Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Everything is fun until...

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The Ego Trap

facts and numbers         
                                           have's and have-not's
recited                           
to impress                          in a list
                                          displayed


                            look at me

what i am
i am not

defined by post counts and vague exotic locations


                            here I am

sometimes I build myself a new shadow
while reality waits outside the login window 

on return,

                 mind stalls,overloaded
by clocks left to wait, too late
for defragmentation; deterioration
spreads to the finger taps.

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Sunday, February 26, 2012

I'll never get tired of trees

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Canopy

sunlight tripping
in and out

                                      above
and through the leaves

the branches of
sea almond trees

             spread green,
     green,                     green,
                         amber,
          yellow     ,
                red;

      filters the collected

               light
.
                        up
Faces smiling

            at the sun,
            breathing in the breeze.


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Posted at dVerse Poetics: Sculpting a Poem. I think what they meant to look for poems inspired by sculptures. I sort of misread it, I was kinda sculpting a picture out of words. No great harm I guess.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

A totem of sorts

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Stone Bird

relic
on the sand

filled playground
ultramarine
blue mosaic
tiles covered

pelican profile
with a single

eye
watch
over

see-saw

and swings
the widest grin

rain or shine
I remember

climbing
into that smile

settling
into a daydream.

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*A playground "Stone Bird"