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"Remembrance Moonglow through grey wisps, how peaceful all seems this starry night. Crisp cold fingers reach through wool and touch shivering skin. Breath fog halos surround the living, reflecting the..."

"Recipe for Creativity Start with one part Kevin for inception and inspiration, sautee until brown on both sides. Stir in a tablespoon each of Manicmuze, SheerPoetry, Buzby, and Lurie for full-bodied..."

"Flight 253 (a story poem) In the darkness of the night, city lights, like myriad stars in some earth-bound constellation, mark the passage of the airbus. At 30,000 feet, in flight, the wings warp and..."

"Mundo Sobrio Mundo de sufrimiento Hambre y dolor Enfermedad y guerra Mundo de esperanza Paz y amor Amistad y delicia En que mundo Se queria vivir? Vivimos en Mundo de tristeza Alma sangrando Cora..."

"Father Mine Father mine, Your flesh is my flesh, Your blood is my blood, Why do you keep from me The warmth of your heart? Of my life, you approve not, Of my love, you approve not, And at every oppor..."

"Doldrums How shall I put to rest another day? Write lines of verse, or paragraphs? I seek desperately to clear my mind, Yet the words and emotions flood through, Compelling wakefulness though fatigue..."

"Christmas Prayer This Christmas... May the wishes for peace on Earth At last establish global worth. May mothers' fears and desperate hope Be quieted so they may cope And families now torn asunder Re..."

"Resolution Fear unbridled... Hopelessness and stagnation Inhibits every move or action. The great demotivator Clasps its icy grip On hearts and minds alike. With resolve alone Must free will retake ..."

"Short subjects II Leaves in the sun, Caressed by morning breezes, A Rhododendron blooms. ************************************** Toes writhing like spiders in the sand, A child sits, fondled by gentl..."

"Encounter "Hi! Nice to meet you. What's your sign?" "Cancer." "Way cool! I'm a Capricorn. That make us opposites! Did you know that opposites attract?" "Did you know that water and earth make mud?" ..."

"Jennedin's Tears The silent ones without voices Suffer pain unspeakable, yet bear it Tears long since dried up they cry And lo, their attention shifts For one has found her voice In sparkling, d..."

"Pajaros El Aguila es el simbolo del valor. La Paloma es el simbolo de la paz. Mi alma llora porque el Aguila esta manchado, y tiene que sanar su ala rota, y lo que pense ser una paloma blanca era sol..."

"Witch's Brew ~The Beginning~ The cauldron seethes. Evil-smelling fumes waft o'er. The hideous ones cackle and stir. "Eye of newt," sings one, "Tongue of dog," sings another. What horrendous stew is b..."

"Witch's Brew ~The End~ The witch seemed to know everything, absolutely everything about me. It was uncanny and rather frightening, yet remarkably intriguing nonetheless. I had crossed her palm with s..."

"Witch's Brew ~The Middle~ "Taxi!"  It was starting to rain. The droplets glistening like falling stars in the light from the streetlamps. Quickly small puddles form on the dark asphalt roadway, addin..."

"Evidence ~Religion and Science unified~ I have heard it once said by a sage and wise old man I know, "Religion without Science is blind, but Science without Religion is lame." I have often pondered ..."

"Benji  (Christmas 2001) Dearest son, dearest of all the angels, once more remembrance moves my tearful soul. Not that you are not most often an active participant, a furnishing in my mind, but just ..."

"Teletubbies They stare at me with unblinking eyes from innocent plastic faces. What are they? No one seems to know. They beguile small children every day with their wiles... mind control? Brainwash..."

"Out of the Bottle The tempest brews Sometimes contained within my mind Ofttimes escaped and ranging free. How it will play itself out None may fortell. I stride forward Yet each step I take is deeply..."

"Blood and Sand The sands of Samarkhand and Kurdestan Absorb the blood of the fallen Hero and foe alike, comingled in death. One sanguine river flowing Feeding the hungry earth The same end for all, n..."

"Ruminations (part 1) "We're not ahead, we're behind. We're not above, we're below... Like the brush in the painter's hand, we have no idea where we are." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Rumi ...how true yet today t..."

"Ruminations  (part 2) "Oh heart, Let go of all your worries about the future. In this friendless world, come and join us." ~~~~~~~Rumi In unity there is strength. In community there is support. Alon..."

