Yearly Archives: 2014

The Romance of Artist and Muse

Posted on October 18, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

She is a tress of hair out of place, combed in slow sweeps from my forehead. I thought her an enigma to perchance unravel by the press of well-paired lips or by a mind besotted with moon glow and Grenache … 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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Earth Bound Elements in Repose

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

Of earthbound lovers in repose darkness awakens dreams for those who in their arrogance sleep so well with their sinuous curves that writhe in hell fleeting words leap to a tragic death off the end of a sentence’ precipice spoken by guardians of empty spaces … 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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Wordness

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

I read. I listened. I composed what might resemble a word. And then realized, that the innermost attribute of a word is wordless wrapped in word-ness. All I could think to say, is all I could feel in silence… just … Continue reading →

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Two is One and One

Posted on September 30, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

The only truth is the one I choose… and choose… and choose, then what of these arrows dipped in an elixir of delusion, and illusion. Yes, a shaft may go awry, but the Archer always makes His mark in the … Continue reading →

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Love’s Fool and Fortunate One

Posted on September 29, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

He was love’s fool A drop of rain In a downpour of seasonal shame A farthing in the fountain Spent on wishes Glistening in the fenlands Of unreplenished riches A plea, among the rustling In a vast forest of variegated … Continue reading →

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Why It Is (SkyBlueAndBlack / Phosphorimental)

Posted on September 29, 2014 by skipavm@gmail.com

I asked my mind why it is you I’ve come to love? A hundred reasons given me and still was not enough So I asked why it is I fell in love with you, Knowing there’s a difference between these … Continue reading →

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We lie at night

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

I dream She lies with her eyes open flying fish leaping between two placid oceans catching moonlight with their silver scales I wake She lies awake, not seeing that I watch her talk to God I can tell from her fathomless gaze … 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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