Circling Mount Kailash, i.

Circling Mount Kailash      i. I have always imagined myself a childless man. A man without any enduring consequence beyond myself. Just myself. Just one man. My best, my worst. My singular joys. My singular sorrows. What matter if one day, no dawn? Surely my cares would wash away. Honestly, I always imagined myself alone. If [...]

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Lilac choir

Lilac choir Starting Over, READ WRITE POEM Mini-Challenge poem group index POEM #6 RWP Mini-Challenge Prompt Is there a mask that is really me? Will you recognize an abandoned self? A friend who’ll wear your clothes. Drink from your glass, toss sheets loose for longer legs. Questions better left to comic books might you ask? [...]

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You’ll never read this

ReadWritePoem   read write prompt #95 The poetics of the mash-up, by celebrity poet matthew hittinger.   Combine two poems, two voices, two somethings, was the prompt.   This poem came into being actually independent of the prompt, but just seemed to fit the bill in a way for me.  Combined here are the first [...]

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She wears one mask

She wears one mask   She wears one mask, and under blue sky’s face, hers is more calm, a pacific tide beneath waves that pull me close.   She wears one mask, contours her face embosses in the air, with veiled smile, easy affection, like some curtain drawn in warm embrace. Eyes that linger do [...]

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