Category Archives: Poetry
Wind & Tide
In Loving Memory of Britany 1978 – 2006 Your ship set sail far, far too soon yet wind and tide found, for ever, nooN.
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From (Mostly) Grit to Glory
for Alece When Heaven sings your most magnificent swan song and you’ve gone from (mostly) grit to Glory then you’ll see, on gold streets, your storm– a gentle breeze in the eyes of God. Though the world says seek shelter … Continue reading
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Out of the Chrysalis
So spake the wise man in his mind, where he sat apart in counsel. Good is he who keeps his faith, And a warrior must never speak his grief of his breast too quickly, unless he already knows the remedy- … Continue reading
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Utopia(s)?
grape by grape he eats and each and every is his bottle after bottle he empties and each and every is him
the Fate of Venus
she’s outside and scraping the windshield of her green station wagon with crayons and coloring books in the back
Descension
an amber angel glowing growing in ocean night definitive devil sowing knowing not insight but lying dying in dawn light
The Trail
Too many bushes And roadblocks And secrets Kept in locks. I made my path Not His, but mine; Thorns pierced me All of the time. The side of the road I lay down dying Lost and alone until He heard … Continue reading
The Seasons of Cities
It is always sunny in Philadelphia. And oh, how I have wanted to return! To feel her warm welcome once more, To breathe her sweet city air again, To walk her streets at midnight– Hearts racing in the still embrace, … Continue reading
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Alone. In The Rain.
Solitude by Ella Wheeler Wilcox Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone; For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has enough trouble of its own. Sing, and the hills will answer; Sigh, … Continue reading
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Autumnus Vox
I never saw the dawn of day, but was born in time to die. I never had the chance to play, but lived in time to cry. I never left my solitary place, but stayed until my death. I … Continue reading
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Once In A Blue Moon
“So how you know God really exists?” Because my ex-girlfriend called. Five years after we broke up. And she apologized– For everything. And that…is all the proof I need.
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Clear Horizons
A Ship’s Passage by Anonymous I stand at the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength … Continue reading
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Where The Wind Hits Heavy
The AfterLoss Credo by Barbara Hills LesStrang I need to talk about my loss. I may often need to tell you what happened – Or to ask you why it happened. Each time I discuss my loss, I am helping … Continue reading
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