Category Archives: poetry

Real Love In A Series of Affirmations

Posted on February 14, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

Real love is the endlessness of a mirror’s own reflection in another Real love binds the sheep, the wolf and the shepherd together in compassion Real love is an impenetrable wall of wisdom between you and what you only think … Continue reading →

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A Jot of Clay

Posted on February 12, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

Through the torpor from some unseen cloud, a bead of rain slipped past my lips and down my throat. Sensing my thirst, this sojourner arrives from some other place, some other time. Love for this one bead I sip, and … Continue reading →

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In Time, In Time

Posted on February 10, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

  My young daughter and I are not much different; Little less of this, a little more of that. She wonders about God’s existence at all; While I weep for His closeness. We stumble through our words as One asks … Continue reading →

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Poetry Dispensers

Posted on February 9, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

She applied his poetry like a salve… But he complained,     “It’s a stick     to poke giants, stir potions –     and you think it’s medicine.” She let out a held breath blowing the dust off … Continue reading →

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Who Stays, Who Leaves

Posted on February 9, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

So long as we hide within the shadows of our own abode, the heart is never empty, the heart is never full. And so all visitors eventually leave seeking their own light; all the while they missing yours, you missing … Continue reading →

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Amber Love

Posted on February 3, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

When first I saw you I saw love, But not as a spellbound boy. I found you Pristine. A sacred temple I could not climb nor enter. You belonged to no one, Though you Are claimed By so many others’ … Continue reading →

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Half Asleep and Half Awake

Posted on January 26, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

I relish the now rare states of being held by a half sleep space… where a companion feels no compulsion to move, or even open her eyes. Where our voices connect in languages foreign to the masses who claim to … Continue reading →

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The Stirring

Posted on January 24, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

She lifts her face … She says she can touch the sky, So it is she that scatters these clouds abandoned in a long-ago last goodbye. There’s a story by Pasternak, “He let go of my hand,” Tanya says with … Continue reading →

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Feathers

Posted on January 24, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

Faith is a feather on a sandy beach Jarred from its station by the slightest breeze. And love is a feather placed on your forehead Lost in the whisper by what a sage might say. Time is a feather dropped in … Continue reading →

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Intersections

Posted on January 18, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

Swaying on the train, Lovers lean and my lips Curl and part vicariously That I might complete Their kiss. I move with them In their hesitation with their Tongues’ self-consciousness. I only imagine If they were us Our uncompleted love. … Continue reading →

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