Friday 17 October 2014

haiku, tanka, poetry and micropoetry by gennepher


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under
blue skies
on the mountain top
this summer
we met


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ever so gently
you took my head
kissed me both cheeks
your forehead to mine
you held me
forever


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locked
away
so deep inside
secrets
in those eyes


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voices
of the children
silent
these shifting grains of sand
along the shore


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faded
with time
this creased photograph
the boy who smiled
my brother


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silent ghosts
orbs of night's sleep
lighting the way
no-one arrives
no-one leaves


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eyes
so deep
this universe
the stars we fly
in orbs of light


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war gravestones
crumbling away
two seagulls sit and watch


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falling
one by one
on war graves
these cleansing tears
of raindrops


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ocean of my soul
so deep
I swim
into
depths of you


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in my pocket
a white feather
two seagulls watching


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sea foam
taking flight
fluttering
butterflies
kiss my toes


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falling
a white feather
disappears
into colours
of your rainbow


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hiding a whisper
of you and I
moss covered names


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the silent child
she breathed in
the moon and stars


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disappearing
round a corner
the past


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this voyage
your silence
I watch and I wait


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remembering
the past
gnarled hands
softly stirring
aged eyes
and soft hearts


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silken
shadows
this skin
of water's
existence


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sleeping the stars
a gentle fall
of rain


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made from
rainbows dancing
on the sea
my name
I will never know


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each way I turn
this blue of you
reaching out
and yet
silence


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trickling
down granite
stone
this melancholy
of thought


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painting
this endless night
the moon
who remains
to grieve


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restless
this distant grey
your voice
softer now
drifts back


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long ago
amidst
dawn's mists
this story
began


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this afternoon
watching you
I realise
you
have to go


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at the end
of the day
alone
evening
has no end


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hanging
in the air
echoes of our future
be safe
take care


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candle
a lighthouse beam
this night
of soft
goodbyes


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walking
the shore line
at midnight
an infinity
of star-shells


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love
in this lifetime
our
moss-covered
initials


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this distance
between us
time
passes
s i l e n t l y


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dreaming
your words
these soft winds
carry them away
one by one


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black
the night unfurls
a feather
softly
so softly


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sitting
in the soft green light
she watched
all the people
slowly fade away

 


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sky
so blue
all day
the child's windmill
perfectly still


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beneath
tall spiked leaves
cold shadows
each thought
so carefully sown


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waves
stealing
from sea shores
rounded pebbles
a ridge line
just out of sight
salt spray eyes
bluer
than an ocean is deep


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shadows
this blue light of you
those unreal years


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rippling
over rounded pebbles
golden water
this heartbeat
of healing


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a trail
of words you laid
your eyes
mists of hopes
and dreams


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green ferns
silent mists
reflecting
all the words
imprisoned


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mirroring
her life
a little ballerina
dancing
within the music box


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sky
so blue
all day
the weather vane
perfectly still


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slipping
through your fingers
the music fades
note by note
the hourglass empties


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dreaming
your words
these soft winds
carry them away
one by one


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blossoming
for such
a brief time
yet twined together
for eternity


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hanging
in the air
echoes of our future
be safe
take care


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restlessness
now you are
gone
those rusted
seams


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awaking
just in time
the sleeper
sees this
fluttering of dreams


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a gentle
fall of rain
these dewey eyes


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fluttering
in my head
thoughts
so fleeting
these wings of flight


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tumbling
into waters
deep
reflections
of moon's breath


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sorrow
why does it jaggedly
come here
to sit
by my feet


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night unfurls
wings so black
a feather
falling
so softly


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crossroads
of time
dawn
embracing
both night and day


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watercolour dreams
of laughter
fading away
shadows
of your memories


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where
does this dream
end


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cradle
of your heart
freedoms
dancing
this painted sky


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wandering
within
silence
thoughts
shimmering


