Category Archives: poetry

Over Time, We Do This To Each Other

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

Words soften, subtle caress upon ears, imbued with light held eyes. Aloft, then settling in currents of the hearts cascading over rock; spilling, trilling, in singing waters we go wading. ‘Tis pain pressed tenderly against wrapped and fragile bone, for so long inflicted with … Continue reading →

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Composition in Completion

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

I was once the music of my era So melodic and lyrically astute and I painted myself into the foreground of a song and became both composer and instrument. I’ve become the narrator of my own drama, the protagonist, villain, … Continue reading →

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Love does not rule lovers from a throne

Posted on January 5, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

Love does not rule lovers from a throne. It is far more humble, the sapling within the trunk. Even the apple at the top of the tree knows better. Its leaves wake and quiver and turn toward the morning light. The … Continue reading →

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The Keepsake Box

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

There’s a silver ring in a wooden box Set in its bezel is an acorn I found On a path I took When you weren’t around Half buried it hid Just below the ground. Placed over these is a secret … Continue reading →

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Quivering Hearts Be Still

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

Quivering hearts be still Even a rising mountain is but a tear drop slipping into the universe Worlds are built anew from sorrows like these. Greater mysteries weep for you than you for those, Soothe these channels, twisted saline braids that carve … Continue reading →

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Labyrinth of Mirrors

Posted on January 2, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

My love is a besotted moth flying deliriously in a labyrinth of mirrored passages; my Beloved is the glowing lantern hidden within its center. I am a vessel of senses and impulse; Whenever I run with my love to Her flame, I find … Continue reading →

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Lovers Devoured Page by Page

Posted on December 28, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

Your ebullience becomes the gilded leaf to my aging pages, a lingering touch along precious edges. Each golden blade shows your mettle, turned slowly into the flesh of a heart. Every sliver, the mete for eyes and ears, for the … Continue reading →

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Love’s Earthly Tracing

Posted on December 27, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

My heart is a winding painted canyon, carved by my beloved. I followed her echo out to the ocean And below her surface I dove. I emptied myself into her depths, beneath the currents of unspoken worlds and breathless I … Continue reading →

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al-Arabi Ponders Mevlana (Rumi)

Posted on December 18, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

Is there Art before the painting Is there Beauty before the face Is there Fear before the rattling saber …Pain before the thorn. Will you Die before you die Can you know the Essence before it’s manifest Will you Be … Continue reading →

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Words Leave a Trail

Posted on December 12, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

Words leave a trail laid by the vain wandering of a mind tormented by an unheard heart. Sure and silent signs that can never be followed back to where their meaning starts. Pure light hurtles through the cosmos Seeking certain intersections, That … Continue reading →

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