Monthly Archives: January 2012

Monkey Love

Posted on January 25, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Hm, the paradox of the monkey with his hand in a jelly bean jar, a fist clenched with so many jelly beans, but he cannot manage to get his hand out…unless he takes just one.  It’s not the pieces with … Continue reading →

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the world is getting smaller in a big way

Posted on January 25, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

This has been on my mind lately – because they die. The passing of family and friends and loved ones…it’s been on my mind. I read a post on Facebook by a dear friend. Not a monumental post – not … Continue reading →

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Cheap White Wine and Oreos

Posted on January 25, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Cheap white wine and Oreos A life like this, it comes and goes. And in the end it’s not what’s up, But went well, and what just sucked. Oh, no point trying play it back, Your remote’s always been out … Continue reading →

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On writing

Posted on January 24, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

click click…When you know yourself – I mean truly know the skin and sinew, the creases in the folded chits of memories, the dogeared emotions…when you know what ails you and you stop selling it as fodder for attention… then, … Continue reading →

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Love and Anecdote: Michael

Posted on January 20, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

My friend Michael and I caught up today.  and Michael loves Howard.  Oh, and Michael is a girl; not that it would matter anyway.  This discussion prompted this, along with my own situations…I remember seeing a glistening peak in the … Continue reading →

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Breakfast with a Writer

Posted on January 18, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Softly I’ll landwherever you land,slide over the lee of your wakeI’ll drift on your breathand fly on stirred windsto wherever your wings will take I’ll break my fastwith steel cut oatsand sip the steam of splendid teaand dip my breadin … Continue reading →

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10 Pound Poem on an Ounce of Paper

Posted on January 8, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Harvesting thoughts With a scythe and sickle, Burying the furrows Like a paradox popsicle. The literary farmer Sows fertile periphrasis Lamenting fraught seedlings Twisting taffy off the pages. While carmine dust-devils Stir desert air, Cochineal insects Sip prickly pear. Gather … Continue reading →

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Gravity and Cats

Posted on January 8, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Gravity is not dangerous, it’s just another variable in their calculation….because in a cats mind everything, EVERYTHING, is accessible. And until they get it, their world nearby is abundant with equally happy and achievable alternatives. This is probably all that … Continue reading →

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Dream Dust

Posted on January 8, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

Beneath these clothes, and flesh and sinew… is a universe trying to get out.  And if I languish to a halt, and weather to dust, I’m only expanding; to be found again, in the dream dust of another.Image from: http://tinypoems.blogspot.com/ tis … Continue reading →

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Now (again)

Posted on January 8, 2012 by skipavm@gmail.com

I’m living in the now for all ages to come! tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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