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    • Love Sonnet LXXIX

      As I glide smoothly across
      the ice, as the cold air assails
      my face, I feel like I am
      flying. Your face

      appears under the ice, staring
      up at me. You are smiling,
      your hands, upturned, reach
      toward me, inviting me to

      join you in the cold, wet
      waters of this dream. I
      fly faster, skates moving

      like a blur,…Read More

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      • I love the chill of this poem – if you’re not a fan of Kate Bush do listen to Under Ice on The Hounds of Love album!

        • Thanks HJx, for the sweet comment and for the the Kate Bush mention. I will definitely go listen. I actually do like the few songs I have heard from her. As well as her duet with Peter Gabriel on “Don’t Give Up”.

          • You’re welcome – enjoy Kate! “Waking the Witch” from the same album inspired me to write Heathen, the opening tale in Basque Love Stories. It’s here on Starsrite, too, live, featuring sensational young actress Isla Furl as Julia. Enjoy!

      • Such a vivid, haunting piece. I love how it moves from ice to fire with such ease. Beautifully done.

    • Lighthouse Wife

      I married a man of the sea.

      Salt lives deep in his bones.
      The horizon rests in his eyes
      like something he once chased
      and never fully left behind.

      They told me the war was over.

      The uniform folded.
      The medals sleeping in a drawer.
      The world moving forward
      as if violence were a season
      that knew how to end.

      But…Read More

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    • Never-Ending Dandelions

      A dandelion
      is a weed
      looking harmless
      even beautiful.
      Still a weed
      overtaking the grass
      choking out
      all other life.

      Memories of you
      are dandelions
      spreading rapidly
      overpowering my mind.
      Taking root in all
      facets of my brain
      weeding my garden always
      with every breath I take
      you still live in…Read More

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      • Hi Curly Grace. It’s amazing how someone occupies our minds. There they are, whether we want them there or not. Hopefully, your “Dandelion” is a welcomed “weed”.

        • Thank you, Redzone. I wrote this in 2011. So, the “weed” has been pulled out, lol, quite some time ago. Made way for better flowers though…

          • Better flowers, that’s the best thing about “weeding”. More colorful too, I’ll bet.

      • Brilliantly expressed – I must weed my garden after that, before your poem infests my mind! HJx

        • Thank you, Harriet‑Jacqui. May your garden stay clear, and your kindness keep blooming.

          • Between writing and marketing my books, I grow-my-own fruit & veg on a plot next to the forest, the village cricket pitch and tennis club. Weeding my plot is just like painting The Forth Bridge (in Scotland , I live in England). As soon as I finish weeding it’s time to start all over again!

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