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      Endings and Beginnings

      It was April 28th, a Tuesday, situated
      two days closer to May. Something
      unclear, vague, shifted just beyond
      my sight.

      Perhaps it was my over worked
      imagination, a mind focused
      entirely on the abstraction of
      reality, or the discord of a
      symphony that was playing
      in my head.

      Perhaps it was due to…Read More

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    • Depends What Matters…

      I don’t know if it’s a society thing…
      or what
      but this standard that directs us to follow a specified path
      you meet…you marry…pop out a few kids
      never forgetting the coveted white picket fence

      I have a question…
      what if that pattern…
      isn’t really one size fits all…

      I think of all the miserable…Read More

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      • Hi Willow, you have packed a lot into your poem. At its heart is the recognition of individuality, as opposed to individualism. We arrive in many different shapes and colors as well as temperaments. For me, it is a social matter, the traditions that arise out of society based on oppression, of class and social distinction and hierarchy, that…Read More

        • I fear that we’re rapidly approaching that time when women and those of color have few rights again. The number of bumper stickers I’ve seen with “Make women property again” make me sick. And this country is terrifying me more every day. It’s time for big change indeed. Thank you, Curt

    • Just Think

      Walking in with a smile
      Feeling light as if at this very moment was the best

      Walking in with a frown
      Feeling pulled down and weary as if gravity has a vendetta

      A tune comes to mind
      “Don’t worry be happy”

      A tune comes to mind
      “Everybody hurts”

      Open the window
      A beautiful butterfly fly in

      Open the window
      A…Read More

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    • A KISS #4

      “Let’s not speak falsely now
      the hour is getting late.”
      (Song/poem ‘Along The Watch Tower’, written and sung
      by Bob Dylan. But in this case think/imagine this song
      sung/played by Jimi Hendrix, the Live Version)

      “Excuse me while I kiss the sky”
      -Jimi Hendrix, ‘Purple Haze’

      Th…Read More

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    • Unstable Faultlines and Explosive Boots

      I saw him in the back of the room
      a wide space between him and the crowd
      no one acknowledged his presence
      he was…a non-entity
      it was a self-imposed exile
      however unintended

      I wanted to feel sorry for him
      sipping his drink in silence
      amidst all the gaiety and laughter
      but I’d felt the brunt…Read More

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      • Such arrogance deserves to be burnt, not fading away, but excised. It’s a strange contradiction, our compassion and empathy, as it sometimes allows such arrogance to exist. It’s not that we shouldn’t have empathy/compassion, we should. But it’s in coming to understand how and when to apply it. I think it’s part of our human journey, our evolving…Read More

        • Your mind might go to strange places but so does mine. They may not be the same places but that’s one of the things I love about poetry…the various ways it translates and thoughts it provokes. Thank you, Curt

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