Category Archives: poetry

Kissing Andromeda

Posted on April 14, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

There is a fat mad woman Her head pokes through burlap. Andromeda’s prodigy In my space, poking me with her pen. Her lips are flapping, smacking spittle, Waxy smears on her chin, A protruding peach pit knob. Drained and un-kissed … Continue reading →

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Ice Fissures

Posted on April 14, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Spheres of air are trapped in the fibrous fissures. A million ends of cilia resonating in my ear, Vibrating my mind down a silent gauntlet of blurred memories. The tether of vision slips the loop of modesty And goes slack … Continue reading →

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Time Bitten Memories

Posted on April 9, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

  Rhododendron and fresh mown zoysia grass, Fragrant halos that come undone, Fumes of creosote oozing from poles Sweating tar under a scorching sun. Sap on sodden pine needles Glow wistfully like amber tears That fall through vaporous piles of … Continue reading →

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Gadaffi, Diamond, and Me in the Basement

Posted on April 9, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Neil Diamond can save the world…woke up this morning from a dream in which Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi is living in my childhood home basement. It is a finished basement, with a low ceiling, and it smells like the faint flatulence … Continue reading →

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Many a Seasons Harvest (in progress)

Posted on April 8, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

It was the Autumn of our lives A breath, a breeze, a voice Aging planks, abandoned ploughs, Reaps options, and sews a choice And so the logic is stressed As one and one yields one. Whether we stroll or trudge … Continue reading →

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Lovely Dreaming Foxes (I-VI)

Posted on April 7, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

I. We agreed at 3am on this one thing… we were silently pondering in the darkness soul kisses and caress cast sparks around us like embers flicked from the flames, soft floating down in the blackness, like crying stars or … Continue reading →

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The Messenger

Posted on April 7, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

I slip an arrow from the quiverOh last messenger please deliver,This note I’ve written from my heartAnd without which, I’m only part  “I licked the feathers, drew the bowClosed my eyes and let it go.I hear the fibers resonateA gentle sound … Continue reading →

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Sunrise in Infinite Moments

Posted on April 4, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Two lives pirouette in a pristine momentSlipping by the sentries of timeIf all were dark, one star, one sparkWould inspire their hopes to align. A quarter moon floats in the northern lightsSo many years agoLighting her path for a wayfarerBut not … Continue reading →

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Blowing Bubbles

Posted on April 3, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Not every memory is worthy of rescueEach an iridescent bubble,Bobbled on the breeze of timeLanding gently on a finger tipA nostalgic prismatic spherecaressed by spires of starlightbut no hero is so sweetas to save every memory.No memory so worthyThat it … Continue reading →

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In the Littoral Zone

Posted on April 3, 2011 by skipavm@gmail.com

Precious chance for a lonely thought,Loose, slip-fades sinuously freeA melodious stream of nostalgic mistOff an Arabica sea. Curiously exhaled from dissonanceIn an amber lit café.He imagines himself a sojourner,A wayfarer without a way. Long shore drift en echelonLong minutes march by metronome … Continue reading →

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