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Category: Poetry

out from the sun

travel with me.

#FFFocus, characteristics, gods, names, planets, solar system

Nantucket…

There once was a boy from Nantucket…

clarity, obfuscation, Poetry, Prose, risk, unknown

continuum

a series of asymmetrical cycles?

#poetics

the faerie tale bowl

the bowl remains just as full…

#picandawordchallenge, #pixtowords, bottomless, endless, energy, gold, light

filler

working on a “thing”

#tanka, filler, haiku, pointless

a lot of nerve – #SoCS

Different is good

abstract, appreciation, intent, Jackson Pollock, Millet, painting, Poetry, Prose, Purpose, realism, writing

Yes! Oh, Yes! Oh…No, Not Yet.

Just what would that look like, a day with no “no”s?

#FFFocus, choices, consequences, Freedom, responsibility, rules

Postmodern Taboos

Welcome to the future.

absolutes, postmodern, relativity, truth

the midnight call

dark hours accuse, misuse, abuse, confuse. The hope of living rises with the sun.

blindness, Catena Rondo, dark, light, sight

faded glory

Try as I might, I just can’t see the beauty.

#picandawordchallenge, #pixtowords, beauty, being present, dying, life and death, mindfulness

absurd echoes

look at why you don’t cry; cry about why you can’t.

cry, dissonance, Echo, laugh

not in on the joke

party guests – only excellent owls.

#FFFocus, exclusive, inclusion, Super Bowl, Superb Owl

Sonnet XVII- navel gazing

Gazing the navel will skew what is true.

focus, navel gazing, others, Purpose, self-absorbed

standing. still.

“I need you. I’m scared” ~ 4:23 a.m.

#picandawordchallenge, #pixtowords, friendship, missed connections, undelivered

happiness pursued

“but by morning, joy!” says the Good Book.

happy, jollity, joy, peace, psalm 30, pursuit

morose less?

I’ve been challenged to be less morose.

a life worth living, authentic, authenticity, happy, sad

No False Flags Here – #SoCS

I couldn’t be Pride-lier.

ally, Pride, Pride Flag, SoCS, youth

groundhog day(s)

Each day lives inside all the days lived before

hide and seek

“alle alle auch sind frei”

#picandawordchallenge, #pixtowords, alle alle auch sind frei, closeted, coming out, fear, hiding

weird invites

“If you want to come over tomorrow – you can”

accept, decline, Invitation, RSVP

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