Stories tagged poetry

Chamber Music, part 1

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what I forgive, I touch

The Underwater Afterlife of Memory

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My fingers are shining in the underwater afterlife of memory searching for the nipple-sized mollusks searching for the solid nature of things left over from having lived a life at all That new rain smell, specifically I remember that,

Effort

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For you – because you deserve more effort

Early Tuesday Morning

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The moon hung in the sky, round and pale, under cover of some wispy clouds.

The Artist Alone

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all sinew and shade, soft curve of the hip

Gulf Coast Telegram

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A quick hello Sent at the wind's mercy

Speaking of Mexico

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Well, I can tell you this much. The balance of my illusions about the underlying nature of mankind grew into grave doubts the day my brother was shot dead by a revenge-seeking Lebanese investor during a business failure bankruptcy in Southern California

One Saturday in August

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pasta boils on the stove

Not for Ambition or Bread Do I Write This Flash That Is in Fact no Flash

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the bartender refused him drink because of his baby face, and so he sang

Calluses

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My Grandma caressed my sleeping Grandfather’s feet as we sat in his hospital room after hours.

Abandoned

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How could you run from me now? The loneliest child in the house

If I Was a Bum

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If I was a bum I’d risk everything for a drink or a smoke I would beg and curse and steal if I was a bum If I was a bum I would cuss out the Pope I would not vote for anyone because I would know truly they’d be telling gross lies

The Fluid Life

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Wet September in Eureka, Jasmine blooms profusely. Perfume scents waft free. Rain drops might be falling nails; sparkling needles when they slow . Second gasps of rose blooms sprinkle petals. Sprays of other flowers, names unknown, attract green Hummingbirds. Promiscuous…

Inspector of the Dawn

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It is a strange world, dawn. You may find yourself alone with your God, the old, and the young. Very likely a bird. An old one out hobbling past on a cane, a small dog trotting from bush to bush, sniffing a pile of leaves, jumping back, st

Teresa

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each word a simple life lesson draped in velvet