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Year's End

12/30/2014

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Year’s End

White
Cat
Clouds 
Stretch 
And
Leap
Across 
The 
Sky,
Driven
By
Arctic
Winds
Sweeping
Down 
From
North
And 
East,
To
Surprise
The
Desert
Night.
Snowflakes
Drift
Down,
Then
Blow
Straight
Up
Again,
To
Fall
Elsewhere,
As 
I Wait
For 
The
Sunlight.

 

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Christmas Flight

12/28/2014

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Christmas Flight

Crows,
Ink 
Drops
Against
The 
Sky,
Wheel
In 
An
Arc,
Then
Divide
Their
Number
Among
The 
Leafless
Trees.
They 
Hang,
Black
Ornaments
Of
The
Season,
Celebrating
Themselves
With
Raucous
And
Disdainful
Cries.


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Solstice

12/26/2014

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Solstice

The
Blue
Train
Speeds
Across
The 
Sky 
In 
A 
Snowy
Surround
Of
Puffed
Clouds,
Rises
Over
The
Mountain
Ridge
And,
Heedless
Of
Risk,
Rushes
Away
Toward
West
Texas,
Where
Roses
Bloom
In
Winter.


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Mistakes

12/21/2014

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Mistakes

Those 
Pickpockets
Of
Illusion,
The
Disappointers, 
The
Too
Lates,
The
Forgetters, 
Yes,
Them
All.
They
Walk
Beside
Me,
Indeed,
They
Are 
Me.
Yes, 
Yes,
Regret
Is
Futile.
We
All
Fail
Our
Hopes,
I know.
I make
Do,
And 
Tell
Myself
Those
Transparent
Ghosts
That
Follow
Me,
That 
I see
Everywhere,
Are
Only
A 
Trick
Of
The 
Light.


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Threat

12/19/2014

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Threat

George
Clooney
Says
(And
I’m
With
Him)
That
Sony 
Was
Loony,
Giving
In
To
Kim,
That
Jerk,
Because
He
Didn't 
Like
Their 
Work.
If I
Had
The
Chance
To 
Make
Kim
Do
A dance,
I’d
Show 
That
Film
On
Building
Walls
World
Wide,
And 
Take
His
Impudent
Dare
In
Stride.
He’s
All
Hot
Air.
But
Everyone
Already
Knows
He’s
Just
An
Evil
Pose,
A vicious
Tumor,
Without
A sense
Of
Humor.
We
Didn't
Need
Sony 
To
Sell
Us
An
Adolescent
Show
To
Say
So.


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December

12/17/2014

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December

Thin
Strands
Of
Snowy
Rain
Fall
Straight
Down,
Wetting
The
Streets,
And 
Forming
Ragged
Patches
In
The 
Grass.
Now
Larger
Flakes
Join
The
Dance.
Bracelets
Of
Frost
Gather
On
Barren
Branches
And
Drip
Icy
Tears,
Like
Lovers
Abandoned
By
The
Sun.


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Holiday

12/15/2014

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Holiday

The
Sharp
Leaves
Of
The
Holly
Bush
Stab 
My
Fingers
As I
Hang
The 
Large
Outdoor
Christmas
Ornaments, 
A 
Note
Of
Cheer
For 
This
Honored
Feast
Day.
In
Other
Years,
There
Was
Noise
And
Glitter,
But
Now
I celebrate
In
Solitude.
The
Brittle
Leaves
Pierce
My
Skin,
And
A
Single
Drop
Of 
Blood 
Spills
Onto
The
Shiny
Surface
Of  
A 
Crimson
Ball,
And
Disappears.


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Flight

12/13/2014

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Flight

If
I could,
I would
Go 
Back,
Coast
Down
The 
Long
Hill
Into 
Kenilworth,
Walk
Out 
Across
The 
Fragrant,
Herb
Laden
Fields
Until
I forgot
Time,
And
Dissolved
Into
The 
Gorse
Dotted
Green.


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Winter Garden

12/11/2014

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Picture
Winter Garden

Forcing
Narcissus
In a 
Sunlit
Spot,
For
Holiday 
Blooms.
Slender
Green
Blades
Rise
Cobra-
Like
From
The
Pot
As
Christmas
Looms.
No
Gift
Could 
Bring
Better
Than
A living
Thing,
A fragile
Flower.
Though
They
Will 
Only
Last
An
Hour, 
They
Leave
Behind
The
Bulbs,
To
Grow 
Again
In
Spring,
For
A second
Flowering.


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Facing East

12/9/2014

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