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Lion and Rabbit

Posted on October 13, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

I coo with subtle caress imbued in our words Aloft, then settling in the currents of my heart Like the gentle lion soothing his burnt paw kneading in the cool softness of a rabbit’s fur; His pain pressed tenderly against … Continue reading →

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Having Tea in the Fall

Posted on October 12, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

Hearing is different when coolness fills the transporting canals of the ears. I rolled the rubbish bin to the curb, its wheels sounding different before the impending Autumn swallows us up. No longer are we melting to the ground. I … Continue reading →

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Without Debts and Doubts

Posted on October 12, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

Day dawns without debts, without doubts, and later the day changes, the wheel turns, the fire is transfigured. Nothing is left of what dawned, the earth consumed itself grape by grape, the heart was left without blood, spring was left … Continue reading →

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Writer in the Artist Studio – This and That

Posted on September 28, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

(a story about entering the studios of Nasser Ovissi – dictated on the drive home) Oh, this sweet exhaustion. This weariness from wanting, this fire that burns towards having. I woke this morning and went to visit the Artist. The … Continue reading →

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the word series

Posted on September 10, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

1. Words are the rusted iron locks on the chest of meaning within the chest is the hidden key to them all Silence is the locksmith. (#25wtT) 2. A swelling tongue guides his breath past parted lips soft words adrift … Continue reading →

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Undressed by the Ocean

Posted on September 9, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

undressed by the ocean humility slips from her shoulders down into ribbons of waves at her feet flesh from sand blood from water boldly stands Neptune’s daughter ocean’s edge to oceans edge where from deep shadows she extends then disappears … Continue reading →

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Still Nothing to Say

Posted on August 27, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

Every dereliction of duty Each hesitation One moment of indecision in a shifting wind, finds me swaying in your mirror again, I pause and then… Every button that slips silently Into its hole reminds me of this quiet kismet, game … Continue reading →

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Wild Inside

Posted on August 14, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

Languid lips, creased in soft repose sealing secrets there enclosed that only a kiss reveals. Blooms ponceau, One might imagine worlds beyond where the corners curl of a mouth that’s closed and wild inside. tis nothing if not heardEmailTwitterFacebook0PrintGoogle

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Diya

Posted on August 14, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

I stared into the high noon sun, until I became blinded by all but its memory. Then I stared into that memorial as if it were my only one, until not even the darkness could be seen. When I could … Continue reading →

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Asleep with Dragonfly

Posted on August 3, 2016 by skipavm@gmail.com

This habit of lying on the ground outside placing my ear to the earth. So one warm fall day I found myself in the arboretum, my face nuzzled into the breath of the forest floor; I became intoxicated by the sweet attar of … Continue reading →

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