Tree Waking Poems

in the middle of the Serengeti I fell asleep one day
hoping wildebeests and cheetahs were far away
eyes dared me to wake up, and I was...

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shadows to light
soft heartbeat
but resting
no one around
tree limbs still
wonders of nothingness
closed eyelids
images linger
beginnings without endings
linger images
eyelids closed
nothingness of wonders
still limbs tree
around one no
resting but
heartbeat soft
light...

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Now tonight I cannot sleep. I dream but these dreams we reap. So is it that I can't fall into trance? Or is it these...

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Waking To The Call Of A Mockingbird


I woke to the call of a mockingbird
soft,gentle racing notes I heard
A wandering visitor in our tall oak
to me...

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I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I have to go.

We...

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In the dream my nightmare strikes,
With human faces like zombies,
Hairy and teeth like vampires,  
Deep in the jungle beneath the caves.
I tried to run...

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To moon 
giving a parting kiss of 
sinless shame 
I nudged him from the tree.

The night had been a terror.
I was facing myself 
in unrelationship...

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Here's another story about my granny
And, of course, it's always true
What kind of question is that?
Do you think I'd lie to you?

You see, my granny...

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What kind of beer do you want? 
"I prefer it cold but I will drink it hot, 
or even sour, if that is all you...

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I awoke,
Disoriented,
Lost in time,
Through the magic 
power of dreams,
It's near Christmas,
There's no pine scented tree,
No presents to wrap,
No one to bake cookies for,
Alone,
Except for the...

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