A jumble of memories and present moments in this one… Seems I’m always pulling out the cord the light dims the connection is cut the fragrance that used to greet me dissipates—slowly a lingering resentment somehow let go Steel, tempered and brushed leaves marks on skin where blood once flowed The apple still tastes as [...]
Tag: memories
The page is a reminder (a poem)
An ekphrastic poem, inspired by a diary page posted by Ksenia Anske. I don’t recognize the writing on some pages, I don’t see it at all (tip: never use fluorescent yellow highlighters to write in journals) I know that I was bored or angry wanting to be anywhere else wanting to pretend it never happened [...]
The corners of my room (a poem)
Based on a phrase I read online, combined with the title of the piece of music I posted yesterday (and am currently listening to again). I wish the rain would fall so the sound could lull me to sleep as it washed away the sorrow of the day We could have been stronger than ever [...]
On a Saturday morning in 2016 (a poem)
A warm, sunny day in Seattle today. So, naturally (?), I turn to introspection… Driving with the windows down on a warm, sunny morning Laura Nyro’s ‘Stoned Soul Picnic’ coming from the cassette as the tall, tall trees that line the road sway with the gentle breeze I think about driving into town but I [...]
Hope (a poem)
Something more, well, hopeful after yesterday’s mopefest… My way in My way out The breath The sigh The ongoing conversation Memories of a Saturday morning embrace A candle in the window for your return A sign of welcome A sign of love A light in the darkness (7 May 2016)
Our first date was on Valentine’s Day (A poem)
Back to the epistles again. When he read those words about being in love I couldn’t help but think of you the small moments that we shared the laughs we had the feelings we tried so hard to resist I’m so glad we gave in it may not have been enough but what we had has stayed [...]
Secrets and unanswered questions (A poem)
A new poem in my February series of epistles. Out of respect for privacy, I am not mentioning the subject of this one. You really are something of a mystery Nobody knows what goes on inside your head So many secrets and unanswered questions and things hiding in the shadows I didn’t ask about the [...]
Remember when (A poem)
I am giving myself a theme for February: epistles. This particular poem is for my friend Yumi, who died of cancer in September 2014. It’s been a year now since I learned you’d gone for good Until then, I held out hope I’d hear from you again All those years of travelling never brought you [...]
Dendrites and scarecrows fray over time (a poem)
I managed to rescue this one from itself at the last minute… Shapes relax connections dissolve What I lose in the straw I can’t get back People leave connections dissolve Reading between the lines reveals nothing Memories fade connections dissolve What we don’t know doesn’t hurt anymore (23 January 2016)
The permanence of memory (A poem)
Actually, I was awake at 12:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day, but poetic license… The things I remember could fill a book the things I don’t could fill three Some things are bound to remain mysteries It’s four o’clock in the morning I’ve been up since one That’s the trouble with sleep and the hours [...]
