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The Love of "fall"

F alling in love with Winter; she’s ice cold dressed in snow white lace 
A ll the while dating Summer, who’s still sizzling hot
L ove affairs bruised with revengeful reds, oppressed oranges, and yelling yellows
L eaving Summer with a promise to one day rekindle their love

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Stone Chalice


Hands of jagged cliffs
Reach to cup clear mountain wine
Earthly communion




for Raul's contest - Rhythm of the Falls

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12,045 Days ......(And Counting)

My affirmation deceitfully severed
forever robbed by selfishness
Left to tackle life alone 
Tumbling in the wake of my dad's mess

He left when I was three 
The crevasse has increased for 33 years
Traded his life with us 
For another woman and a couple of beers

He wasn't there to pick me up
When I fell off of my bike 
To teach me how to fish 
Or enjoy a nature hike

Now I'm a father to my son 
Hoping not to make the same mistake
Living day to day on this lake of life
My son in tow through my own wake

It's been nine years and we're going strong 
Six more years with my son
That's more with him than I had with mine 
My son I guard in a web I've spun

A web of love, discipline, and nurture
Full of "I love you's" and "see ya in the morning"
A kiss before school and one before bed
Lots of playing, talking, reading, and singing

My son doesn't know the pain I feel 
To not know my dad in intimate ways
No hands to comfort me or words to heal
No dad in sight for 12,045 days.............................(and counting) 






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My son and I have a great relationship and for this I am thankful......

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Lion King

King of the jungle
Ruling behind zoo bars 
Locked up royalty

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Cool Breeze

.                     Nomadic whispers 
                            North winds speak to the great plains
                                            Warnings of winter

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Playground of Pain

Sliding 
         down  
                the  
                      spoon 
                              into a bubbling puddle of heroin
Creating the haze 
That creeps across the park
Like a dense fog

Swinging on
                  C            C
                    H            H
                      A            A
                        I              I
                         N             N
                           S              S
                             OF METH

              -	Like a pendulum on my grandfathers clock –
Tick’
     Tock
         Tick
             Tock  (faster)
              Tick
              Tick
               Tick
                    Tock…………

Swinging on monkey bars of dealers
        With their MONKEY on my back 

Spinning on the merry go round of liquor 
              Trying to walk life’s straight line

Tick’
     Tick
         Tick
             Tock  (faster)
       
                    Teeter tottering in and out of reality

On the courts of life
            Playing for the last shot  3…...2…….......1………......

Tick 
       Tock!




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written for the contest sponsored by Deborah Guzzi

note: this is fictional a poem on substance abuse.

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I Am..(Tagged By Raul, Now I'M Tagging Elaine George).


I’m a young boy 
A single mother’s son 

I’m a young beach beaten by a tsunami
Sent by an undersea earthquake delivering ripples of death 
Carrying my mother and hers out to sea 
Ravaged sands asking the sunset to reveal the secrets of the sunrise 

I’m a father to a wonderful child
A beautiful wife’s husband

I’m the love in each rain drop of a gentle rain
Nurturing arid hearts with the moisture of my words
Watering seeds of the future with hope 
The catalyst for the magic of spring
 
I’m a teacher
A Painter 

I’m the strike of a snake
My fang: a pen’s nib full of black venom
Poisoning compressed cellulose pulp; 
The anti-venom: beautiful words
 Administered through the ink gracing the surface

A student of verse
~ I am a poet ~
 





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I was tagged by raul to write a poem that ends with 
"I am a poet"
now I'm tagging Elaine George

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White Buffalo


elder's spirit born
white fur roams among brown capes
pale face prophecies

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Hostess Twinkies

.     The yellow cream filled twinkie
               A frozen delight,
        Try eating it nice and cold;
             Tongue enveloping
               Tonsil tackling
                Throat filling
                    Cream!





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{throw them in the freezer before you eat them}


inspired by:

sweet treat contest (Laura Mckenzie)

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Concealing Heart

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                                 keeper of secrets
                            intimate memoirs grinning
                                visceral hope chest





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