Long Aswirl Poems

In the May-time of my life
time bloomed each day a prickly boll –
but I, like the softest cotton within such a sharp seed  
swaddled in the purity of security 
for what seemed like eternity...

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A field afire
papery petals glow like ruby votive candles
a collection of cupped solar flames
vowed to shine despite the dew before dawn
evaporating any doubt the sun would rise
the mist would lift 
consoling one in darkness

Rising up...

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aswirl within tremendous maelstroms
universal united uninhabitable cauldron
tempered with analogous:
outrageous, portentous
thunderous cacophony in tandem

with thick mucilaginous fog
metaphorically postpartum
nebulous placenta afterbirth
and/or proto planets aborted

per primordial material
slowly (millions of years) coalescence
annealed bubbling primeval soup
engendering (extant

via immeasurably immense stretches...

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(ah miss bing amiss with former mistress)

Oh Glenda (Miz Gee gee) 
     years elapsed since, I didst hawk 
     verboten fruit adrip
from yar verdant bough,  
...

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No matter by 
     Adam and the Ants,
     this inquisitive mind
     doth wonder why
tis virtually imp
     possible to envision
...

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'Neath umbra skies I seek a mirrored moment

the breeze a capricious charmer
blows serpentine sways to life
a ballet of tall switchgrass dancers
sweeping edges raspy green
dulling in the ever dimming light
their brassy symphony a soft cymbals’ siss
lure...

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I got
        CRAZY words!

Y’all should see ‘em –
         They’s a
         N’Awleens jumpin’...

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I see you ‘cross the vast expanse,
a love disguised in dreamy whirl
and clothed in raiment sun-spun gold
as wispy cirrus wraps your dance
the music of your sigh aswirl -
a breeze I feel but cannot hold,

but dance...

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I have often wondered when it comes to tears if I’m understanding them at all?
Is it brave to hold them back or more courageous to let them fall?

As we watch tragedies unfold in front of...

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As Day Turns Into Night


Through azure skies aswirl with violet…lavender…and pinks…
The orb of orange anoints the globe’s horizon - as she sinks,

And lends the glad beholder…though a brief and fluxional sight…
Celestial cosmic artistry…as day turns...

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Autumn's at the mercy of unscrupulous wildfire
A tornado igniting forest walls with leaves aswirl
Flames of colors rare radiant orange sapphire
On glowing wind-borne embers storm, they twirl

October fires, dubbed the season of the witch
Destroying two hundred...

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Who said the sun rises in the East?
That's not true in the very least....
The Sun rises and sets in the West
Where does dwell the very best...
My Yum Yum girl
Sweeter than molasses
Shining and brightening my way
Oh,...

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In the blank canvas of a room
Aswirl and pearled with long-clutched dreams,
Dreaming of the dream, dreams of the Great Path
Where lime juice tears from our eyes and the sun
Soft hug of skin reminds us of...

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She Dances...Come With Me

Her gliding translucence~heaven’s kiss
Leaping lightly aswirl in twilight’s sweet mist
Her sprite easy leap~grandious pirouette 
Into the night she blends in a dark silhouette
At dawn’s cold grey arrival, I awaken to rain
Drops plunking...

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