Long Glistening in the sun Poems

Alone I arrive, walking from Frederick
over the gaps, across gentle hills
out onto a knoll
overlooking this burnished landscape.
Before me I see countless writhing rows
of indiscernible shapes gathered
in terrible rituals mid fire and smoke
darkening the sun.
From distant...

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Skinned shins on tree skins,
Space-viewed landscapes of rust and paint 
Showing mirrored continents imagined; 
Worlds within worlds at every turn, 
Outlines of Octopi on Oil slicked streets;
Every post and pole or stone a step:
Sat on,...

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What is the difference between night and day... between darkness and light... Evil and good... Angel and Demon... How can we live among each other and survive.. hearing about hope.. trust.. honesty... and how can...

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I left California a week ago Sunday.
Alone with my map, I found the way.
Initial trepidation gave way to wonder.
Beauty of the land enhances the spell I'm under.

From Novato to Tahoe, the drive was slow.
Allowing the...

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I sit by the waters edge
Sitting on the border of a concrete ledge
Surrounded by miss-shaped rocks
Formed by the years of repeated water knocks

I throw a line in the water
As a man sits next to me...

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I’m honestly done with this horrible, angsty doubt inside
I slept in for too long that I’m sick of having it with myself, simply hiding
I’m genuinely gone glistening like the sun that has surely died
I crept...

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CHEPH 111: Chapter 6IX
The Matron IOLA
She was frowning at the bulkhead “How does this THING even Fly?”
It looks just like a giant dandYlion seed released into the wind.
The “Amaryllis Two” just sat glistening in the...

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I watch the rising sun of morning glow behind you
inviting my eyes to pause in soft amber light
which frames your beauty
warming my heart with a smile
bursting the seed pods of passion
allowing them to float endlessly......

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in the midst of a lush meadow
there stands an impressive sight
a slip of a girl on a giant white horse
poised on the verge of flight

poetic in their beauty
they begin to move
and they appear as one
from...

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Invisible figures moving in the mists of time,
Hidden female phantoms, masters of the wilderness
Wild, blending in as chameleons, they are the unseen.
Legend's cryptic tribe. 
Maidens veiled beneath mysteries coverlet’s of beauty,
Vanishing, as if a vapors...

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Locked in place on a high cross
Swords spoke the foreword
A quick glance at eternal peace
Combat defined his wounds

Only the pen of history
Penetrates his heavy armour
Behind his shield lies purgatory
At the height of an evil empire

Cracked...

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We're so caught up
                             In everyday matters
...

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In the green garden there's a young lady 

She runs her slender fingers across the fresh lilies' 

The suns soft light licking tenderly at her alabaster skin 

Her flower dress flowing down her figure like...

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Beautiful downtown Atlanta
Sunny, blue, cloudless sky
Tall, wide, massive buildings
Window glass glistening in the sun
Beautiful, well-dressed people
Gainfully employed people
Taking care of business people
Running essential errands
Contributing to the community
Pursuing positive, purposeful lives.

I take in the sights, sounds,...

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Oh Vanity Thy Name is Metro-Man

At the gym,
admiring his bulging biceps in a giant mirror,
he reaches for his ever-ready smart phone
and stops to make a boastful tweet.

Driving home, sipping his protein drink,
he involuntarily sneers
noticing construction...

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 I hold three magic rocks within my hand 
As I am standing upon golden sand 
Rolling them over and over again 
Leaving reality for somewhere strange..
I find I’m on a magic carpet ride
Over earth...

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guilt. Guilt guilt 
my very bodily make up
 my life’s Romance after romance.
 Every roadmap has led to this single moment 
dark, black sludge that starts slowly at the toes 
slowly makes its way over...

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The green-eyed monster has set its wanton children free
After a blue-bottle they now run awry
They barrel through beneath me, 
Raising a raucous as if a tin can tied to the tail of a car
Beating on...

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The Ambiance of Amber Light



I watch the morning glow behind you
inviting my eyes to pause in soft amber light
which frames your beauty
warming my heart with a smile
bursting the seeds of passion
allowing them to float endlessly...through...

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Lake, Pond, and Kettle

The lake is glistening beneath the sun,
and paddle boats leave ripples in the light. 
The sky above, a lovely turquoise blue
with fluffy cotton-candy clouds in sight.

Sightseers settle on the wooden porch;
from rocking...

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When we think of you our faces light up
Memories flood through us of happiness
Snuggling against you, listening to you breathe
Our hearts beating gently in time

Your lap is warm from little bottoms
Your arms strong and safe...

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Dressed in spike shoes
And summer whites
He steps onto the manicured fairway
Heart in the game and focused

Toting proudly a new bag
With left-handed custom
Putters drivers and irons
Glistening in the sun

Studying every curvature of the lawn
He carefully analyzes...

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I followed the perfume she wore
Walking up the quay
She moved with grace and poise
Stepping out of her Rolls-Royce
Platinum glistening in a sun pool
A millionaire bedecked with  jewels.

I was on a wheel-chair we met on...

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Don’t take me unless to the cry of the hawk
Not supported or transported – just let me walk.
No matter that muscles protest and begin to ache
When clouds scud over the peaks and cast shadows across...

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Frozen solid in a block of ice
A wedding ring shines bright
The blizzard came out of nowhere
Trapping her alone in the night

Three days later they find her body
Frozen from her head to her toes
A stranger all...

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