Charmed Chaos
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Minstrels
“I’ve spent a lifetime trying to learn the language of the dead” ~ Jim Harrison from Sister in Songs of Unreason In the quiet early hours before morning blooms I yearn to catch their voices amid the scattered ruins and revel in… Continue Reading “Minstrels”
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What is Death?
A dying friend once asked of me, what is death? You’re a poet can you tell me please, what should I expect?
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Gravity
“The hardest part is when the river is too swift and goes underground for days on end” ~Jim Harrison from Songs of Unreason My soul the river rushing over stones of memories buried in sand some more grand and beautiful breathless times remembering glistening… Continue Reading “Gravity”
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Spectrum
I took a nap and wept for no reason” ~ Jim Harrison from Songs of Unreason And when I weep are my tears the color of the turquoise sky reflecting in my eyes or are they the white feathered clouds… Continue Reading “Spectrum”
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Sea Level
“The mountains are so dominant that some days the people refuse to look at them as children turn away from the fathers who beat them” ~ Jim Harrison from Songs of Unreason She was the mountaintop on which I stood Breathing the pure air,… Continue Reading “Sea Level”
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Crushed
“Just beyond the bruised lips of consciousness.” from Birds Again ~ Jim Harrison The stars once bright in eyes now faded and gray viewing the world through tangled trees a purple haze of permanent contusions, amid barren thoughts of rotting leaves… Continue Reading “Crushed”
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Star Swept
A promise made lifetimes ago among the milk glass stars as music wept from clouds raining down their melody soaring among the galaxies, defying time and space
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