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Poems in Pieces

Posted on April 23, 2013 by skipavm@gmail.com

(April 23, 2013) The explosion, the cloud, the light. Love is an explosion…we are shrapnel. I am able to see so clearly… those nimble stonemasons who drive the cold steel pitons into the hewn splendid cracks of my being, so … Continue reading →

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Turning out the beasts

Posted on April 23, 2013 by skipavm@gmail.com

I remember turning my horses out to pasture…and they’d light out to the furthest corners as fast as milkweed fairies on the wind.    These beasts of burden are stubborn like my heart is resolved at times.  But so beautiful to … Continue reading →

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Who am I

Posted on November 4, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

I am the contents that has no container.   A sinner when I do right and a saint when I do wrong.   I am the feeling that you’re not alone and the reminder that you are.   tis nothing … Continue reading →

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Be, Choose, Change

Posted on October 9, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

There is the world we desire and the world we are in, and then there’s the world we choose…  only the third matters… Some people make a living outta dyin’ – i’m just dyin’ to start livin’ And sometimes being … Continue reading →

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exists

Posted on October 5, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

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Hairpin Turns through the Ages

Posted on October 5, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

I once held the whole of time in the tiniest hands of a child and then my hands grew.  But the abundance of time did not.  It is not the amount of time before us or behind us, it is … Continue reading →

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Moderation is Toleration

Posted on September 27, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Love makes no compromises, it takes a direct path through the most austere environments – the undaunted trace of a shooting star through a field of obstacles. Perhaps the one we truly love steps into our light without hesitation – … Continue reading →

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I Gotta Lot Undoing to Do

Posted on September 27, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

When I was down, I got high When life got in the way, I still got by There was nothing going ‘round that I didn’t go through But what you left undone between us, isn’t something that I want to … Continue reading →

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The Creative Adult is the Child Who Survived (Yep – Sun Gazing)

Posted on September 3, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Think about it; the most creative moments of your adult life were the moments you allowed the child in you to play. rsb. Sad how growing older oft becomes the smothering of the innocent innovator – we are compelled to … Continue reading →

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ON CLERGYMEN BUGGERING LITTLE BOYS

Posted on September 3, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Benedict Groeschel, Reverend of the Franciscan Friars of Renewal, recently claimed in an interview with a Catholic news source it was often the case that priests were seduced by teenagers…I knew this guy…he was a real RILF, if ya know … Continue reading →

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