Long Water washed Poems

They were young then, now they would be old men looking across an empty beach, the sun at their back; for many this would be their last day to grow old; dead in the water;...

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As the sun set and darkness fell,
A trance grew upon me, a curse, a spell.
A lonely feeling engulfed my soul,
As I searched for answers to be whole.

I soon found myself stumbling around,
Then with the blowing...

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The day I married my love



How would I forget the day I married my love ?

The day daddy lavished  wealth and fame

As he filled city hall with people and wine

And made music available from...

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Crudités, fresh, piled high and swaggering
From the market, bought this evening.
Thrusting carrots, earth still clinging,
Crisp cos, perky peppers, piquant roquette,
Rude red radishes, cucumber firm,
All in cool clear water washed,
Droplets sparkling on their surface.
Want to dip...

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Summer, 
	the Guadalupe River, 
	at least a couple of decades ago...
 	
	A bend in any river,
	no matter how slowly that river flows, 
	erodes the outside of that bend, 
	digs away at the bank, 
	separating stones...

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How do I explain where I have been, new lover? 

Once, on warm summer nights 
I laid tangled in the darkness
Warmed against deep loneliness
In the form of a man
And how I accepted it, this moth’s...

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The sun seemed to last forever
As we walked hand in hand
My dad and I together
Our feet sinking in the sand

His smile was so bright
As he looked at me
What a beautiful sight
Of the ocean we could...

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The Pitter-Patter of Rain 

I sit here on the porch listening, 
Watching the rain in the night.
Pitter-patter on my roof, 
I thought about all I have gained,
Over all these years of life,

As all I have...

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The pain in my head pounds away like jack hammer working it's day,
5:44pm as the energy escapes from my body and thoughts fill my mind,
I fill as though I ran a marathon or a gantlet...

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We half-hearts cling as scaffold
Mouths of cellophane statements
Morphia inducing as our eyes talc-storm over
Seeing nothing in everything
Like a tank we collide, by the
Edges of a summer vortex pushing as bulimia

It is only the intoxication of...

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The Life of a Breakwater
		
			A walk on the sharp shingle led to where
			The dry, smooth surface felt warm to our feet,
			The pale grey stonework embedded in the beach.
			Those steps so broad and long led down...

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I lay in bed listening to the rain in the night
Patter on my roof, patter, patter
I thought about all I have lost, wiped away, 
	-  Gone  -
As if water washed it all away
No,...

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Despite the crisp chill
She wandered to the pebbled shore.
Cold water washed her tender feet.

At last, she sat beneath a pine tree
on a shaven log, shaped like a bench
A train of thoughts passed through her muddled...

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I watch the water trickle down my blank canvas,
The whole world is crying today...

      Nature has water-washed the Earth green, 
    The land looks fresh, as if...

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I came upon a spring so fresh and clear
Water washed the pebbles clean 
Tiny fish swam so happy and free my dear
Shimmering in the sun gills all a glean
And I closed my eyes and reached...

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Waves sang songs along the sea shore, 
Water washed up on the sand,
Life couldn’t be any better at all, 
Well, this is where the story began,

You see, all of a sudden a wave gripped onto...

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Crushed beneath a heavy yoke 
                             She...

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If I was an angel
I'd make all your wishes come true
But I'm not
I'm just human
And a woman in love with you
Would you, could you, hold me tight
As we looked at the moon and the starlight
Would...

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Not even a turban ,rob he have , oh lord! I don't know from where he came,
A torn out towel and trouser he wear, no shoes in legs,he is a lame ,
At the gate there...

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I found a kind moment lost  in your cloud tear

The heavenly water washed away our pain and fear

It drowned us both with love and took away the sin

The rain drops of hope began to...

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GOD WILL NOT BE MOCKED

He sits high upon golden calf
— invisible to naked eye.
If they saw him they’d know the half.
The mocking dragon waves goodbye.

The red face of Moses turns pale.
He descends the holy mountain.
Harried...

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