Tag: poetry
member name: David L.
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February 03, 2006 04:04 AM EST --
I took my bottle with note sealed inside
I buried it in the yard, a promise I would hide
I marked it with a rock, so I'd know just where to go
years from . . .
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March 15, 2006 02:39 AM EST --
Bubbles await her
Cleansing waters - desert Spring
A new beginning
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April 20, 2006 03:01 AM EDT --
It's clear here
underneath star-lit skies
No moon, no you
Just myself, alone
Funny isn't it
what happens between us
in the space only lovers know . . .
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April 06, 2006 12:50 AM EDT --
I will come to you tomorrow
guaranteed delivery
You will hold me briefly
knowing the rest of me was just there
then free my seal
finger the opening
reach in and remove what's left of . . .
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May 02, 2006 06:31 AM EDT --
8, the letters it takes
3, the words they make
1, the meaning – all that's needed
831 – A phrase completed
8, from January to August
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June 05, 2006 04:27 AM EDT --
Suddenly chasing cars is something I dream of and not yell at my dog for. I'm listening to those cars right now, but no one's wasting time with me – yet. Music pounds into me . . .
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August 09, 2006 07:20 PM EDT --
To John Walter– fellow poet, writer, selfless teacher of the embracing of change and the unknown and - a friend.
Even when afflicted
Hands held out– not to . . .
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April 17, 2006 02:24 AM EDT --
Is she drunken gibberish tonight?
Did she smile, let down her hair?
Was she happily in disarray?
Did she enjoy uncluttered thoughts?
Is she back safe - all in one piece?
Is she . . .
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May 26, 2006 01:07 AM EDT --
Withheld Admittance In
They've envisioned beauty - none clearer than I
They've spoken of dreams - never gazing into her eyes
They've marveled at angels - still . . .
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July 13, 2006 08:31 PM EDT --
Baby - thank you so much for calling
It was what I needed to hear - your voice
Just wanted to listen to it for hours
I've never been so under the spell
Of a man's voice like this, . . .
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August 30, 2006 12:57 PM EDT --
To my Father - A strong and principled man that gave his family the opportunity, and in-doing-so, the learned ability, to notice and appreciate all things small but meaningful, even in the stark environment . . .
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October 06, 2009 02:18 AM EDT --
In corners the man stood
Standing for what was once his - he thought
But in the leaving, he had already lost
For having stood in corners too long and fought
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October 29, 2009 11:05 PM EDT --
Dedication: To any woman that has ever had the courage to allow her feet to carry her to the beginning of her longest journey; finding herself.
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March 15, 2006 03:01 AM EST --
Entwined, two as one
Love's embrace - brought nature's rain
Coated swollen walls
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August 21, 2006 01:52 AM EDT --
As you lie amidst slumber's still
With arms of longing grace, I will
Reach out gently across these lonely miles
And with the touch of God
Place a kiss upon your face . . .
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October 22, 2009 04:38 PM EDT --
Note: I wrote this piece for anyone that has ever wanted to be seen for exactly who and what they are, even though that nakedness might cause them great pain on the journey toward honesty.
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April 28, 2006 06:58 PM EDT --
"Winter Storm Warning"
late season complication
nature's toll - I paid
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November 18, 2009 02:13 PM EST --
Note: He's Just Sailing is a simple piece I wrote back around '80 - '81 while in college. I was just doodling on a piece of paper (see picture) and the doodles turned into . . .
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March 25, 2006 04:48 PM EST --
He takes her there
amidst the trees
and ocean breeze
to find her soul missing
but even still
it harbors hope
for him - not her
Sadness lingers
where passion should
a fiery glow
off . . .
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September 21, 2007 05:55 PM EDT --
Dedicated to Ed Nudelman for showing me the power in both brevity and the well-chosen word. Thank you, Ed.
fallen man, fallen
I answered a prayer, I
falling . . .
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