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Poetry

Winter

January 26, 2014 fhaedra Leave a comment

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Back to Winter

across the world

air drying membranes

expanded minds

withered souls.

Basement watchers crouch:

Miracles wanted here.

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Poetry

Paradox

January 23, 2014 fhaedra Leave a comment

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Now in Paradise

passive Beauty reigns

feel it creep

like disease

along the paths

where spine erects

Serenity

I yearn for Chaos.

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Poetry

Now

January 22, 2014 fhaedra Leave a comment

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A good day

begins with sunrise

birdsong

a soft blanket

quiet rooms

solace of the heart

lightness of being

anticipation of new.

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Poetry

Nathan

January 20, 2014 fhaedra Leave a comment

I keep thinking

of a gravemarker

there onshore

where to read

life collides with your jeopardy

sea rhythms cover us

again

and again.

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Poetry

Cloud

January 18, 2014 fhaedra Leave a comment

Man in Cloud

awakens

his jaw thoughts

in hang slack

ahead

Sun conjures plans

adores able Fate

while I watch

in break staccato

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Poetry

Basics

January 15, 2014 fhaedra Leave a comment

I asked a ground man

how he might vote

if he found

a voting booth

he said doctor

I am hungry

I vote for bread

I vote for Truth.

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Alive

January 14, 2014 fhaedra Leave a comment

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Climber dreamed

of stairwells

up and up

heavenward

or into the black

eyes ablaze

sleepless

with wonder

under shade

of fear

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Suspense

January 14, 2014 fhaedra Leave a comment

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Sunsets

Beauty reigns

we creatures awe

who in the world

could want

to blow

my sky

to smithereens?

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Solitary

January 12, 2014 fhaedra Leave a comment

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Consider:

twenty-seven

cold

confinement

contempt

cruelty

my weak

my broken

Consider:

redirect

endurance

fortitude

Love.

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Poetry

Kentucky

January 11, 2014 fhaedra Leave a comment

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He called her Tucky

affectionate low voice

faraway eyes

memorializing lost lovers

or deceased family

missing home.

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