Long Uncurl Poems

It's too hot and humid for September!
Even dust specks descending in the room's sunlight
are beads of sweat running down my sides.
I bring pencil, crossword and ice tea 
to this chair and table, these angled shutters,...

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O souls of the Island, 
I have silently 
heard through 
tropical torrents 
and surpassed 
a million miles 
of the milky seas, 
away from 
mint-marine 
silhouettes of my
utopian wonderland, 
as strawberry 
ripples and 
coconut-scented 
musings called...

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Ah, the fortitude of a circle
the circular wisdom 
of  spring to summer  fall to winter  
the spinning wheel’s twist of threads -
at once both self-reliant and reliant

my soul to embryo  seed...

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Gavin, help me.
Your innocence is coveted now, you see.
I’ve fallen for this girl.
She’s got hearts in a wild twirl.

Noah, help me.
This courage runs away through the trees.
I’ve fallen for this girl;
Now she’s the only valuable...

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   Sing to me with your light
      my parched soul loves you
     I'll uncurl my silky tresses
       to...

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A step outside
And the cold air swallows me
My face feels prickles in the frigid air
My lungs tighten and each breath it strained
Goosebumps arise on my neck and through my clothing
I shiver slightly yet hold my...

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Deer whisperer, had a full schedule, for she was trusted by so many.
She examined reindeer, elk to baby fawn, giving attention and love
They were brought by their kin and neighbors with nary a whinny.
Bridgette’s listening...

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Beautiful flowers; how the blossoms grow,from the fruitful seed to vicarious bees.Bursting with intercourse, as pollen flows.Speaking naturally of needs on the breeze,life must go on, so relations are a whorl.Nearer to life’s apex, feeling...

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That Other Life
                 by Odin Roark

Click

Even with flip-flops
The ground’s touch
Goes unmistaken

You’re only a child
But you have traveled this road...

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This place another world.
This palace of golden  chandeliers  where 
To share is everyone's GOAL.
ON this SPHERE
A world where truths uncurl.

Where all is what it seems.
A  place of  PLATINUM  mistletoes and
Love...

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The lichen clings to his trunk 
Like she has for ages 
Holding fast, curling tight
In pale green companionship 

The oak tree smiles down at her
Craggy smile, chafed and gnarled with time 
To admire her diligence,...

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Oh, bring me gentle wildflowers that blow,
   and the green hues of a forest in solitude;
   and all those sweet violets, purple hued.
Melt the thick ice so winding streams can flow,
and...

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A fragile soul of a girl simple and small.
Whose dreams grow endlessly tall.
With no hopes of ever catching up to them at all.
A desolate grace of a woman lost.
Giving up her life at no cost.
Allows...

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Because of all of them
I am a tangled mess
Internally, threads plunge in every which way
painfully bruising my heart
              my thoughts
  ...

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The Ego like the birds of prey, 
hover with a majestic flair
on light invisible walls of air
with hollow bones they spread their wings
uncurl their long curved talons, 
waiting on their throne like kings
with telescopic sight...

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On a damp Sunday, where the grass and earth 
Call my name, out from the tangle of covers 
On the humid wind, the forest beckons 
With her arms of fallen leaves, twigs
Ferns uncurl 

My heart...

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The Jagged Side

We’re not just polar opposites.
We exist in neighboring galaxies.
Still, I’d rather have my dancing soul
crash on your rocky surface
than to rain down my light 
on a starless moon.
Compatibility is the oatmeal
of edible relationships.
It’s...

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Tiny new, soft green leaves,
Yet full of baby wrinkles
And winter sleep,
Uncurl and stretch,
Clinging to mother branches,
Basking in the unaccustomed
Long-awaited,
Sun-filled warmth.

Bird conversations
Fill the soft-stirred air.
Returning wanderers
Greet one another.
”Hello again! How was
Venezuela this year?
Who has the nest
In...

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A beautiful skyline on top of the trees,
Whispering winds begin shaking the leaves.
Swallowing sunlight as the clouds move to stream,
Expressions of grays, some blues, and some pink.
Flowers wildly dancing their petals uncurl,
Awaiting the Heavens to...

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I saw the eternal heavenly pathways
Uncoil their starry swirl,
And I watched the fabric of time drop stitches,
Split its’ seams and uncurl.
So the past and the future kissed again
And I saw the roof of night shatter,
Fracturing...

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You'll find great Lipton's and greying Earl's 
Lying in my green beds in a curl         
In my aroma they flump
I tantalize them to jump   ...

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This year’s been so long. So long to Winter!
With blinding shaft and bright bleeding of sun,
the limbs of trees, like flames, trust their tinter.
Unfurl the soulful buds, ye Holy One!

The soak of pomp at ground...

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SUSPENDED IN SURPRISE

wrapped in legs and arms,
sandwiched between two grandsons.
sheets in disarray would not impede
the octopus hold, attempt to halt
their impending flight home.

a little hand in mine, our feet planted
on pavement. i try to disengage,
say...

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Like two windows into my dream world..
My eyes close as the shades slowly uncurl..
No peaking through the night as I drift into space..
Last call for all reality as mystery outlines my face..

I look up to...

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Cats spring lightly to the sill
Landing feet first, standing still,
Stalking leaves or birds in flight
Slinking thoughts of spider pie.

Fur legs stretched across the bed
Making mole roads beneath the spread,
Racing down the hardwood floors
Cutting corners on...

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