Long Ghostlike Poems

In the hospital gown, a skeleton 
of the man who once held his little girl,
embracing her like she was fragile,
like the heart who is finally failing him,
the heart who is diagnosed ‘congestive heart failure’,
as it...

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Catapulted into seething temperatures beyond the imagination 
risking excitement in escapades that may seem inane,
potential hazard weighted against predicament predestined,
at some future stage I might peer backwards and reassess,
initial impetuousness under caustic supernatant thumbnail,
maybe I...

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Leaves glitter quietly, serene and slumbering,
Beneath the frost’s quick breath.
Amber, gold and mahogany – crisp as the voice of winter
Shadowed by trembling winds of December,
Hopeful and happy beneath the jewels of laughing songs,
Inspirations drifting softly...

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"Ghostlike"



Through dreams
I visit you ghostlike
in disguised ways I speak 
silent thoughts to you
I breathe them lifelike
into your dreamlike
skies 

alive you have travelled
astral in my mind
I hold you in 
my hands 
your heart fluttering
like a lost...

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Icicles hang on the edges
Silence creeping into the conversation
Revealing the boredom of this skirt
Tendrils of frozen water suspended
On hearts, hopes and dreams

Moonlight flickers on the night
Ebony haven of owl and coyote
Animals wild and warmed by...

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Eternal buzz of voices, heard by the wind
Stilling the music of yesterday,
Reassuring the soul has a friend
Breathless music of hers and his, in amazing
Stories, poetry and senses, embracing
Kissing away the melancholic wounds, feelings
Dazed by the...

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Heartfelt light… falls gentle on my dew drenched silence,
When moon is fading beneath the silent blessings,
Raining through the moments, healing with soft expressions
Moments alive with the flames of joy kindled to birth,
Praying into the depths...

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There is a music that weeps comfort,
Through the distance, in quiet moments,
Healing and blessing, reminding that His gentle grace
Will flow from the heavens, embracing,
Surrounding hearts with a lasting light – the source
Of love, His love…

There...

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My Painful Disguise

Every other night,
  When I look into my eyes,
I see a sad sight,
  Cause my heart is in a screaming plight.
All my life,
  I’ve walked a thin line,
I wish it...

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brave words
falling from my pen
fill the emptiness
a page of white nothingness
working on fantasies,
erasing all the wars with thanks
giving hope to the spirit
who sees beyond the dreams
to the touch
a ghostlike memory
revealing the promises

lost, exploding in the...

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Fragile light, softly glowing
Sighs on the breath,
Caressing the voice of the fallen
Leaves, crumpled in the grass,
Messy, strewn like prayers,
Always fading in the shadows,
Where joy once blessed,
Now, soundless memories, regrets,
Blowing on the winds, like those leaves,
Wrinkles...

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            Warmly dedicated to SMJ

      Three Sonnets Inspired by my
         ...

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Trapped in the wind, sheltering silence,
Bursting with grace – truth sighs,
Spirit’s music, pouring from the night,
Easy flow of yesterdays verity, 
Gushing light over the moments,
Raining dew, stirring the purposes of shadows,
Who believe in the sun...

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Silent sobs echo through an apartment whose walls are cluttered with pictures of 
what was.
My tears coming too easy, too quickly.
The flow of release not bringing peace or resolve.
There's no deep sleep following this.
My eyes...

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(1.)

A Dark Curse She Still Comes To Torture Me

O' my darling, why do you look like so ghostlike
Your creamy skin looks like burnt-over ash
Hole in chest, were you stabbed with a spike
But as usual your...

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Midnight on the Clock

Midnight gray blocks out the stars
in racing steams of flowing clouds.
Moon light hides behind windy puffs
	of smoky filtered white.
October nights are cooled by lingering rain
	cold riding the wind.
A sudden drop in temperature...

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It aches

Insanity – it is rich with light,
Ever lusher with shadows,
Dimly faded feelings, whispers
Welcoming the wars that come
To those who listen… it’s voice…

I know crazy

Crazy – it is like the wind,
Forever moving, never giving in
To...

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As the world tires and weariness begins to quietly enfold,
We will sleep and dream of what tomorrow beholds,
In the night, 
a chorus of felines project a resolute purr,
Meow!
And in the light of the moon, as...

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Lost in secret kisses,
Her heart was not as resilient,
As it would be one day,
Not so far away,
When he turned from her –
Leaving her heart by the wayside,
Trembling with ghostlike stones, plump
From the darkness that betrays,
Feelings...

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He sat alone in a dark self-made cell
Only a crack of light revealed him there
His face a shadow of a good life once
Now a torture show to the uncivilized
Ghostlike features masked his lean face
You could...

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Ghostlike droplets, falling fast
Pouring streams of God’s sentimental
Remembering music from the past
Caressing each dream so soft and gentle

Raining grief, restoring moon and stars
Secrets uncovered by the midnight song
Heartache revealed, stories in glass jars
Kindling the music...

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The frost bites sharply at my boots,
a quiet thief stealing warmth.
The world hums in silver tones,
its breath a shiver brushing my crimson cheeks.
Each step cracks the silence,
a fragile defiance in a realm
that stills itself before...

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Broken Tree

As i lay here on my sick bed, here within my room,
There’s a window that lets in the light to break up all the gloom.
Out the window is the same view, a small hill...

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MUSE ON THE LOOSE

“What’s that?” – a symphony moving,
A photograph snapped – a muse on the loose.

I must go hunting, set a trap…
Many are running, attacking, tracking -

So I look in the shadowy bushes,
Behind schools...

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Her morning reflection cast another death warmed over look
as hallowed eyes looked back at her as someone forsook
the lines on her forehead seemed etched deeper than ever before
as her ghostlike appearance depressed her to her...

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