Poetry

catching up with old friends

Parker got arrested.Ben's not speaking to his father.Maya's moving away.We're separated.Kyle started school.I had to work on my child's 1st day of school.and I woke up late.My mother's dying.I'm moving.I miss your father every day.

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It is a hard thing to be born

It is a hard thing to be born;to leave the comfort of your mother's home,to leave the place where everything is taken care of for you and come into this cold world. It is a hard thing to be born.Have no control over what is happening to you.to have everything about your life change. It…

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Solitude vs. Loneliness

Solitude is a condition of peace that stands in direct opposition to loneliness. Loneliness is like sitting in an empty room and being aware of the space around you. It is a condition of separateness. Solitude is becoming one with the space around you. It is a condition of union.” — Kent Nerburn

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Dorm Life

You should go back to college when you're retired and live in the dorm for a semester. It's good practice to get you excited about living in a nursing home.

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What I don’t need

What I don’t need

I don’t need to write another poem about youHow ironic this poemIs about you.But this is the lastI don’t need to hear another poem about youOr hear a poem about love or hate and think it's about you. Because this is the last time I'll think about youWhen I hear the word Love. or hate.…

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Two Minutes of Tiny Noises

Two Minutes of Tiny Noises

A celebration of silence BecomesA celebration of the creak of the chairThe crack of his neck,The knock of her bonesThe cough of the manConsidering his coffinThe shuffle of feet Obviously stressed by the stillnessThe creak of a kneeThe chair againA sigh of settling for someone Who sighsDuring the moments set asideFor silent meditation And a celebration of tiny soundsinstead of silence.

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If I should die

If I should die

If I should die before I wake, The laundry pile overflowing My unmentionablesWill surely be mentionedBy those who find me lying hereSleeping naked With a sheet and books stackedWaiting to be readAnd the curtains openSo that if I had arisenInstead of diedSomeone surely would have seen meIn the daylightAnd those who find me deadWould say it was a…

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The Orion Questionnaire

The Orion Questionnaire

This list of questions is asked of writers and thinkers. I think it's a great list. Learn more about Orion here:

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Genesis 1-11

1: Lots of repetition of terms. Each thing... God wants it to be this. It is this. It is good. God wants this. It is this. It is good. God gives man every plant... then in Chapter 2, He reneg's on the gift of "all" to be "all but one" 1:28, 8:17, 9:1, 9:7 -…

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Eccentricity

“In Taos, a certain amount of eccentricity is required for conformity,” - Tony Hillerman

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