Nowhere And Everywhere
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There are unexpected
and rare moments
when you can
approach and stand
on the rim of yourself
and almost feel
a strange gravity
inexorably drawing you
and all of creation
in towards
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Categories:
inexorably, bird, creation, self, silence,
Form: Free verse
love’s last press
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silly dream …
but it’s mine nonetheless
wait …
wait for it …
I’ll wait for it now and ever
to feel that press
the press of sweet tenderness
that melting mouth that met mine all
those achi...
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Categories:
inexorably, analogy, death, love, passion,
Form: Free verse
Sunset Swansong
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At the frail fringe
of the twilight zone
the dwindling day flushes
depleted
the halcyon horizon
with the last shower
of cinnabar sequins,
the sunset splendor
tran...
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Categories:
inexorably, analogy, life,
Form: Free verse
Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis - part i
...Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis, high bred poiet?s of mine
("Thus always I cause the death of tyrants.”)
the purported line Brutus uttered
after assassinating Julius Caesar.
Alte...
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Categories:
inexorably, 10th grade, adventure, allah,
Form: Free verse
Upon the precipice of an abyss
...Upon the precipice of an abyss
I stand able, eager, & ready to jump
impossible mission to swallow lump
muscles primed analogous to pump
prayer for soft landing on mine rump
bereft this johnny ...
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Categories:
inexorably, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse
Humanity
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Humanity
The pagan pilgrimage, sun-worshippers frequently make
Latter-day phenomenon, take off on a Bronze Age break
Constellations change position, solstices realign
Tropic of Capricorn p...
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Categories:
inexorably, humanity, perspective, science,
Form: Rhyme
MetroNoManiac
...You stop for no one, dear, you made it clear. No rank or caste of any stripe can twist your arm to force your hand to a procrastinating pause.
I thankfully attribute your plodding tick tocks to yo...
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Categories:
inexorably, time,
Form: Free verse
Upon a dark and stormy night
...Upon a dark and stormy night...
as jagged bolts of lightning
tore thru the the midnight clear
and figuratively ripped the sky to shreds
(analogous to jumping Jack flash),
and ear splitting thu...
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Categories:
inexorably, absence, america, animal, character,
Form: Free verse
Streams flowing into a river
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Streams flowing into a river
ebbing and flowing
rising and falling
The river separating them
back into streams
Many lives merging
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Categories:
inexorably, life, mystery, river,
Form: Free verse
Return from Desert
...Back from the desert and loving it
both the visit and the return.
The powerful plane deiced in Chicago.
Brittlebush, difficulty distinguishing acacia from ironwood.
Mesquite, and plenty of palove...
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Categories:
inexorably, cancer, home, music, power,
Form: Free verse
Ineffable
...("Anagogical Moments Merit Badge", 2011, original oil)
Ineffable
No matter what you think or say
About reality, the true nature of Life
Or mind, or God
You are wrong.
And that is s...
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Categories:
inexorably, appreciation, celebration, life, perspective,
Form: Narrative
Born to die
...Headlong you rush towards your
perceived, intended destination.
Eager to reach the journey's end.
Forgetful of an indifferent grave that
awaits with a cold embrace of dirt
offering scant, un...
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Categories:
inexorably, birth, death, life,
Form: Free verse
Spore your appreciation, edification, information
...Spore your appreciation, edification, information...,
orchestration, and utilization,
a moss fungi (fun guy) attests his marriage
synonymous with symbiotic relationship.
Nostalgic acquiescence ...
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Categories:
inexorably, adventure, age, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
A Paradox of Time Reborn
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The sun, resplendent in its blazing might,
Burns fiercely o'er a barren, lifeless waste,
A desert dry and vast where earth is scorched
By searing radiation, deathly bright.
No sign of life bu...
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Categories:
inexorably, allegory, creation, death, destiny,
Form: Blank verse
8 Billion as 1
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It’s a peculiar feeling, isn’t it? To be one of 8 billion. To surely be the one and only soul to have unique experiences, immersive suffering, triumphs—
Ha.
A peculiar feeling to be sure, to...
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Categories:
inexorably, appreciation, earth, universe,
Form: Free verse
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