Category Archives: poetry

Grey Goodbyes

Posted on January 7, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Morning stirs – a dull grey mist, clouding memories of your tender kiss And where the angels once gamboled upon my heart Now there’s just lonely wreckage as the storm departs I remember when – we laughed in sighs And … Continue reading →

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Bathing Angels

Posted on January 6, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Were the angels here to gambol upon your heart And laugh like sighs beneath seaside skies Where stars blink on, as I close my eyes And waves curl over, and a heron flies Where a crimson coast goes dark. Were … Continue reading →

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Quips for the Quipish

Posted on January 6, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

1.  It seems I am only misunderstood for trying to have people understand me for something I am not.  Why is something so easy to understand, then so difficult. 2.  You’ll never please everyone being yourself, least of all yourself … Continue reading →

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Were You Here, Say I

Posted on December 22, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

The swells now slowly softenAs they went wading into dusk“I think the tides are shifting”And we are here,…and that’s enough. “I thought we’d lost each otherIn the throes of hearts let loose,”headlong into destinyUnfurling ribbons from the seas…words curled on … Continue reading →

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The Gardens of Siam

Posted on December 9, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Whiskers stir on dandelion stemsWhile dawn departs on fragrant winds.“We see the sun, his shadow’s falling,”from the treetops, cried the waling-waling. Wink awake oh dreaming roseBrush your trestles from the briers Till the soils of your tacticsAnd climb the trellis … Continue reading →

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Passion

Posted on December 8, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

I believe that while such embers of the spirit might glow with nothing more than the breath of a sweetly whispered word, they ignite with the song in the melodic voice heard by many. Those of true passion outpace consequence… … Continue reading →

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Nothing is True

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

Nothing more humbling than watching stars cross, again and again and again. Such is the story of we romantic dreamers who’d rather lie sleeping in peace wrapped in the arms of lovers, than wake to the possibility that nothing, but … Continue reading →

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Inexplicable Certainty

Posted on December 2, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

The thought keeps cycling in my mind and I don’t know why. I’ve sensed less than this of things I’ve known more. The quiet inward search for facts fascinates me, but even more so that I cannot contain a smile … Continue reading →

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Stars (3/16/05)

Posted on November 27, 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 moonChasing Away cloudsReflecting … Continue reading →

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Silence

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

Silence is the great harbinger of possibilitiesThe open space of thoughtsThe elixir of two souls Universal, it is always thereEven as sounds play upon itTaunting I am in that silence around youStay and tease meI need your companyYou and the … Continue reading →

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