nickels and dimes

        nickels and dimes   when I didn’t rightly count the fleas.  who’d guess the sorrow that would make.  when the salad went into the freezer to crisp it up.  how well that went you can guess.  when the choice seemed make rockets or radios, yet choosing either was as far off course as off could be.  when a kiss took [...]

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river walking

river walking is river the rumble of rocks sleeping in bed? is river the mountain that lures it up or from which it falls? is river servant to gravity’s whispered beckon touch? is river the sun that makes it leap to sky, imagines seedling clouds? is river those wild lips taking rest from thirst? is [...]

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I remember you (napowrimo #10)

read write poem   napowrimo #10 prompt by Pamela Sayers celebrate! RWP member Pamela Sayers says, “I live in Mexico, and one of the things I love most about this country is that people here celebrate their family and friends to the utmost.” And it is in that spirit that Pamela asks us to write about any [...]

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Watersongs

Watersongs     Says water, Everyone lives on a mountaintop.   Familiar stones, rounded thoughts. Measure them in the curve of your hand. No boundaries, only another waterfall.   Trenches are where water likes to go, however sometimes it changes its mind.   River seems blue because water loves sky.   Oceans are memories of [...]

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Bear in the river

Bear in the river.   I am too old to sing these songs again,     the old bear thought to himself,     wishing he was wrong. He tried hard to remember the wise things     he had learned in his life;     at least one wise thing. He tried very hard. Mostly without success.   [...]

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