Summer Women Poems

On that July day of confusion and discord,
I entered the women's psychiatric ward.
A place I'd been in before,
receiving a calming shot in my buttocks
on the...

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Couched in the season,
by a fireplace ablaze.
The winter with it's snowy soft edges,
tasted bittersweet
-since I reminisced once more
of just how pleasing it was
in the golden...

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The time was 11:05. Damian 
Made the essential announcement 
"HAKIM the time is now 11:05
We will leave this place at 11:15am.
That's 10 minutes from now.
So...

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Ahh, So True Life Is A Vicious Game

Where dawning meadows truly dance anew
A pretty princess once cried out my name
Twas a hot summer so bright...

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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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There are actual people
half woman half man
running mornings and
dream people in movies
half language half light.
Tomorrow is John’s funeral.

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This is my minute
my moment
Oops, gone!

Anything can happen
if...

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Stone stubborn, strictly stuck until struck.
Then mined like gushing gold, loquacious litter.
From hills and dales, from stillness and storm,
fickle muse must be courted and coaxed....

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It is your style
It is your smile
It is the charisma
It is the aroma
The way you talk
The way you walk
The way you touch
The rainbow of my...

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We are surrounded by trees.
   In the summer we peek through the leaves,
   At our neighbors yards with no trees.

 ...

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Women in my family,                                           ...

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Today I met you for the first time,                 ...

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And I say:

Women are like wounds, healing
naturally in tune with a higher calling

Why we deviate?  Devilishness of man
unbalanced without our hands

Women sensed this longing...

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Surviving August
David J Walker 

The cooler days 
you said you can’t wait for
Are finally coming  
But you don’t know when 

It feels like rounding...

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Loose Magic

Pee-a-boo, I see you...
Got your nose, 
and not your toes. 
Skipping rocks, 
and bubbles in the park. 

Eye contact from across the room, 
notes...

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Spaghetti

The meat, 
the cheese,
the sauce.

The smiles,
the laughs,
the wine.

The music, 
the song, 
the moment... 

The vow of forever!

Then...

You and I, 
and the garlic bread!



A. Foster, Ann...

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