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POEM: A Wiled Woman

Here is the ekphrastic poem (based on another work of art) that I submitted as this year’s entry to the Toledo Museum of Art’s poetry contest. I won by not winning, maintaining my amateur status. This poem is in honor … Continue reading

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POEM: My, My, My

I prefer life with awesome saws… My, My, My My feet are on the ground My head is in the heavens My heart spills beyond horizons Wear life is bigger still Accept may be The see And awe That due

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POEM: Nobodies, Boy

I am a big fan of nobodies, as in “Nobodies gonna do that!” Nobodies, Boy I am a boy Yet I am nobody’s boy Boy, I am a nobody A nobody among nobodies Weave got it awe Together Us nobodies

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POEM: Living in My Mined

This poem is about sorting out what is mine and not mine… Living in My Mined I searched the whirled It was what It was all a bout And soully after A sweeping Inspection And awe-embracing travails Did I Whys … Continue reading

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POEM: Not My Own

I was razed on autonomy, the notion that I am the captain of my own destiny; I suspect that this is like water to fish in American culture. The shadow of this is being a control freak. I have learned … Continue reading

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POEM: The Best I Metaphor

The soul plays I am called to… The Best I Metaphor Hear arises A tapestry of metaphors Sum call Religion Yet holy uncaptured by words Nor a scribe Who you Be Long to They’re abides Wear no deed Possesses won … Continue reading

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POEM: Can You Sea It?

Can You Sea It? I am Know longer taking Invitations from cramped quarters And haves Halving little, a peel Eye now Sea something Sow big That it is Elusive More than can Holed In won life Can you sea it?

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POEM: Dancing Encircles

If in doubt, dance… Dancing Encircles Pardon me If I dance Circles round That square little box That you would like Form me Too dwell in

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POEM: Soul Expressions

This poem is about the prevailing stoicism of my decades of church experience — in my case, among United Methodists. I am not a big crier, but I openly wept in front of the congregation a number of times over … Continue reading

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POEM: Something Else

Be forewarned, the poetry of my life may jump off the page… Something Else I linger A mist My poetry If your heart desires Too fine me Loiter about Or not Fore just perhaps I have jumped off the page … Continue reading

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POEM: Take me

The worst feeling in the world can be to be taken. The best feeling in the world can be to be taken… Take me Take me To that Plays wear My brain is fool And my heart emptied Making roam … Continue reading

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POEM: Word Given, Worth Taken

On love and poetry… Word Given, Worth Taken “Love is the sickness and the cure.” –paraphrase from movie, “Shakespeare in Love” I give you my word Sometimes scene As dis ease That soully I have Proferring one too you Witch … Continue reading

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POEM: Something Else

When in doubt, go flamboyant. Stoicism kills… Something Else Some of the buy standers took Step back wards Never the less A small crowd gathered Stairing into something else Bigger Then life When it comes to Drowning In seriousness There … Continue reading

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POEM: On and Off Agin

On and Off Agin Regarding the One My mom would say I AM On A jag Perhaps from the great Beyond And still Fathom less others Just Might as well Declare You’re off The wall Yeah The One With the … Continue reading

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POEM: An Indigenous Peephole

Perspective matters. An Indigenous Peephole I live In abandon In awe that is A parent Razed Bye religiosity In the plays Where reverence metes irreverence Truth lives In the neighborhood of paradox As an indigenous peephole Peering Into awe of … Continue reading

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POEM: Sisyphean Poetry

Sisyphean Poetry Is it passable Too make that grade Steeped In word plays What Say you I awe ready Have a pun name So you can pass On calling Me big D In a class by myself You may only … Continue reading

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POEM: Silent Move He

Silence — bring it! Silent Move He “Don’t talk unless you can improve the silence.” –Jorge Luis Borges Annoys What would it take Fore me To keep quiet Passably some hush money A bit You know the drill As my … Continue reading

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POEM: The Prettiest Words

I hope that my poetry is more than just, pretty words… The Prettiest Words They mirrorly wanted A proving poetry Soully in ploying The prettiest words Without shadow cast Out and out The flatter The better And if truth fully … Continue reading

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POEM: Brake Free

I live in a sea of poetry. I wonder, if when I die, being freed of this fleshy dreamcatcher will result in my soul being holy re-nude in the source of awe being… Brake Free When I die Ten thousand … Continue reading

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POEM: The Receipts on Me

You had me at given freely… The Receipts on Me Life had the receipts On me Given Taken Freely Super naturally Brought Ensouled In voice And udder silence Check pleas Never fully no’ing Life A ledge her Yet holy grasping … Continue reading

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