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The Right Poem
When the right poem is born it is all feeling. Taste and touch and nourishment. All heart and aching and lifting. Poetry is a revolution with a profound sense of strength. When the right poem arrives I notice it instantly. It is all moving like earthquakes so powerful that it breaks down mental barriers and… Continue reading
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Hope Like Water
I must admit I don’t know much about you The first ocean in which I’ve ever swam You were there in my mother’s womb And every other home in which I’ve ever lived I drink you And you consume me I cook with you From pieces of your soul I feed my children And we bathe in your arms Watching as you carry us Water Invisible Yet nurturing I know not what you are Not exactly I think you’re spiritual Because you left your DNA in my skin Your truth dripping as it clung onto my bones Like breath of life escaping my lips A misty cloud A forehead kiss Or a mother’s smile And the world is yours to conquer When she winks her eye And you know you got this You’re there to fulfill all our needs A spiritual fluid That man has not fully understood Like heaven right here on Earth Miracles In the desert If I could bottle hope I imagine it’ll look something like you If I could taste on my lips expectation I imagine paradise would taste Something like you If truth could be wrapped up in one word If hope could manifest itself… Continue reading
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That Moment
That moment when the inspiration is so thick but the words are so weak. When time won’t give room to whisper a glint of poetry or finger your way through lines made of braille. I want to write, but not anything. So I wait for the calming of thought processes to slow the string of… Continue reading
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Paper
Nice. This the kind of writing that makes me want to write a poem, yesss. Excellent. Love the Imagery. Object relations I like to think of my paper, my notebook sheets, as having texture. I want the lines to stick like staples punched through to the other side. Their long, skinny forms, plucked up from… Continue reading
