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The dark horse runs unnoticed at night (A poem)

2016/01/13 — Leave a comment

This bit of mysteriousness emerged from somewhere…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged changes, desires, forgetting, January 2016, place, poem, poetry, resolution, scene, secrets, silence, surrender, trappings. Bookmark the permalink.

The last dispatch from the dearly departed (A poem)

2016/01/12 — Leave a comment

An early morning poem after a good night’s sleep…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged body, elasticity, field of vision, finality, frame, Heaven, January 2016, letter, lightning, offering, poem, poetry, prayer, shivering, sky. Bookmark the permalink.

The death of the Grand Dame (A poem)

2016/01/11 — Leave a comment

Attempting to form a tribute from a jumble of impressions on a very long day…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged Bela Lugosi, cold, David Bowie, end, gravitational waves, January 2016, Lazarus, Lithuania, lost, news, photos, poem, poetry, radio, RIP, snow, song, streets, tribute, weather, winter. Bookmark the permalink.

Sickbed slumber #4 (a poem)

2016/01/11 — Leave a comment

Almost better—just one day, maybe two, to go…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged atmosphere, candles, cat, coffee, cold, couch, curtains, fever, January 2016, poem, poetry, sickness, sleep, sun, warm. Bookmark the permalink.

Sickbed slumber #3 (a poem)

2016/01/10 — Leave a comment

O! The joys of sleeping with a cold, continued…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged acceptance, drowsiness, ink, January 2016, missed details, page, poem, poetry, sleep, story. Bookmark the permalink.

Sickbed slumber #2 (a poem)

2016/01/07 — Leave a comment

O! The joys of sleeping with a cold…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged cold, January 2016, poem, poetry, sickness, sleep. Bookmark the permalink.

Standards (a poem)

2016/01/07 — Leave a comment

Sick since yesterday, but still writing…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged choices, good vs honest, January 2016, peace, poem, poetry, question, realities, reasons, success, truth. Bookmark the permalink.

The first one to go (A poem)

2016/01/04 — Leave a comment

Intrigued today by the idea that some folks will always be with us…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged death, friend, January 2016, person, perspective, poem, poetry. Bookmark the permalink.

Here at Rainbow Ridge we could get lost for days and days before they knew we were gone (A poem)

2016/01/02 — Leave a comment

Managing to get some things down on paper despite being mostly occupied with meeting a Monday deadline…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged description, destination, imaginary place, January 2016, poem, poetry, properties, Rainbow Ridge, rainbows. Bookmark the permalink.

The permanence of memory (A poem)

2016/01/02 — Leave a comment

Actually, I was awake at 12:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day, but poetic license…
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This entry was posted in Life, Musings, Poetry, Writing and tagged dreams, January 2016, memories, memory, poem, poetry, sleep. Bookmark the permalink.

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