Loss Notes Poems

...Do I lay you to rest?
Gathering up the harp
Assuming its over
via the cold shoulder 
Pure skin I once travelled 
hands pressed 

Playing strings with grace
lost...

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The Song of the Sea

Oh, hear the song of the sea so free,
That echoes through the waves and the lee,
It whispers of stories untold and...

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sigh ...
it must be nice ...
to ripple the waters, so-to-speak
to leave in a blaze of glory
and affect change in doing so
I admire that courage -
that...

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Much ado here
With poise that skips
Our purpose here


Too much acid
Now fizzles buzz
Lost cause sinks


Why worry now?
Stay on the way
Of mindful hope


When joy goes
Sense empty shell
Frame...

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Note to Readers of Previous Versions:
There are so many new vignettes scattered throughout the poem that I hope you will reread the whole thing! There...

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1. Lunar Perspective #1

month long day and night
also sees earth wax and wane
no season penchant


2. Lunar Perspective #2

moon's sun mimics earth's
earth pirouettes on star stage
sun’s...

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Chilly breeze
Punctuates our stroll;
Morning conversations

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Hand in hand
Here we go;
Chinatown bazaars

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Flavours and mix
Savoury delicacies;
Soft ice cream trip

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Haiku moments
Bamboo trees arch;
Aqua moon floats

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Sad notes
Lover's letter;
August goodbye

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No need...

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I used to dream of loss like rhyme.  
Of what great notion we must define. 
Truth relies like rise demise and notions of enterprise....

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1. 

with eyes closed,
i witnessed my own pair of eyes
setting free millions of fireflies,
like leaves bidding farewell to it’s trees. 

the fireflies gathered at the...

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The shadows whispering
In the silence I now sing
Hold me to their flames
The only comfort in this lasting pain

The words that can’t convey
The screaming in this...

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Piano notes when players come to play.
So sweetly on the keys, it pleases me.
A few songs that I can teach some day.
Maybe to Wyland or...

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You come home with a grim expression
Ignoring the screaming and fighting
Another trashed night of insults and threats from your parents
Blams flying left and right but...

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Old Notes
I feel like an old lovers note
that's been cast aside thrown away
and useless,
Not knowing that they even opened it at all,
or if it still...

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Sand erodes beneath my feet
as the waves again retreat
seaweed and dead jellyfish
are left upon the beach

I think of you this moment
the memory stings and bites
didn’t...

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