Poetry
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The Flowering Man
(Inspired by events written in Susan Kay’s novel Phantom) The blossoms, so tenderly cared for, lay in strangers’ hands. The most handsome were taken away by scavenging neighbors. The others were left to wilt and perish. How the buds flourished under the care of a somber man, a man simply trying to forget a boy-… Continue reading
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A Cat Named Stew
Cat Hair everywhere Ran away But it’s still there Fat cat crying Hurricane Katrina survivor Feline PTSD sufferer Thirty days gone We thought the dog ate yer Ran out the door Always scared of your own shadow Never been outside before You were courageous that day though Continue reading
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Jejune
Naive and impulsive, the juvenile bewitchment reserved for youth- passion during our salad days. Abandoned chastity, yearning, stroke me easy like a delicate bloom. Lamentation, heartbreak- puerile grief. An anguish that seems not to end. If only we knew, experience is fundamental. Continue reading
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Clouds
Billowy Billows White Fluffy Pillows Puffy or Flat Misty Zeppelins Blanketing Overhead Cumulus’s Fluff Can Make For Wet Weather Nebulous’s Haze Makes Visibility Vexing Stratus’s Layers Lay Near to the Earth Veteran Sailors Give Nimbostratus Wide Berth Cumulonimbus’s High Thunderheads Pay Homage to a Norse God Whose Lightning Bolts Evoke Approbation And Remaining Outdoors… Continue reading
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The Baobab Tree
The Baobab Tree She pressed her palms against the ancient oak. Spanish moss hung down grey and curly, like the hair of an elder woman she once knew. Rivulets of blood stained the bark, hundreds of stains mingled, the essences of a hundred men and women. She remembered the baobab tree in her village, the… Continue reading
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