Tag: poem
member name: Desire Hendricks
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August 12, 2008 09:35 PM EDT --
Destination R & R
Amtrak bullet train
humming and swaying
up the Eastern Seaboard,
but I'm not hurried
or harried.
I read.
I nap.
I strreeetch my . . .
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May 15, 2007 11:21 AM EDT --
Aurora sweeps butterfly kisses across my cheeks.
She calls me to rise and greet the day.
I lay measuring my breaths in morning prayer.
A simple pleasure awaits me.
I anticipate the rumble of the kettle . . .
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September 10, 2007 09:26 PM EDT --
Our tragedy unfolds in these few lines.
Structures piece words into art and beauty.
Miracles happen within these confines,
as we perform our passion's duty.
We lay siege to the page--deftly wielding . . .
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August 08, 2008 09:21 AM EDT --
A summer as hot as Louisiana gumbo
called her to the water for an evening swim.
The waves unfurl like dragon pearl tea leaves
beckoning her to enter their embrace
before ebbing to their natural . . .
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June 06, 2007 09:56 PM EDT --
Pennies make a dollar
Grains of sand add up to a beach
Words make a story, poem, speech, war or peace
Fall begins with one leaf
A baby begins with two cells
A storm begins with the first drop
A puff . . .
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December 04, 2008 12:36 AM EST --
Write like eating a pomegranate.
Break open the heavy fruit.
Allow the floral scent
to tickle your nose.
Note, the seeds,
deep garnet fruits of the mind,
resting in the pith. . . .
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