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May

5/31/2021

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Picture
*Michele Moore* Talking Wind
The
Wind
Sails
Down
Through
The
Canyon
And
Across
The
Desert
Town,
Garden
Petals
Blow
Upside
Down,
And
Lavender
Stems
Bend
To
The
Ground.
Iris
Blades
Lean
To
The
Shade
While
No
Birds
Call,
As
The
Sun
Beats
Down,
Heedless
Of
All.


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The Writer's Life

5/29/2021

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Picture
*Woman In Pyjamas* Gabrile Munter
Old
Scars
Ache
When
It
Rains,
And
Names
Get
Misfiled
In
Our
Brains,
But
On
We
Sail
In
Our
Leaky
Boats,
Made
Of
Paper
Clips
And
Sticky
Notes,
Constructing
Fables
That
Enable
Forms
To
Rise
And
Live
In
Prose,
To
Tell
Again
What
Everyone
Knows,
And
We’ll
Borrow
And
Steal
To
Make
It
Come
Real.


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Advice To Self

5/27/2021

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*Steinberg*
Hey,
You
Say
Things
Aren’t
Going
Right?
Straps
Too
Tight,
Shoes
Too
Low,
Life
Pinching
Everywhere
You
Turn?
Don’t
You
Ever
Learn?
By
Now,
You
Ought
To
Know
Peace
And
Time
Drop
Stealthy
Slow,
And
You’ve
Still
Far
To
Go.
Take
Heart.
Its
Taken
Years
To
Make
A
Steady
Start.

 

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Book Lover

5/25/2021

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Picture
Between
The
Pages
Of
Our
Books,
Passion
Rages
In
Secret
Nooks,
Desire
Described
In
Lavish
Prose,
Defining
What
The
Heart
Knows
In
Sultry
Chambers
That
Subtly
Lurk
In
Fantasies
Complex
Work.
Lo,
In
Steps
Reason
As
We
Dream,
To
Tell
Us
Nothing
Is
Without
A
Seam,
To
Hem
Us
In
Before
We
Fall
Into
Lust’s
Spin,
As
Too
Soon,
We
Reach
The
End.


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May 24th, 2021

5/24/2021

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Deputy Sheriff Dale Jackson investigates a brutal murder, exposing heroin traffic in his New Mexico community. A chance meeting with enticing but corrupt Elena Chavez leads to a devastating sexual encounter with her, and when he confronts the drug dealers, Dale is shot and gravely wounded. Hospitalized, he remembers the seamy and reckless things he did, and mourns the loss of his integrity.
       Nurse Sharon Mitchell pursues the intriguing deputy, but he warns her off. Can she reach him or is he ruined in his own eyes as an honorable man?
http://www.amazon.com/Elena-Chavez-Jeanette-Collins-ebook/
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Doubt

5/23/2021

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*In A Mirror* 40" H X 30" W Acrylic On Canvas
Some
Days
I Wake
Afraid
That
Every
Single
Thing
I’ve
Made
Is
Otious
To
The
Core,
Which
Is
A
Bore.
I Chide
Myself,
Not
Happy
To
Deride
All
The
Baggage
I Contain
In
Storerooms,
Shelves,
And
In
My
Brain,
And
It’s
Just
As
Useless
To
Complain.
I Get
Up
Anyway,
Knowing
Yet
Again
Today
I’ll
Try
To
Conjure
One
More
Time
An
Image
To
Make
The
Universe
Rhyme.


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Well Done

5/21/2021

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*Anemone* 16" H X 20" W Acrylic On Canvas
Praise
Need
Not
Be
Loud,
One
Word
Can
Be
A
Crowd
Of
Note
To
Keep
One’s
Little
Ship
Afloat.
Not
For
Ego’s
Sake
Do
We
Labor
In
The
Dark
To
Make
A
Worthy
Thing.
We
Work
In
Hope
One
Word
Will
Be
Heard,
One
Image
Seen,
Can
Bring
Belief
To
Every
Secret
Joy
And
Random
Grief.


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Phlebotomized

5/19/2021

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Picture
Up
At
Dawn
To
Get
Blood
Drawn
For
A
Televisit
With
A
Physician
I Haven’t
Met.
My
Old
Doctor,
A
Sweetheart
Guy,
Retired
And
Said
Goodbye
To
My
Chagrin,
So
I Must
Begin
Again
With
A
New
Fellow,
And
Assure
Him
Blood
Wise,
I Am
Totally
Mellow.


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Breaststroke

5/17/2021

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Picture
*Swimmer 2* 30" H X 24" W Acrylic On Canvas
Swimming
Toward
Tomorrow
On
A
Sea
Of
Words,
Condensing
Everything
I’ve
Heard
And
Seen,
Each
Wave
Newly
Green,
Doing
My
Best
To
Reach
The
Crest,
Swoop
Down
In
A
Loop,
Rise
Up
Again
With
Measured
Strain,
And
Do
It
All
Again.

 

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Interim

5/15/2021

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Picture
*Jack Vettriano*
For
This
Moment,
Time
Suspended,
Beauty
Is
Ours,
All
Woe
Mended.
Hurts
Have
Healed,
And
Love
Revealed,
We
Stand
As
One
To
Face
The
Day,
Knowing
In
Our
Rose-
Tinted
Way,
That
Nothing
Worthwhile
Is
Ever
Done.


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