CONTEMPORARY POETRY

Seduction

                  Seduction Beckoning cliff’swind-raked tipedges against sky so blue itsings.  Stone jigsaw at the base.A whistle of windshoots fog up the clifflike smoke from sudden fire.I want to dislodge heavy feet from earth,break into tiny pieces, disperseon wind with the fog, spread outacross sky, embrace itwith endless arms, going all thoseplaces nature...Read More »

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Still in Song

                  She has a silver star She has a silver star sunken in her eyes (I didn’t know it was about stars I would write whose suns cast a warmer light from those tranquil places which are her eyes than the ordinary glass cold twinklers...Read More »

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Love is a Diamond

                  Love is a Diamond that sparkles with a million facets gifts tastes to delight our palates and roses that bloom in perfection scented with the perfume of heaven it’s the rainbow, promise of sunshine and rain,for luxuriant growth sublime it’s love we bestow on all of our children our compassion...Read More »

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Sea Change

                  Sea Change The seas horizon stretches and changes with the hour clouds merge with its edges a millpond or raging power seen silvered by the moon or wintry blue steel girder the darkness of a monsoon at times obscure and mistier ...Read More »

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the plot:

                  the plot: how long will this apple tree sustain the wither gnarled limb unattended hung in sad fruit once loved tender not a member of any orchardnever was standing by itself loved all the same now casting thinnest of shadow over farmer and wife father and mother as if misplaced field...Read More »

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The voices of water

                    The voices of water The voices of mountain waterslide down slope, shying at shallows,circle through sandy-bottomed sinks,shifting stones.  “See,” they sing in unison,“We shelter fish, sift gravel, sail fallen treesoff to shore somewhere else,satisfy thirst and soul, make things grow.We are a Sierra stream.”But at night they disagree:  Creek, Stream, River?Rivulet,...Read More »

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SAVE ME

                          Save me Rescue me from the demons in my head Save me from the creatures I have fed Rescue me from the church of Rome Save me to find my way homeRescue me we’ll never be alone Save me when the end comes near Rescue me we’ll have no fearthe biting...Read More »

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Unbelievers believe ...

                  Unbelievers believe …   Unbelievers believe they are rightBased upon a lack of insightSpeaking only of what they seeDisclosing its very paucity. An inner life they can’t describe Is greeted with a diatribe A wholesome fear of being misled Frightens them away from what is said. Mistaking faith for blindness Only fools show kindness...Read More »

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A poet is a dandelion

                   A poet is a dandelion  The dandelionSends out its seedon parachute wingsdrifting, noticing,catching the breezea twirling fairy dancespreading magic tothe Universe,taking root amongstus with confidenceand ease   Amanda Edwards ...Read More »

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If I were a button

                    If I were a button If I were a button, What button should I be? Perhaps a little pearly button To show the magic side of me. Maybe a chunky button Which can’t quite fit the hole No matter how you twist me I’ll never fit the mould. A bobbly...Read More »

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