Long Clamshell Poems

I was taken from this life 
in the black night, blindfolded 
to be clubbed to death

so that I 
might be born again 
in spirit song, dance and name 
given by my great ancestor

who, ten thousand...

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The lighthouse shivered in relentless gales on its rocky foundation

Stood the test of time but now it seemed that the clock had gone back

The keeper was sidelined to retire in the Sea Mission’s Nursing Abode

Had...

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"Pearl Diving" (Part 1)

He had wondered where to put his Quill
the ink pots were all dry
he lived in his little world
in the mountains somewhere up near the sky;
he was seeking a new story in the...

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“Pearl Diving” (Part 2)

Angel fish are pretty, but they’re boring that’s they’re lot
the Man O War is far too flashy, frivilous, 
Octupi are too touchy feely always begging for the real thing way too early,
the...

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The College Caravan

Last night we loaded the minivan with her
suitcases, Rubbermaid vats, and chest of plastic drawers
stuffed with clothing, toiletries, school supplies, and posters.
While our vehicle is tightly packed, her room stands hollow;
drained of stuff...

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Tina lost her footing and fell and fell and fell and fell.
Where was she falling? Was this the beginning of hell?

What the heck? She blinked hard. Where was she?
A sign on a large table that...

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A silver clamshell or a golden hue, 
The Game & Watch, a wonder fresh and new. 
With simple screens of liquid crystal grey, 
It stole our moments, brightening the day.

A single game, a challenge pure...

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Her story ends in a storage unit;
she wrote it quickly in-between bottles of Liebfraumilch
- her life so far,
an autobiography hard to imagine
could have been told in any other way.
The editing took many toll-taking years
decades that...

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Tarkay lids of merlass
Royal purple hue
Smooth glass surface
Sea of gemstone blue

~

Siren sisters taunt the sailors
Weaving in and out of looms
Seductive creatures with lyres
Luring the lustful to their tombs

They didn’t heed the gentle merlass
The whispers of...

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Deep blood red orange cloud’s,
ethereal dream float,
Satin wind carrier of luscious mint,
green hymnody’s deft transport,
Spring hues random loitering,
between gray peeled branches,
Chirpy echo squeak,
 from red-wing blackbird,
A fragile wafer tin threshold,
Golden stream gurgle,
under marsh reeds, 
Evanescent...

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High alpine meadows are dusted with wildflowers,
And the faraway horizon is outlined with craggy mountain peaks,
Half-asleep lights blink through the sun-painted mist,
The sunrays dip at varying angles and intensities,
creating mixed moods and mysteries ~
It feels...

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Walking barefooted
along the shoreline,
in one purple sunset;
The tepid seawater
like summer kisses
on my weary feet.

I sighed...
As I took the scarlet hyacinth 
attached to my rosy ears
and began to pluck each petal
One by one...

He loves me, 
He...

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Ocean waves
 lapping at the shores din
  pulling sands out then back in,
a regurgitated rush of foam raised high
 whispered crushings in the winds that die
  undulating balm that soothes, yet terrifies
a distant...

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