Monthly Archives: September 2014

A Seed Found Furrow in My Brow (Seaberg/Phosphorimental)

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

A seed found furrow in my brow Awaiting harvest, hungers now Through my fertile mind’s palimpsest A vine breaks soil where memories nest Pushing on with a writhing stem From deep brown earth toward blue welkin With nostalgic rays, a … Continue reading →

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Oh Icarus, what have you done?

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

FOLLOW THIS LINK TO ORIGINAL COLLABORATION SITE: Oh Icarus, what have you done? Image alchemy by “Life Through Blue Eyes” (Diana Matisz) Poet accompaniment by Phosphorimental ______ Up here, hollering winds unsettle dust softening on Empyrean rising thermals graze cloud … Continue reading →

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Last Nights “Best Used By” Date

Posted on September 14, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

These days, the “sell by” date dictates the menu for my morning meal. The next torpedo through the torpor will be the sound of last nights unfinished dinner scraped into the centrifuge of my garbage disposal; separating hardened gruel into … Continue reading →

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Love Ballad of My Generation

Posted on September 14, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Those days recall less colors and even less sense With longer hair like Jackson Browne, Pensively reeling in half rhymed ballads walkin’ like Dylan and shredding our voices like Springsteen. “walkin’ real loud…” When poets sang and singers Listened, from … Continue reading →

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By this Poems End

Posted on September 12, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

By the end of this poem, those, once vibrant shall slough off in horizons of necrosis. As I tap out completion, their summer cedes to countless performances; actors bow before the closing curtain of Autumn. The maelstrom of summer-lovers lulls … Continue reading →

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Hibiscus Dreams

Posted on September 10, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

She’s underhand throwing words with her mouth The boy leans in past natural borders, to study the agenda in her eyes He is built like a bent paperclip, with bottlebrush forelocks, a barracuda jaw. Between her bare legs, she gently … Continue reading →

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Glowing is like falling out of darkness

Posted on September 10, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

An old friend Carl Richardson) posted this quote by apparently an unknown author, “…you see the true color of a person when you are no longer beneficial in their life…” Rather than traipsing through the jaded past, this set me … Continue reading →

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In Vino Veritas

Posted on September 10, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

Do not look for revelation in an event, look inward at the sum of your experiences… then exhale – blow them away like a fine powder into the abyss of space.  Emptiness, silence…dissolution – the unspeakable, un-hearable happens.  Your message … Continue reading →

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Your Damascene Sword

Posted on September 7, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

You’re too used to your blunted ways Worn habits of reason is why you stay So tired of hearing the same arcane From a heart that cashes in on pain Grab your Sufi sluicing pan, Ya Allah, let’s pull the … Continue reading →

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What does this poem mean?

Posted on September 7, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

She asks me, what does my poetry mean? Understanding my poetry is something earned through it’s arduous journey from the shores of your mind to the plateaus of your heart. There is no right of passage, no words to honor here. This poem … Continue reading →

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