Category Archives: character sketch

We are all in Infinite Do Loops

Posted on November 9, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

in 1986, I was 23.  On November 9, 2015, this arrived by mail; sent by a dear old friend.  Now, mind you, I knew nothing of Sufism then and only recently began to meditate on Ibn Al’Arabi. So I am … Continue reading →

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Ramblings of a Majnun Part 2

Posted on November 7, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

Our present state is often a manifestation of waiting for something or someone in the future. And sadly we measure our waiting in hours, days and years… not deeds. We braid our thoughts into beautiful strands of words, tie them … Continue reading →

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Matt’s Rancho Martinez

Posted on August 25, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

I was sitting at Matt’s Rancho Martinez outside Dallas.  I caught the blurr of a waiter zooming by with shots on his tray.  It’s a loud place – reminds me of the echoing noise of my grade school gymnasiums I guess. … Continue reading →

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story of you (auto-writing on the tracks)

Posted on June 5, 2015 by skipavm@gmail.com

  The story of you is mentioned in A polished mirror My story is the collision of what I say and what you hear My expanding wasteline is filled with regrets And fallen rose petals I am just words. Poorly … Continue reading →

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Nuances Matter: Poetry is a Mistress

Posted on December 16, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

The subtlety of sultry does not hide well among the obvious! We catch each others meter across the crowded parlor and steal off to the wings for sodden romantic whispers. Her muted presence is a cloud born particle of dust – … Continue reading →

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My Magnificent Morning Malaise

Posted on October 12, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

I pour the wine, while you raise your cup until our bodies have had enough, that our spirit’s twist, wrung out dry, sexed and sated; shyly truth seeps outside of careless vessels, free once more – unable to collide, despite … Continue reading →

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I will forever see you soon

Posted on October 5, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

I thought all morning about his life coming to an end During the oddly undaunted progress of day I thought of how I might say goodbye to him Imagining a reply in traces of dry breath Surrendered by a swollen … Continue reading →

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Restless Milieu

Posted on September 24, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

I went to bed with a bad memory All night it kept kicking me in the heart In the morning when we woke neither of us felt we got any rest tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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I Polish Mirrors (Poetry for the Joe Cole challenge)

Posted on September 20, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

I polish mirrors. My story is the collision of what I say with what you hear or something careless That I’m here for just a sentence Poorly wrapped A bow untied Unzipped Unstacked All fallen rose petals Under-watered wilted pages … Continue reading →

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Glowering Junkies

Posted on September 19, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

A glowering beat junkie shuffles frayed hems over avenue I, propped up preened, through the door he trips, to find a pew All this, I watch with a dour view Down in a beanery where souls are served coffee with … Continue reading →

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