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poetry

i see you there

In poetry on 27 August 2008 with 15 comments

“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problem” (mahatma gandhi)

i see you there hiding behind the bright flickr flame of the others
curled in shyness
thinking you are in the shadows
of the sunlight’s blaze
i see you there
soul burned bright
curled inwards
letting brighter blossoms sing [...]

through the looking glass

In literature, poetry, postcards to self on 1 August 2008 with 13 comments

“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?” (alice, alice in wonderland)

i am finishing up my afternoon of facts and figures, [...]

green space

In poetry on 24 July 2008 with 13 comments

i scrape my knee on concrete
bleed my soul across hard corners
as green curls up
spreading light
across my eye
a busy intersection
burps out noise
angry calls of tire screech
a finger flipped
a tongue wagged
hard
in the soft hum
of a bird’s chirping tune
lips curve upwards
tongues danced
soft
a place to rest
my breathe.