Monthly Archives: November 2011

Poem fragment 2 (2/15/06)

Posted on November 27, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

If I could only look inside your heartIf these clouds would only clearA tear When loving you made no sense An obsidian sky Love comes in from horizon In finding nothing I love you, I love you, I love youWhy … Continue reading →

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poem fragment 1

Posted on November 27, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

I stood gazing in the darknessAgainst a slope before the riversAnd you came to meIn fragments of mistDew arriving for an evening sit And as you landed gentlyOn my eyes,The light shimmeredCollecting on a hillIn the mistAs an orb gently … Continue reading →

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My Brown Eyed Girl

Posted on November 27, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Looking up through matted locksI scan the storm clouds from the dockWhile you sail the surly seaIs there time to think of me?Waiting in the winds and rainEnduring time and wincing pain Enter Poet The paint is worn, the iron … Continue reading →

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JUNE 3, 2005 Balcony Musings

Posted on November 27, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

And the thing that really makes it ironic, is that it isn’t. And so the bottle opener from the Bahamas easily opened the bottle of Red Stripe from Jamaica. There begins the longest 50 minutes in history. The bright star … Continue reading →

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Note to Self: Rose Petal Rejects

Posted on November 27, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

A squirrel clings to a tree trunk, teasing and taunting a large tiger striped cat slumbering on the path. I run by, but pirouette for a second glance. Assortments of humans in the lakeside plaza eat alfresco. The tree’s around Lake … Continue reading →

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Coming Home

Posted on November 26, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Interrupted life. Having you, protects me from my own web. Return to me, as you thaw, Weathering away to smooth edges. We are at the center, of this expansive disk, Glimmering prism, And the line we follow is just a … Continue reading →

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I am

Posted on November 26, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

I may chase my losses around with a magnifying lens Trying to figure out what went wrong. I wonder what went right, I’m sure it was nothing that I had anything to do with. I thank god for the tenacity … Continue reading →

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The Fall

Posted on November 26, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Discordant leaf chatter argues over the path, dispersed by a nettled wind This is the Fall of my life. Every breath shivered and twirled on the air, Fogging a glass piece Through which I stare. At lions at play in … Continue reading →

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A godawful astronomy lesson

Posted on November 26, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

How many times have I looked up in the sky To feel a tear roll back I never saw you, but I knew you were thereObscured by the fog of a bad day,Engulfed by the sunA sailors moonHearing nothing, never … Continue reading →

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Prey Animals (12/20/06 coming home from Australia)

Posted on November 26, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

In the lost ends of a long field, the creature stood – brushed in a bristling mahogany coat, dusted with honey and java. I could only stand there swaying imperceptibly on the dying grass. From his flanks, a slight swirl of steam lifted … Continue reading →

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