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We Ride

Image Credit: Low Rider Magazine We ride on the backs and breast of those that have come before On ancestor’s shoulders and great, great, great, daddy’s toes With drops of Frankincense and Myrrh and...

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Running On Empty

Here. There. Anywhere. Nowhere at all Searching for home, answering the call Fight or flight, choosing the latter Looking back upon the years and realizing it doesn’t matter Wherever you roam, wherever...

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Concord Hymn – Redux

http://s482.beta.photobucket.com/user/ The “Concord Hymn” was first recited on July 4, 1837, when the Concord Monument was completed. The Hymn honored the courage of the patriots who fought the battle...

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Sonoma County’s Finest

The fruit on the blackberry bush are shriveled and black. The gravel driveway has washed-away and then there is you. The gutters are clogged and falling-off the roof, Due to the weight of neglect, and...

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Into the Fire

Into the Fire   I know why people are apathetic… because the pain of helplessness and futility is simply too much to bear.   better to navigate this plain in an altered state until we can make what...

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Promethean

Stark bold bright Against the page of my Soul it stands Out The bitter resentment and Anxious insecurity of Identity And recognition isn’t The simple cure I wanted distance, but The truth is I wanted...

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Minding the Current

Minding the Current   Just beneath waters apparently still… lurks a tumultuous undertow waiting to wreak its havoc.   I live in this tranquil sometimes raging body of water, and I have had to learn to...

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Another Soldier Gone Too Soon

The reason that The word unbearable Exists ~ is Because some things Truly are ~ Hearts do break ~ And minds ~ And wills ~ And the courage To go on ~ May have an Expiration date ~ Written in Invisible...

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To The Beauty Of The Day

There were a score At least Of new birds in The chorus At the dawning Of the day The touch of The light clear air On my skin Intoxicates And revives me Flowers of Orangey gold With accent Blooms of...

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Prep Time

Prep Time Today I thought of you… of precious moments in our now distant past. With warm fuzzy fondness I recall… two zombie like figures huddled in front of the heater, you with your egg drink, and me...

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Impending Reckoning

Impending Reckoning   As I drive past the once lush landscape still smoldering… An eerie silence fills the air, and I am again reminded that our grasp on control is tenuous at best.   The earth lives,...

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A Grand Awakening

A  Grand  Awakening   The sun sets on the Canyon’s fire… A sacred space… with a past as colorful as it’s rocks to which no photo has ever done justice.   Barefoot impressions in the sand remind us of...

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“E” B Jamming!

  “It ain’t too hard..It ain’t too hard for me to JAM!” Michael Jackson Across The Court..he shoots…”Swish”. The rubber of his shoes squeak as they frisk along the gym floor… never leaving a scuff....

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Epiphany

With hungry eyes and a sense of entitlement you inspected our bodies as we exited the pool.   As if we were pieces of fruit you could toss to the side in favor one you deemed to be free of blemishes…...

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Symphony Alive

      Symphony Alive   Morning light sparkles on the bubbling current. Birds tweet, ducks quack Unseen excitement darts to and fro in nature’s soft carpet.   The wind sings a powerful soothing melody...

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FrogSiren

FrogSiren   Like a whimsical flurry you blew into my life You were a breeze I turned my face to arms outstretched fully to embrace your curious rustling with every fiber of my soul.   and you stirred...

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For Now

  For Now… Lil sister spins round in circles oblivious to her public surroundings. She is alive in the moment embracing all that she perceives with open arms. For now,  she revels in her innocence. Her...

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Justice, Poetic or Otherwise

I can only hope that Karma comes round to those that take advantage of innocent Hearts…   That despite the propensity of prideful puffing… I can rest well in the knowledge that all is not as it seems...

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The Tree

The Tree   The tree where first we met shaded us as I fell into your arms giddy and spent, after you chased me round it till I could run no more. Squeals and laughter brought the envy of onlookers as...

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Act Two

Dance with me in rain-puddled streets dotted with lampposts Do your Gene Kelly and give me your pointy umbrella twirl Then turn the corner and let’s start again in wind-warp speed And now you are my...

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