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August 14, 2012August 14, 2012

“Fan-Damonium”

i watch them whirring
speeding ’round with
different speeds and
different sounds

the ceiling fans
looming rather close
blades above my bed
i feel rather verbose

for they remain my
companions still
holding at bay rising
heat waves until

long-awaited hours
a wee small morn
signals them quiet
briefly and then

sun looms bright in
digits still rising
my once peaceful
abode fans plying

their high-pitched
white noise swirling
hot stagnant air
i lay awake listening

to their ‘HUMMMMING’
constant droning stares
a fever pitched night
a “FAN-DAMONIUM” scare

As you can tell we are now having our Summer and for me getting to the computer to post anything at all is dependent on how hot my office/bedroom is and lately almost too hot to do anything at all. The fans have become my constant companions as I’m sure most of the rest of the US have already had the pleasure of entertaining them in their own humble spaces.

August 10, 2012August 10, 2012

Reflections Mirrored

swirling motions of
passengers on the
dimly lit rail
i ride along
with them
unknowing

as they too ride along
with me
some with lunch boxes
others their
sleeping bags
disheveled

all people like me
yet “not”
like me at all
seeing the lines of
my reflection
moving outside

staring back at me
a parody
a shadowy spector
looking past at
other people’s
reflections

sleeping, talking, happy,
sad or angry with
lives moving
forward while
their
sillouttes

face them trapped
inside the rail
glass…hoping this
ride will
end……
differently?!?

perhaps she will not
go to work a
mirror of
every yesterday
and he not
to the mission

again seeking food,
company or a
hot shower
to wash away
his homeless
tired life

each one seeking
another path
a way out of
the same tomorrow
hoping reflections
outside

are their real lives
going somewhere
a destination
past their stop
to another
future

Renee Espriu

August 7, 2012

Woven Together

empty lines of her life
filled with henna
weaving together the
past and present

into patterns with
details all
coming together to
form an intrinsic
portrait of a woman

who is part and parcel
to the uniqueness
painted in the
swirling lines

capturing
it all in the essence
she calls “ME”
giving it to all
of “YOU”

August 1, 2012

Between Midnight and Dawn

phantom images between
midnight and dawn
collect in moonlit
rooms reflecting naught
but seamless pathways
sewn within the mystery
that fades but never
really is gone until
another day doth cease
we again shall stray
in phantom images between
midnight and the dawn

July 27, 2012

Pebbles

calibrated gestures
entertaining
thoughts of
me and you in
my heart

like a pebble in
a stream does
it stay forever
wedged between
other pebbles

or does it become
smooth with time
comfortable
but with the
current swift

will it too move
on to take hold
in another place
resplendent
and still loved

July 23, 2012

Past Measure

plaintive musings of
heat radiating
from the rafters
we contemplate
a moment after

but continue on in
search of the
perfect treasure
every one someone’s
past measure

old photographs in
sepia tones
a baby doll of
porcelin, clothes
yellowed and torn

coal shuttle boxes
now retired
carnival glass
pottery dinnerware
long since fired

a day of retreating
back in time
touching other’s
lives simpler then
in lines of rhyme

July 21, 2012July 21, 2012

Golden Melodies

arrhythmia seeks too
soothe itself
with lilting
music from
harps’ sweet
song

playing a rhapsody
hidden within
its’ strings
tugging calmly
at love’s
heart belongs

a night-bird sings
like a star
forlorn
i walk city
streets in
search of home

finding it’s only
a dream
come and gone
golden melodies
pull me safely
within
their arms

July 21, 2012

Enchanted Child

enchanting image before
our eyes a
girl child pretends
to spy from

behind the pillar as
we watch her
there she lightly
touches him on
his hair

while she
romps and plays to
catch his smile but
does not know that
all the while he

can not ever play
along the frozen boy
made of stone
lives on

she has captured our
hearts in her
childlike way for
happiness is
her’s today

When my daughter and I were in a hospital waiting room some time ago we watched a little girl play hide and seek with a life size statue of a boy and to watch you would think he would, at any time, come to life.

July 18, 2012

Ruby Tuesday 2

I didn’t take this photo but a great shot by another photographer, whose name is in the left hand corner. This is a Red Breasted Sap Sucker, a bird in Washington State. I have so enjoyed seeing everyone’s pics on the Ruby Tuesday site and so wish I was a gifted photo taker so could show my own but always try to post something that comes from the State I live in to share with everyone.