A Tribute To Every Veteran

white blanket, salty sand at the edges of a slice of life “forgotten war”pale face of a thousand lives long since moved on, in shadow breathwind blows adagio maiden grass wildly, on windy edge, prayers for long lifebright yellow cotton trees and willows call to the white ripples of confettilong ponderous arms of cerulean firmaments, […]

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My new poem “Beauty”

her curse     like white egret orchid calla lily, breast milk of hera, wife of zeus mandarin-claret leaves whirl fall kisses savory cheek     beauty her curse silence sings in black notes scripting letters in the sky emotions bleed     barren sigh    

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“Wild flowers cut for two” now live on spillwords press nyc

  flowers lift every blossom hightoward sunday’s somber skyexquisite hat, emits long sigh young’uns loud, dirty pantscardboard fans begin to dancechoir holds ceremonial stance tears spin, I sow a song, best I canwelcomes arise by awkward manmemories shift like mourning sand listen to preacher, job he’s doing, badhe never even knew my dadflowers jump off […]

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God’s Grace – An Ameri-Ku

Below robust magnolia leaf, monarch chrysalis safe on vein,   as sweet the nuzzle of the fog, with sunset after rain. Gentle the healing sun, kissing skyline splendors good-night,   starlings *murmurate for warmth, and dance to delight. Clouds above declare to us, God’s confirmation of His Grace,   dusk wraps arms over creation, granting […]

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