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July 4, 2013July 4, 2013

Thunder in the Distance

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thunder in the distance
a train moving
down the tracks
metal grating
against metal
creating
hieroglyphic maps
or is it storm clouds
black and angry
when life is
at our back

raising doubts
that squelch
the laughter
when everything after
can only be thunder
or the rumble
of an unrequited earth
giving birth
to yet another
mountain or is it

only a waterfall in a
distant forest
raising its’
voice in chorus
and we hear it as
thunder in the distance
creating refuge
from an
incendiary past

always keep in mind that
just beyond our
quiet solitude
whether real or an
imaginary cast
there will always be
thunder in the distance
waking us to the
reality of
life

http://dversepoets.com/category/atmosphere/

July 3, 2013July 3, 2013

Rose Trellis

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age creeps slowly
like wild roses
on the
garden trellis

thorns heedless
to her touch
while walking
through
the summer garden

she remembers the
veil of lace she wore
at someone else’s
wedding?

in a gown of satin
with seed pearls
sewn on her
mud stained
train
vows now broken

remembers now as she
touches her skin
a face
now marked ‘aged’
& when memory lifts
the wedding veil

her youth radiates
still soft as the
rose petals
on the
garden trellis

http://dversepoets.com/category/openlinknight/

June 23, 2013June 23, 2013

Rose Colored Glasses

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do you look at me through
rose colored glasses
waiting for the
clouds to part in
a display of sunshine

or do you wait cautiously
for the dust to settle
as i pick up the pieces
that fall without
ceremony to your feet

knowing that life cannot
be only black & white
for it is only after
storms the rainbows appear
& love is the tie that binds

http://dversepoets.com/category/idiomatic-expressions/

June 19, 2013June 19, 2013

Lavender & Whippoorwills

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nasturtiums growing
in hollyhock fields
smelling of lavender
& blue whippoorwills

whose song bids me
follow the spirit
of you
entwined as we are
in consummate truth

i see you dancing
beneath the elm tree
with boughs your
dance partner
forever & free

as you slip transparent
from my view
the music plays softly
as it is never adieu

from the lemon bush
filtering meringue
soft dreams
to the orange orchard
citrus scenes

i knew you loved me
before i became a whisper
& held me near
before the dance…
taste of cinnamon cinders

nasturtiums growing
in hollyhock fields
smelling of lavender
& blue whippoorwills

June 9, 2013June 9, 2013

The Realist & Angels

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i am a realist by nature
looking at my world
not through
rose-colored
glasses
but glass tempered
clear and hard
as the surface
of smooth steel beams

yet believing in angels
surrounding me
in my quest to seek
all that is
spiritual
feeling their presence
just beneath
the surface
as in a languid pool
of water

reality may keep
my being anchored to
the unsettling nature
of human beings in life
but my soul takes
flight
with my spirit
on an ever rising
tide of angels
and safe passage

http://dversepoets.com/category/twinoppositesthe-divided-self/

June 3, 2013June 3, 2013

Bath Times Three

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growing up i found myself
in the tub…at the back
with sis and little brother
in front and i often

wondered…but why the fuss
with mom trying to wash us
all arms and legs and did
we really get clean but

after all, I mean, really
i was so glad when mom
finally decided i was too
big for the space i

was in and subtracted me
from the equation of
bath time times three and
i wondered why forever

until i had kids of my own
and it is so much easier
to have one bath for three
instead of a balancing act

of one, two, three and the
evening finds space for
alone time when they dream
to wonder why all the fuss

http://dversepoets.com/category/bathroom-poetry/

May 29, 2013May 29, 2013

Year of The Dragon

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born in the year
of the dragon
apart from
all the others
always longing to
take flight
hold tight
to the rough scales

like chain mail
that can either
protect you or
bring you down
spiraling toward
earthbound
or is it made

like origami birds
light as air to
release you there
amongst the clouds
with your dragon tail
breathing

dragon breath of
fire and mist to
give you the strength
you need in
storm’s release for
you were born in
the year
of the dragon

http://dversepoets.com/category/openlinknight/

May 22, 2013May 22, 2013

Unfurled & Rising

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her thoughts take flight
like a flock of birds
their wings unfurled
& rising like a
plume of smoke

only to tumble down
to earth
as though
pierced through
by arrows

so when the rain comes
they are carried swift
crashing
over waterfalls
to be dashed
against boulders

for she longs for calm
that may only come
when they settle
in a pool
of clear water
becoming smooth
as river stones
at rest

http://dversepoets.com/category/openlinknight/

May 17, 2013

Like Magic

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characteristic of
none & yet
everything that is
…my muse

touches my soul
with introspective
desire like
casting spells
like magic

each word trickles
than flows like
ink drop pearls
to my pen

capturing the
essence of time
no longer
a floating tide of
black in an
inkwell

http://dversepoets.com/category/tag/velleity/

May 15, 2013May 15, 2013

Change Comes Quickly

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change comes quickly
sometimes
just as we knew it would
not unlike an unwanted
intruder…silently
entering
with stealth
in darkness

waiting, just waiting…
remember how
we would wait
a game of hide ‘n seek
with only the
street lamps lit
casting shadows and
you hoped it
wasn’t yours
and then

you were found out
even though
you thought you were
hidden
and we did think so
didn’t we
safe from the
trappings
of life

in our home with a
door closed to who…
to the intruders,
of course…and
to change
but with the
light of day
it all is
clear

like a mirrored
reflection
in cut crystal glasses
but not so…
really
as the crystal is
but jagged pieces
and sharp edges
juxtaposed

fitting but not so
as a piece
here and there
slips
out of view
out of our view and
what do we do
but wait and wait
or turn about
like a kaleidoscope
to view something
else…new

for the domino pieces
do begin their fall
from him to her and
on and on as
change keeps coming
putting in motion
a game of
cause and effect
an unknowing

without warning but life
has no sounding
bells
no alarms ringing
to alert us that
it is here for
change comes
quickly

http://dversepoets.com/category/openlinknight/