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Blowing Bubbles

Posted on April 3, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Not every memory is worthy of rescueEach an iridescent bubble,Bobbled on the breeze of timeLanding gently on a finger tipA nostalgic prismatic spherecaressed by spires of starlightbut no hero is so sweetas to save every memory.No memory so worthyThat it … Continue reading →

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Essay: Love is an ever unfolding friendship.

Posted on April 3, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Love is an ever unfolding friendship:  Consumed the by the most poignant and desirous lessons of love, we speak of endless unfolding as we wrap around each other in this inextricable embrace.  Falling in love is not the closing of … Continue reading →

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In the Littoral Zone

Posted on April 3, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Precious chance for a lonely thought,Loose, slip-fades sinuously freeA melodious stream of nostalgic mistOff an Arabica sea. Curiously exhaled from dissonanceIn an amber lit café.He imagines himself a sojourner,A wayfarer without a way. Long shore drift en echelonLong minutes march by metronome … Continue reading →

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Perth, Australia

Posted on April 3, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

I pressed firmly into my seat, as the massive jet slipped gravity.  At 300 kilometers per hour, the runway in Melbourne fell away, music already in my ears, companionless as usual.  We banked hard to the west, rising above the … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving Alone on a Roof

Posted on April 3, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

What more could I want? I have the unchained sounds of the wind brushing through the bare trees.  And the sky just pushes by on their way somewhere south of here.  It’s very quiet except the sounds of the winds … Continue reading →

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Walking My Dog “Memory”

Posted on April 3, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Interesting – as everything is coming into the harbor and some things will make it to their slips, others will crash against the rocks, others will just turn around and head back out to sea. Meanwhile, all is adrift. Yesterday … Continue reading →

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Lines in the Sand

Posted on April 3, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Sleepy words awakenLike a stirred morning child,Wincing through lashes at clarityBetwixt dreams and noises outside. They skip through their daysSlipping from graspOf convention, imagination,Institution, alas Like clay, paper, and notesThey become idle matter for craftUntil love cast the canvasThe artists, at last As … Continue reading →

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Strange Numb World

Posted on April 3, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Like a once broken promise, she came to meOut of my past, across forever seascasting her truth into the furrows of dreamsSewing intimate seeds that hushed the screams And unsolved riddles of throttling fearThat one day next, hope would not get … Continue reading →

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Seasoning

Posted on April 3, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

If silence and solitude were to have weight they’d account for these hills, held fast in place. Which draw a chill from this glaucous sky, into fleeting cold winds, pulling tears from my eyes. Chimney smoke mingles above the roof … Continue reading →

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Boat Called Rock Bottom

Posted on April 3, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Why would anyone set sail on a boat called “Rock Bottom” Yet here I am… The sky winked a few times the day spilled slowly and steadily out over the horizon. Millions of people cursed it, loved it, or wished … Continue reading →

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