Monthly Archives: August 2014

Shift

Posted on August 29, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

A note to Peter, whom I met through nothing less or more than art.  “These encounters always provide some trace of ‘shift.’  We’re all given minute and subtle chances to achieve some prodigious schemes. So I tend to leave no … Continue reading →

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Writers are from Mars, Readers are from Mars too.

Posted on August 28, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

You were expecting Venus? So that’s where you are; I should have known. The following is a compendium of musings on the balance of reader and writer, teetering on the fulcrum of creativity. ***** A creationist take on the theory … Continue reading →

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Some friends are like the leaves in fall

Posted on August 27, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Some friends are like the leaves in fall. From the verdant spring they unfurl in their splendor and vibrancy. In soft whisper and summer hiss, they stage the hues of blossoms and ballads and whistle birdsongs from hidden branches. Elevating … Continue reading →

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Align and Mingle

Posted on August 23, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

I like the way random events align and mingle with one another – like the clacking of billiard balls after a super clean break. Close your eyes and it all sounds the same, but if you open them you see … Continue reading →

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Quivering Leaves

Posted on August 21, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

“There are all kinds of love in this world but never the same love twice.” ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald Love is a breeze that stirs a million tree leaves, so much, that each leaf believes it is in love with … Continue reading →

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Great Ideas.

Posted on August 21, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

A great idea is not your own. Rather, you belong to IT… and you are not alone in the clutches of such brilliance. tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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Combustible Stuff

Posted on August 18, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Love is of highly combustible stuff… as soon as it becomes perfect, it hears the strike of the Beloveds match, and returns to the consummate flame. tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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Tears and Venom

Posted on August 18, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

All we’ve had to drink for days is drawn from tears and venom. The pools of hope, we’ve dipped our cups are buried beneath crumbled macadam. To whom do we turn to in this darkness Those sweet among the souls … Continue reading →

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Qalb: A secret unlocked with the lips, flies away untold

Posted on August 11, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

This poem dons the thorny cloak of consequence, Readers listen for its truth, but only the truthful hear. Life is a kiss, a soft touch, else the prick from the thorn of a rose. Seek love through beauty, but do … Continue reading →

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Die for Love

Posted on August 8, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

The illusion of love for another is a manifestation of a secret withheld from us by God… as such, those we love cannot darken our lives, for what illuminates them, is a reflection of a Truth beyond death. Those that … Continue reading →

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