen! 
Through the auspices of
Our Glorious God’s
         Creation ...

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My Dream Vacation

My dream vacation begins when I open my eyes
To the beautifully bright sunshine
To birds tweeting out their news to neighboring birds
And, I greet...

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Together we connect with
Out of step see
Maybe mixed might may
It be that seed we plant
Informed reform rob unites
We see to be or nay say we
Claim...

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a sea otter swimming on its back 
             bangs tightly-clutched mussel shell ...

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I laid me head, a-bed in haste.
I dream a place was left to waste.
A sign of life, no, not a trace.
This build and hall have...

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EPISTLE TO DAUGHTER OF A SOLDIER

When all hopes fade,

I alone carry my pain,

There may be so many colours,
 But I'm coloured in blood red stain

I'm...

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Moment a desire arises 
we become joyous
Mind starts ruminating
We are hooked on to it

What began as a mere thought
Now controls our mind, actions
Mind thinks about...

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At a nearby butcher shop
hens cramped up in a small cage
with barely space to move
I felt like shouting "If I do this to you?"
Husband stopped...

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flakes begin with bits and glimpses
appearing from the middle of the gray winter sky
dusting brown dried grass, then covering
a frosty frosting that begins thickening

flakes become...

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