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fragrance
of dreams
as petals fall
these dark seeds
grow


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honing her skills
on autumn leaves
fat tabby cat


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these
arms of mine
so tired
weightless
I fly


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becoming
part of you
I lose myself
yet I find
other parts of me


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again
she swooped
her dive
rippling the pond
empty


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this morning
watching from my bed
a flypast
thirteen
geese


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at the end
of my bed
the dog
having dreams
she wakes me at midnight


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a silver mirror
at the end of the day
the lake
waiting
for moon's reflection


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the light
by the sea
a double rainbow
she pulls her jacket round her
and she waits


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through
falling leaves
wind whistles
a whirlwind
of snowflakes


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bare ribbed sand
this past of days
distant
a sea
recedes


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if only
I could turn
this page
open
for yesterday


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dried
honesty pods
parchment thin
the skin
on my arms


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a child dances
from deep inside
of me
a river flows
soft shadows of absence


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only the moon
freed from the sky
shone
this touch
of light


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a twisted tree
overhangs
the bench
where are the years
when we were young


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these stones
of night
opening
petals
of moonlight


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catching her
from a thousand miles away
a lullaby of the night
the song
she heard


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collecting
sea shells
filling the glass bowl
the sea
empties


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finally
I see
my loneliness


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when autumn woke up
she wondered
where summer had gone


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colours of greyness
colours of the sun
sea washed
memories
of silence


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the dreaming world
turns
waiting there
just
for a moment


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mirrored stars
escaping
one by one


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silence fades
no one enters
these still waters
silently they walk
a loneliness


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benches
in the town hall square
under the trees
she sits
and waits


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the clock
in the darkness
is nothing
just the tremor
of the second hand


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feathers
buried
in the sand
her flight
only whispers to the stars


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shadows
of your voice
scattered dreams
your hands
so cold


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turning
on its axis
the dreaming world
she could not
enter yet


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at midnight
I too
will be silent
the world
forgets to breathe


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dancing
in the wind
two seagulls


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carried away
on an ebb tide
memories


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distance
of your gaze
hauntings of your dreams


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ocean
of your eyes
so hard to see
through seas
of blue water


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holding
her breath
this distance
between
worlds


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fragments of song
blue of you
and your seas


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dancing stars
I know
what I have lost


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it waits
there a moment
then walks away
your eyes
constantly seeking


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pages
of a book
fluttering
these wings
of change


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sleeping
these dreams
of the sea
the lighthouse
waits for night


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walking
down a time
when I never was
and when
I never knew


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thoughts
do not die
consciousness
constellations
of scattered stars


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a crescent moon
scythes
the sky
this deepness
of hurt


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the sound
of two hands
clapping
another mosquito
bites the dust


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rolling
into waves
sky
mingles
with the sea


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this distance
you keep
protecting
tired dreams
on days like these


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flickering
like an old movie
an elevator light


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only
stillness
a rustle
withering leaves
crumble


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ghosts
of shadows
these dirt tracks
a narrowness
of dust


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chairs
of memories
these empty seats
details
of all those years


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dust
of the setting sun
this colour
of bleeding
hearts


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rearview mirror
I finally see
my loneliness


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riding
the story of history
truth


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random
thoughts
a cold dawn
this spider web
sifts shadows


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time
closed down
tunnel vision
a sharp scent
hit her nostrils


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before
she sleeps
she goes out
to breathe
the scents of night


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you pulled me
into your life
rooms of dreams


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wandering
in and out
of afternoons


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one by one
either side of existence
video clips
deleted
one by one


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tumbling
dark waterfalls
a thermos
pours
its coffee


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an
emptiness
as though
nothing
exists


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in the chasm
of this deep
I drift
into
consciousness


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you wandered far
silent and white
this winter


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dim
blue glow
between clouds
a fading
of the moon


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silence fell
though a hole
in the air


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the child
sat there
waiting
for the latch
to lift


