Dark Swimming Poems

Cool, dark blue waters
Ringed by green, pointed pines
A white-clouded sky above 
And all of it fills my eyes

Free-floating ...
Held in summer's arms 
Held by the...

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The Tricky Chirp

The nester bird comes to live, 
in a nest, they did not make. 
Yet... the bird, 
feels right at home 
and not alone...

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Ashes and Thirst

Evil comes in all shapes, and all sizes. 
We have all heard this many times... before. 
But how truly large, or small can...

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Deprived (sleep)

The small green light
on the radio dial... 
glares at me in the dark. 
It is like a lazar light show going off. 
I threw...

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[Note: You will see in the work below connections to other poems I have posted here.  Those poems are tangents to this poem that...

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How many breaths do I have, before the end of days 
         How many words are faked,...

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The sun blazed hot, no cloud for a respite.
Life was hopeless, wretched and desperate.
The grass a withered brown, and tree leaves sparse.
No shade for the...

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T-wentieth January morn
H-as made the day sunny; 
E-vening shadows disappear, 
A-s the dawn breaks early.

P-ouring rain Thursday
E-vades the Friday occasion 
N-ew light is rising
A-bove the...

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Such pain, such pain this poor heart's born,
with so little pleasures in return, 
much gifts it has bestowed, unearned 
now, here it lies; morose, forlorn

Alas,...

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Im out swimming in the ocean 
looking like moss in this giant bubbly green potion 
Fading in the dark awoken 
in this life ship motion...

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walking the plank on a pirate ship
one slip,point blank,i'm in deep dark sh..
shadows they curse me with torments and taunts
am i better off dead just...

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The Swimming Hole


A burbling tuneful peaty burn
Like amber whisky flowing clear
Where darting minnows twist and turn
Is soothing music to my ear.

Between the banks of rushes...

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