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Eternity

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~ In the Moments      of Eternity I draw from me      an Ecstasy –   It comes to me,      Discovery! Epiphany,      and Euphony.   A Symphony      from Tympany Parodies      Cacophony.   Such Parity       in Moiety Ought not to be      what […] Continue reading →

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An Image Also Has Words

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~ A squirrel lie unfurled, from end-to-end curled,   near a corner, on the sidewalk, by the street.   My dog stops to smell, but she cannot tell   what chance there befell her, she greets.   The small gray squirrel now gone to the world,   in soul, but body it keeps.   One […] Continue reading →

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The Quickening

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…. first comes the quickening no longer there an ancient excitement long disappeared ~ day in    day out so many the year forgotten    the wonder that’s flushed from aware ~ too soon it goes lost at the cost of career the myth    of excitement as middle age nears ~ daylight delightment a […] Continue reading →

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One More Myth

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…. Pass away, Pass away – Into Oblivion. So much for us And a Great Macho Nation. ~ Two boys of eighteen, one some months older, so close in their ages they could have been brothers, but for the customs of a great nation (still great – not late; like those, which came prior.) They […] Continue reading →

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that something of nothing

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so funny is memory of something not there snippets of moments vignettes of what were the murmur of voices no one will hear to recollect faces none now can wear of those who once were and no longer here so funny the memory of places somewhere of that which once was now no longer there […] Continue reading →

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An Eponym For Theseus

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~ No synonyms to find in the thesaurus;   no eponyms to mind, relating to Theseus.   So why wasn’t he, this man of mythology,   an eponym in Greek for some part of memory?   He forgot – quite a lot! isn’t that what it’s for?   After all, was it not his main […] Continue reading →

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Telos

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i …and when it came time for gods to then eat Prometheus hid the delectable meat, and gave to the gods inedible bones! Man got the best pick, but all knowing Zeus, he knew of the trick. To placate his ire he took from the man all of his fire – No culture,for man; no […] Continue reading →

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Where Young Mothers Go

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~ A young mother walking where young mothers go,   she passes me by, my two dogs in tow.   While talking to someone by cellular phone,   a wide wake awakens the space from her home.   She doesn’t go far before hears the cry,   a young tot at window is wailing Goodbye. […] Continue reading →

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A Tale Should Do It

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~ This is a tale that seldom gets told, brought here but once, before it’s grown old.   A day after Christmas was God-awful cold; one foot of old snow was icy and cold.   In brazen positions, reluctant to go, a marginal army of bold ice and snow.   The day bright and sunny, […] Continue reading →

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Tautologies

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~ I march with my dogs, By leash on the street. I bid a good morning To each one I meet.   The people, that is, When then they will speak: “There goes Lord Belleview; Who’s kept on a leash.”   The Lord of the Belleview! That’s my claim to fame. For those who don’t […] Continue reading →

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D-Day

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…. Day Lilies bloom       in Central Virginia   Overnight       round the sixth day             each June. ~ So sudden their sight As that seen at night   When Fireflies       compete             with the moon. ~ Essential […] Continue reading →

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Age-out

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~ So long there good neighbor,       My once would-be friend.   I’ll never see neighbor again.   As age-out advances       It changes the chances   That neighbors can ever be friends.   Gone is the good day       Where friendships will stay   Forever on ever on […] Continue reading →

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whitespace

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    when winter steps in the air becomes thin sunshine creeps into the forest ~ the blackbirds will come they have it their run no one there now will dare protest ~ life has all gone! it followed the sun none in the wake but what dearest ~ the blackbirds don’t care as strangers […] Continue reading →

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Shadow Play

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    ~ A shadow    shows     A shaky figure;   A bird   above     Impedes the flight   Of light     That flows         In rays below,   And falls about         Upon us there,   My dog and I,     With […] Continue reading →

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