Flying time

In yoga
how does time
pass so quickly?

Forsaking

To your love
try saying goodbye
thinking you own it
and find
you are enslaved.

Self fulfilling choice

When a choice
is to be made
between
yoga and elliptical

In the morning calm
yoga wins

Recipe for a good cook

A recipe
that turns out well
makes you feel
like a good cook
and cook more

Office Deco

On the ledge
in a restroom
blooms
a white flower
in frumps
on a toilet roll

Blending Naturally

In the forest
people
are always
cutting trees
to make a clearing

Imagine a garden there

Invasive

When seated
at eye level
still water at Lakeside
of Tempe Center of Arts
merges with the
man made Tempe Lake

with occasional
joggers, walkers
bobbing out

Wild rose hips

When
Red
Blue
Green
are the only colors

When
all the world
is just one
sky
and or beach
and or palms

Minimal
yet Holistic

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The Dove in the Eagle's nest - charlotte Mary Yonge

Overcoming

A square
chocolate chip
cookie
with ridges

The beginning
of uncraving
is with
forgetting the
tastes already known.

On the mind of a lost hiker

When theres an
unplanned forest
in a desert
to cross back
and a way to find
ahead
whats a snake
curled in your way?

In the pyramid
of fear
they rank
below
the prospect
of getting lost.

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Superstition Mountains, AZ.

Fleur Chasers

Some butterflies
land innocently
on
skirts
green with specks
of white

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Phoenix Botanical Gardens

Things to do

If days available
are three
and a thing to do

Its best done today

For tomorrow and another day
there could be more
anew

Building

Tiny barbels
spread out
on a fresh
green cactus.

Tender forms
soon to
take the
thorny stiffness.

How were the
mountains
before this big?

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Orogeny

To see what smooth writing reads like

go to Kicke out of Kindergarten

WOOF Contest – Top Picks

Poetry


zorlone - “Almost a sin?” - A borrowed experience from a good friend which I turned into a poem. The main character asked this question in the end.


Dragon Blogger - “Lovers in Bed” - Another poem of passion between a couple.


Jennifer M Scott - “A Bad Night for a Poet” - I think the title describes it all, perhaps not my best work but it is genuine for what I am feeling at this moment.

Non-Fiction / Personal Memoir / Personal Essay / Philosophy


Dina Tibbs - “Kicke Out Of Kindegarten” - Memoir of my early years being raised by hippies.


Deeptesh Sen - “Dance at Dusk” - It was an experiment with the higher truths of life and profane religious thoughts engendered in this tormented world where only HE can save us again.

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Cliff dwellers

In April, its presence stronger
than its absence, in September
the water of Beaver Creek

I would have guessed
that the creek flows
from left to right
towards the corner bank.

in the direction
out of the plaque of description
of their vanishment guess

Do settlements happen
uphill?

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Montezuma Castle, AZ

A Treat to read

p>WOOF Contest – Top Picks

Prose / Humor / Life Story


The Flavored Mom - “Hello, Muffin” - Contemplating body image, how we define ourselves, when are we at our best and the advantages of maturity.

Poetry


Zorlone - “Summer” - Summer is felt everywhere! I just want to let everyone know how I feel about it.


Himri - “Warm Sage bushes” - Construction from observation –or- How planters dress differently from pullers.


Jennifer M Scott - “Forks Go on the Left” - A poem about purpose.

Dramatic Monologues / Fiction


Webbielady - “Her Last Laugh” - A very short written detail about her final moments in his hands...

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Count to believe

A Bloom A Cactus bloom A Pink Cactus bloom A Shiny Pink Cactus bloom The fifth had all these Left to right and back around a bush my eyes reconnoitered for the exact number of Leilia Hackberry butterflies Seven *************** Supertition Mts, AZ

Crossing the creek

I looked down
to find stones to
put my feet on

Once I had my hold
I looked up
for the next step

many medium
purple butterflies
rose from nowhere

I flit from there
before the
dirty water was
all that was there

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Superstition Mts, AZ.

Until we find

The perfect pair
with just the right angle to stand on
with best former looks

We cant part from the old ones

Even if the sole slants from wear
Even if once rich Golden stripes fade

We cant part from the old ones

Until we find the same.



PS: Tangled ones dont stand a chance.
Who wants to walk like a prisoner?

Call for four hands

A baby boy was taken off a shelf, held on both sides.
When he turned like a pop ball, Father appeared.