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buried
suns
of long ago
this space
between our worlds


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in her head
rooms
rearranging
scattered
shadows


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wandering
in and out
of afternoons
autumn's
blue skies


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crimson leaves
softly
falling
on wings of paper
she flew


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as paint
flakes off
this red rust
in a room
of shadows


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whirl
of time
what is it
I
am supposed to remember


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three
wildflowers
you gave me
and the gentlest
of kisses


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at midnight
the child with silent ears
listening to the wind
through her hair
singing songs of the sea


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Thursday 10 July 2014

micropoetry, haiku, tanka and poetry by gennepher


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seashells
in this blue of sky
a ghostly dragon roars

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slipping through fingers
these grains of sand
faster and faster
the hour glass
empties

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my last goodbyes
as the sun sets
behind little eye

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in the distance
the fading
of you

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time 
passes 
s i l e n t l y

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sorrow...
why does it
come to sit on my bed...

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the night unfurled
a feather
black

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in the small
of my back
you wrote me a story....

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I could not name you
I dare not name you
in case
you
left my side

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in the dark
these tears
diamonds
under
the moon

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a double whiskey
a second
and then more...
she danced
off her grief

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meadow flowers
the grass tall
by the oak tree
a simple wooden cross
"ellie"

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a book
in my possession
the inscription
a betrayal
of who I am

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you photographed me
time and time
again
those black&white
photographs

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the light streams
in through the door
three silhouettes
I step
outside my coffin

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dressed in white
carrying a cornstalk
the little girl
intently she walks
through the cornfield

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on the edge
of cold
a subtleness

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a reason why
struggles on the edge of
I don't know why

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war-time
sheets of music
in the piano stool
the deaf child
put her feet on both pedals
she played the piano keys

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childhood's
long grass
cowboys and indians

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the years in between
when were they kind?

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netted
from the sea of sky
this golden ball

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patterns
swinging
in the trees
spirits
of farewells

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shadows
of this blue light
those unreal years

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shadows of children
these lanterns from forests
wraiths of farewells

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spirits of farewells
their sea shelled blue 
night
dancing
in shadows of children

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focusing
my lens
the hand of my eye

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sleeping the stars
a gentle
fall of rain

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waterfall green
flowing from your eyes
those mossy rocks

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green mists
while you sat on a rock
the pool so still

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tumbling
into waters deep
green mists of her breath

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fluttering
the branches of my head
wings of an owl

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made from
rainbows dancing
on the sea
my name
I will never know

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born
of the homeless wave
in waters green
her plaintive song
this darkness deep

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walking
the shore line
at midnight
an infinity
of star shells

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candle
a lighthouse beam
this night
of soft
goodbyes

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catching
the songs
as they escaped
she locked them
in her purse


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tones
of sepia
hidden away
this locked room
of my mind

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in
the hallucination
of these stars
your
face

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you smiled
and in my dreams
I saw you

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hanging
in the air
our echoes
of future
goodbyes

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independence
of my life
I stumble
the tide
comes in

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waiting
for the tide to come in
a bucket and spade

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solitude
of days
she moves
the calendar
into tomorrow

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an instant
locked away
forever
this season
of goodbyes

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tomorrow
is only
another day
the nightingale
sings

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love
in this lifetime
our
moss covered
initials

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this paved path
of gravestones
I take care
not to tread
on the words

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every day
this caged blue songbird
singing so prettily
one day
its clockwork broke down

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black & white
this freedom
of illusion
inside the box
concentric circles

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a measuring tape
of words
doomed to fail
leaping away
from deduction

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doomed to fail
a measuring tape
of words
leaping away
from deduction

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false trail
of words
you laid
these mists
on quicksands of hope

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your words
these studious ants
carrying them away
one
by one


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beneath
these evergreens
cold shadows
plantations
of tidy diagonal rows

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over chalk hills
of Kent
the Pilgrim's Way
wending its way
through dark pine needles

