Summer Strength Poems

It was the summer of my 16th year. Mother encouraged me to spend part of my summer vacation with Granddad, a self-professed stoic. I reluctantly...

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Who were they?

They walked to and from school when they were younger.
They had to complete their homework alone before they were allowed to go out...

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Immanent, at the heart of blood of the One who made     
Me, I am part of the great I am, the...

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Like Winter
predicts Summer

Dark grey suffering
is not yet total green forest
and blue sky loss

As one cold
lonely voice
isolating experience
need not preclude
warm
yet alone
embracing vulnerable memories
transparent images
anticipating full-bodied reconnections,
compassionate...

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Roof top summer time
The excellently  exceptional 
Mischief mallee throwing ice from
Hallway windows at passers-by 
Sunshine all the time sun gaze
Am I blind? Summer CRAZE!!...

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Every time I plan to fly there is some disruption in the sky. Every time I plan to fly the eagle appears out of nowhere...

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A profusion of great heat
   Rose up and oppressed my mind.
So few were signs of retreat
   It stifled an alarm seldom...

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the tempered veil of years with a weave of sweet and sour
can be lavish like the pleasurable return of good deeds
take what you learn from...

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The rock stood
silent above the ocean's fray
gray speckled and chitted by time, sea-salted air, and shells airdropped by 
gulls
Winds swept over it
rains drenched it
the sun...

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Only a loving parent can feel,                   ...

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Monday morning most merrily
Must have been a splendid 
Summer sleeping sort of a 
Night.  
Everyone was festive and 
Bright despite being hungry.
Damian and Dolly...

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By criss-cross catalysis,
Pillaged from memory—from pill.
Paralysis of analysis:
Stuck inside, and outside still.

Eyes locked,
No sign,
Neck straight, head cocked,
Eye-socket lined,
Long curved spine.

Focus inside outer locus,
A junk of...

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I am as cold as ice inside an arctic force wind. 
A glacier slowly melting from things I can't control. 
I can see the end...

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Inspired by Sandra Oh's character, Cristina Yang, from Grey's Anatomy. She says to Ellen Pompeo's character, Meredith Grey:

"You are a gifted surgeon with an extraordinary...

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Heart of mine, why so timid
for fear of saying one word out of place
yet from the shadow of your cover
you'll never shun to force a...

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