Nin Poems

Inspiration

...Idle words dance; leaves in the wind.
I walk the streets, somewhat chagrined,
as they whirl about unconfined.
Their magic takes root in my mind.

Within myself, I come to see
the treasures amon...

GROW OLD IN LOVE

...
May we all be blessed to grow old in love…
doing so can certain fears assuage….
Although Age does not protect us from love
As Anais Nin says:
Love, to some extent, protects us from age.
...

Ali Babarella and The Four Foot Thief: REVISED

...An HP Production

[Quiet on the set--roll'em]

KEY: Cast: P)Pip, B)Bob, R)Reinier, A/M)Anna/Madam

P)Evil, not rats, live on, start squeaking...

monday mor'nin muse

....

                  I meant blues
                      yes I did

                         Nope
             never experienced the
               clinical dysfunction

                    ...

Soft

...
"The softness of the summer day like an ermine paw."- Anais Nin

Soft is a tissue or a cotton ball.
     Soft was my old teddy bear I recall.

Soft are some foods like oatmeal and rice.
 ...

The Puppet Master

...satin sheets slide off 
the desk notes fall
softly like petals 
as the Maestro
humms along 
the symphony 
directing 
each movement
Summer shimmers
Luna glistens
through shiny panes
the pup...

Journal

...
“In the journal, I am at ease.” — Anaïs Nin


Crisp, like the autumn whose blazing dreams
Softly whisper into the moments,
Embracing the night and kissing the dew on dawn,
Resembl...

James' Feminine

....

amin
amine (i'm losing it people...lol; it's pronounced amin)
lin 
line(can one imagine, english lit teacherz, instructing their students to draw a 'lin', down the center uv their note pads) ...

In the Time When the Heart Beat Slows

...
“In the time when the heart beat slows” 

In the time when 
the heart beat slows
I close my eyes 
and meet you there
that place of aether
the either or,
the conversation...

Heart

...
"Heart"  

Deep fissures formed
in the cracks of 
the nowhere place
where time leeched
bleeding claret 
through the green 
veined blues

protean bit by bit
the flesh ...

When I Do Not Have You

...i am thinking of you, until when.

when. not seeing you.

i stretch out my hands (like a blind man)
stepping on sounds -
pieces of glass underfoot

keeping you pierced in my heels. until

w...

Ancestors Applaud Amanda Gorman

...Amanda Gor-man
Influ-en-tial wo-man
Black-nifi-cent
Great with her pen
Mic in her hand
Recite her Po-em
"The Hill We Climb” en
Joe Biden inaug-uration 
Our Sis-tren
Choclate Mel-a-nin
 high...

Back To Life

...You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living. Then you read a book.. .or you take a trip... and you discovere that you are not living, that you are h...

Birthing the Vortex

...
"Birthing the Vortex"



the complexities of a myth
borne from the birth 
of amorphous seat 
in dark matter brain

storming dimensions never se...

Greetings

...To all of my friends on Poetry Soup,
you really are a dynamic poet troupe.
Though I’m not here every single day,
rest assured I’ll not stay away.

You’ve made me laugh and sometimes c...

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