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Sunday, May 3, 2009

A Magician's trick



Pulling the
purple back comforter
with a white front
out of the laundry
I was the magician
pulling a rabbit
out of the hat
only not effortlesly
and to a solo
audience reminding
him of all the
'tons of laundry'
that he had to
play the trick on.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

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

Monday, April 20, 2009

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

Saturday, April 18, 2009

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

Thursday, April 16, 2009

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

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

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

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

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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Monday, April 6, 2009

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