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morning
moonlight's
secret
garden
so still

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sky
so blue
all day
this weather vane
perfectly still

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sitting
in the soft green light of the church
she watched the pews fill up
then one by one
they all faded away

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tummyache
I threw the rest of the mince pies
on the garage roof
one two three four five ravens
a mince pie each flew back to the woods

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five ravens
a mince pie each
fly back home

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his hooded eyes
sins of the past
hiding

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carved in stone
her countenance cries
inwardly

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silence forever
her eyes
accuse

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graffiti of silence
these ghosts
of concrete

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golden curls
framing
loneliness

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loneliness
this heart
of stone

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all the words
imprisoned
within

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green ferns
this silent rain
drip drip drip

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drip
drip
drip

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through the archway
I catch a glimpse...
is it you?

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raining
incessantly
all day
this well
of tears

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her shawl
gossamer light
she shines
looks at me
then floats away

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blank
canvases
in the garage
your paintings
unfinished

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summer
I wear
winter gloves
the steering wheel
burning my hands

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early morning
the garden swing
swinging

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mists of time
this soft green glade
whispering

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floating
down the river
her thoughts
never
to be seen again

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in the mirror
your shadow
my outline

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his fingers
tracing
all the words
he holds
within

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haloed
by the light of the moon
wind echoes

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a little
ballerina's
dance of life
within
this music box

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outside the box
looking in
I do not understand

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pausing
in the garden
the music stopped

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singing
songs of the sea
water fairies
the child on the sand
listens with her silent ears

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here
this summer
we met
angel wings
enfold me

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your arms
enfolding me
I disappear
no shadow
on the path

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ever so gently
you held my head
kissing me
you enfold me
forever

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everything
and nothingness
this vast space
a sense
of completeness

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beyond
the broken cage
a brief life
the songbird
flies free

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the water nymph
weaving
her magic
this deceptive
sheet of glass

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weeping willow
her long forgotten mists
this brief moment
fading
sepia

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this stillness of blue
a dragonfly
arches her back

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soaring
flying high
to the light
wildly fluttering
a moth falls

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these ties
that bind
one day must loosen
to find your freedom
you fly away
yet it is I that must stay

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laughing
you ask me
if I want
the bad news first
or the good news
I smile at you
knowing 
the answer

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pacing
from room
to room
waiting
for tomorrow

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happiness
to sadness
then joy
once again
this bittersweetness

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secrets
in bewildered eyes
locked
away
so deep inside

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I turned away
turned back again
you had gone
I held you within
until we met again

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silent ghosts
orbs of night’s sleep
lighting the way
no-one arrives
no-one leaves

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early dawn
between worlds
time
this distance
closing in

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night
so quiet
these ghosts of trees
walking
my way home

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these trickles
of time
sand
between
her toes

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calling
her name
the waves
whisper
into silent ears

***

mellowing
of time
my thoughts
this knowing
of you

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this
wonderful place
the universe
a mystery
of coincidences

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this summer
on the mountain top
as the universe expanded
a melding
into oneness

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this summer
the sky was blue
two seagulls

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this summer
on the mountain top
earth and sky are one

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unfolding
petal by petal
this secret life

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looking up
at this deep blue sky
I smile

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blue
skies
this warmth
inside
of me

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eyes
so deep
this universe
the stars we fly
in orbs of light

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the story keeps rewriting itself

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drystone walls
gates with chains
keeping residents within
these staggering
gravestones

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a reason
to go away
this dark burden
held
within

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this
voyage
your silence
I watch
and I wait

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a place
where others
buried
these photos
always of water

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the butterfly
weary of flowers
a melancholy
this cocooned
silence

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dreaming
the sleeper awakes
just in time
to see those dreams
disappearing round the corner

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these
arms of mine
so tired
weightless
I fly

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a
white feather
falling
I hold
your hand

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