Short Canyons Poems

Harvested farm land
Deserticolous canyons
Valleys deeply sway...

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I covet to seize
An iridescent opiate
Waltzing within yonder canyons...

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Rivers of compromise,
canyons of denial
flooding uncertainty
—mile by mile

(Dreamsleep: March, 2022)...

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the tide will stop
I explain to my uncle
from the city
every time we visit him
lost in concrete canyons...

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White is the color
of the majestic canyons,
the river still flows
as snow sparkles on rocky bends...
profound silence extends far....

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Towers,
Concrete canyons,
Buzzing crowds, lights ablaze,
Heart's relentless and vibrant pulse,
Urban.

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I fear the thickening shadows darkening the canyons of the mind.


©12/27/2019

A thief who Steal your thoughts Poetry Contest...

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Incense meanders
Weaving a bridge of prayers
Here, your whispered vows,
Resonate like dull echoes,
In the canyons of your grief....

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in your absence we wilt 
like desert flowers 
in hollow canyons
blown by the wind to tilt 
and scatter our essence
amongst unholy sands...

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No one’s ever gone
until forgotten

Their memory etched 
like words in stone

—canyons to remind 

(Chama New Mexico: January, 2019)...

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Scaling city canyons 
Control market us mountains 
system in starvation 
She concrete and green gutters 
Blocked ... could neither memory prey...

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In the thick of the night
When I’m awake and can’t sleep
With shot of whiskey I read something light
Into western lands I creep
Traveling shadow canyons deep...

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For me,
one time is not enough
Canyons widen
neath mountain bluffs

For me,
each time lay unforeseen
Magic transient
—a richer dream

(Montrose Colorado: September, 2021)...

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Canyons of loss
emotional wastelands
Spires of hope
grasping for sky

Riverbeds bake
 mountains are damming
Feelings once deluged
—barren and dry

(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)...

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Idaho is
as America was
her voice in the canyons
and mountains above

Idaho is
where today meets the sun
baptized in her beauty
—deep rivers to run

(Hell’s Canyon: September, 1996)...

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Breathing in clouds on a tightrope,
a mountain to each end,

I dance over howling canyons...
To the side of earth on which you stand.

I will make it there.

Vernal beloved, I will make it there.

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This tongue broadcasts
hushed tones of satanic nature
And strange snickers
resounded throughout the canyons
Chanting nocturnes as irking
as a rhino horn against a chalkboard
yet the prophecy remained clear
I had to find this beast…...

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Immersed in the quagmire
of finding yourself

The search tunnels deeper 
 through canyons undwelt 

Absorbed in the moments
your fear would disdain

Time lost and abeyant
— in search of a name


(Dreamsleep: June, 2024) 
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In the early morning
I skirred among the treetops,
a million sparks of water.
My wings lisped in the cool air.
I slid near the canyons of
green and black;
and yellows alarmed me.
Grateful for 
my two big eyes that
made a gift of distance....

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The byways of life
     Have now separated us
I hope and pray
     Our paths will cross again

  As canyons have forged
     By emptiness and silence
Bridges can be constructed
     By words of love

I will meet you on the bridge...

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I am of a bronze age.
My family all had mo-hawks.
We spoke by clacking our knees together,
singing hymns over glass canyons.
With lavender wine at our lips,
You taught me language,
And I became a star, floating 
Through all possibilities....

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I am as deep as the ocean
Hear the echos of life
As they travel down the canyons within
I can not be bought or sold
Given or taken away
For I belong to you
When the body is gone
We are one
Nurish me with your life
Cherish me 
For I belong to you

Who am I?...

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The moon shadows me,
porcelain eye a mirror,
dark canyons my deepest thoughts.
My white soul whispers,
lilting on a jasmine breeze
under glowing firmament.


3rd Place
Moonlight Delight Contest
Sponsor:  Russel Sivey
Written:  9/6/17...

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The winds of love are blowing strong
with amorous emotion

written with stars, the story unfolds with
the world’s spinning motion

it echoes through the canyons and tides
the waves of oceans

from sailor signs to poet rhymes
a tale of love’s devotion...

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Winds of almost Spring
Honing ice knife blades
In shaded canyons
Crackling through leafless twigs
Slapping falling sap
Against bent defiant trunks
Newly filled with sustenance
For tight knotted baby buds 
Twisting constantly up toward
Ever giving sun
As Winter retreats
Again...

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