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Woe

11/30/2018

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Picture
Woe
 
Unhappily,
My
Car
Won’t
Go
And
I am
Waiting
For
Santa
Fe
Tow.
AAA
Will
Save
The
Day,
I pray,
Or
Else
Dear
Volvo
Must
Be
Hauled
Away.
I’m
Hoping
Not
To
Pay
A
Heap
To
Wake
My
Vehicle
From
Auto
Sleep.


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Against Tomorrow

11/28/2018

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Picture
*More Heart* Digital Art*
Against Tomorrow
 
Tell
Me
About
Your
Regret,
What
You
Recall
And
What
You
Forget.
Tell
About
Your
Innocent
Days,
Before
The
Clear
Path
Became
A
Maze,
Of
Sorrow
And
The
Poise
Gained
From
Bearing
The
Pain.
Of
All
The
Things
Folks
Never
Say
Aloud.
Be
Proud.
Hold
Tight,
And
Write.

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Apparition

11/26/2018

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Picture
*Duy Huynh*
Apparition
 
A
Half
Cup
Of
This
Foreign
Tea
And
I see
Before
Me
The
Crude
Coast
Of
Solitude,
Rising
Like
A
Ship
Emerging
From
The
Sea,
Tall
Sails
Converging,
Urging
Me
To
Join
The
Ghostly
Crew.
Another
Few
Drinks,
And
The
Vessel
Sinks
Before
The
Whitened
Slope
Of
Much
Desired
Hope,
Quite
Clear,
And
Almost
Near
Enough
To
Touch.

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Pilgrim

11/24/2018

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Picture
*San Francisco* 30" H X 24" W Acrylic On Canvas
Pilgrim
 
The
West
Coast
Came
To
Seem
A
Pastel
Dream,
Light
Years
Away
From
The
Day
To
Day
Fierce
East
Coast
Tempo
I had
Come
To
Know.
I hovered
There,
Shuffling
Uneasy
Cares
And
Fears
Of
Bridges
Burned
Until
I returned
To
NYC
And
Found
I was
The
Same
As
I used
To
Be.

 
 

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Freight

11/20/2018

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Picture
Freight
 
Five
Jet
Chemtrails
Chalk
Mark
The
Sky,
Ten
Thousand
Miles
High.
Aboard,
Twelve
Hundred
Souls
Ride
At
Ease
There,
Going
Some
Where.
For
Love
Or
Money
Or
Work,
They
Happily
Shirk
Gravity
To
Span
A
Timeless
Cavity
Of
Space
Below,
The
Finality
Of
Which
They
Do
Not
Know,
Caught
In
The
Banality
Of
Wingless
Flight
And
The
Empty
Glitter
Of
The
Height
.

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Winter Scene

11/18/2018

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Picture
*Winter* 20" H X 32" W Oil On Linen
Winter Scene
 
Viewed
From
A
Narrow
Sand
Stone
Ledge,
The
Mountain
Is
Wedge
Upon
Wedge
Of
Igneous
Stone,
Agate,
Quartz,
And
Frozen
Ice,
To
Splice
Together
Cold
Rain
And
Weather,
And
Every
Day
Rise
Above
The
Human
Fray
To
Glow
Beneath
A
Woven
Shawl
Of
Snow.


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Composite

11/16/2018

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Picture
*Progressive Composite* Separate 14" X 14" Images Oil On Linen
Composite

The
Many
Shapes
Of
Me
Comprise
More
Than
You
Can
Readily
See.
I move
And
Change
To
Rearrange
What
I am
And
Have
Been
As
I begin
Again
To
Be.
Not
As
An
Unintended
Drift,
But
A
Deliberate
Shift,
To
Direct
And
Realize
The
Perfect
Disguise.


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Recalled

11/14/2018

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Picture
*Landscape 1* Oil On Paper
Recalled
 
Here
In
This
Dry
Arroyo,
Mountain
Waters
Used
To
Flow,
Where
Now
Purple
Sage
And
Jimson
Weeds
Grow.
In
The
Spring,
Seeds
Remember
And
Bring
Desert
Flowers
Of
Old,
Brilliant
Orange
And
Gold,
And
For
A
Moment,
Until
They
Fade,
We
See
The
Glory
Nature
Once
Made.

 

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First Snowfall

11/12/2018

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Picture
*Mountain Snow* Pen And Ink On Paper
First Snowfall
 
Above
Taos,
Twelve
Thousand
Feet
High,
Snow
Gathers
To
Lie
In
Crevices
And
Hide
Gullies
Where
The
Skiers
Glide.
Frosty
Drifts
Will
Grow
Until
The
Rock
Below
Becomes
A
Pillow
Over
Which
They
Go,
Doing
Youthful
Tricks
On
Two
Polished
Sticks.


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Becoming

11/8/2018

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Picture
*Nude 1* Oil On Paper
Becoming
 
Woman
Under
Construction,
Convention
The
Obstruction,
Needing
Space
To
Grow
And
Change,
To
Rearrange
Every
Single
Part,
And
Satisfy
An
Eager
Heart.
To
Be
Every
Thing
She
Can
Desire,
Warmed
By
An
Inner
Fire
That
Will
Sustain
A
Questing
Brain.

 

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