"Ruminations (part 3) "Late, by myself, in the boat of myself, not light and no land anywhere, cloud cover thick. I try to stay just above the surface, yet I'm already under and living within the..."

"Ruminations  (part 4) "... These thoughts have such power over you. From nothing you become sad, From nothing you become happy." ~~~~~~~~Rumi Strange indeed how the mind can slip from one extreme un..."

"Ruminations (part 5) "I was dead and now I am alive. I was in tears and now I am laughing. The power of love swept over my soul and now I am that eternal power." ~~~~~~~~Rumi Such is the power of ..."

"Ruminations (part 6) "You have searched the whole world for life yet in your own heart you will die. You were born in the blissful arms of union yet alone you will die. You have fallen asleep by the..."

"Fire and Ice The street was dark, even in the moonlit snow, and the cold seemed to penetrate right through the flesh to the bone. The buildings to either side cast deep shadows across the path. ..."

"The moon once more passed behind the clouds, like a switch darkening the misty night yet more. My shoes slosh in the soggy marsh... I am wet up to my knees, and it is cold. My heart pounds within my ..."

"Agony and Ecstasy Oh the agony of Love! Nothing can compare to the pain of a lover's scorn. It strikes at the very root of the fragile soul. Unrequited love saps strength - weakening - so dark depres..."

"Claustrophobia It was pitch dark. I flexed my eyelids to assure myself they were open. There was not a sound - total silence, total dark. I felt that I was lying on my back, but I couldn't be sure. ..."

"Thirty-second World Inundated, day in and out, buy this, buy that... you can't live without! Life reduced to half-minute spots - no wonder we are all attention-deficited robots! Slam, bam - thank y..."

"Friendship Friendship's bonds tug sharply on the soul -- The loss of separation weighs heavily upon the spirit. Whether just or unjust is not the ultimate issue here, So save the irrational agony ..."

"Ignorance Who's the idiot who coined the phrase "Ignorance is bliss"? How wrong can anyone be and still walk the Earth? What you don't know can kill you! (Or at least maim you or hurt like bloody he..."

"I kicked a pumpkin, just for fun. It was left over from Halloween. I kicked a pumpkin, just because. It was still quite strong... I broke my toe! 1-16-2002 Written January 16th, 2002 © on Jan 16 20..."

"Fog (revisited) A sea of faces, familiar and stranger alike, milling endlessly through the room. Subdued quiet... is it respect for the dead, or just a mixture of fear and relief? Condolences come fr..."

"Fog Thick grey misty blanket, imbued with a damp chill that seeks out and clings to bones, the fog obscures the oncoming day. A dank laziness pervades morning's usual routine. Each step, each ..."

"Naked and alone I sit, waiting for the forbidden fruit to fall from the tree of life, the leaves rustling above me. Waiting for gravity in fear of the consequences taking the initiative into my..."

"I found myself standing in Dante's inferno, 'Abandon hope all ye who enter here', the flames silently licking at the black jagged rocks that are my soul. And there you stood, speaking my thoughts..."

"We compete on Life's teeming beach, foraging among the tidal deposits... no different from our fellow crabs. Mostly indifferent to all but our own immediate needs, we pay scant attention to othe..."

"I take the liberty of expressing these feelings on behalf of all your friends here.  I am sure none would object and I take full responsibility for my words. Friends (for bigmammajen) Jennifer, brav..."

"I feel adrift in the Sargasso ~ one of a myriad of derelict hulks, rotting quietly as we float. An eerie stillness permeates the air, like an electrified stupor ~ at once tense yet numbing in it..."

"Extracts of herbs , collected by the Blood Moon. Savory juices distilled from esoteric fungi lovingly harvested from the forest floor at midnight. A tuft of hair surreptitiously stolen from he..."

"Adrift, Again Giant kelp entwines me ~ like a floating sea otter ~ an oyster on my chest and a rock with which to crack it open. There is nothing but silence in the bay. No breeze stirs the waters, y..."

"Dormitory Lunch Eagerly we take our designated place at the long dining table of life. The menu is varied, and we know that there is ample to sustain the needs of all of the diners. But then, we..."

"Red Death 2000 The shaman shakes his rattle... a gourd and seed rhythm like Mexican maracas... The sound meant to draw attention of spirits invading the host... Wake them, break their concentration a..."

"Sunday Evening, Coming Home In the azure sky gilt-edged grey clouds billow like dingy sails adrift. A rosy glow rises from the west as the sun prepares to take her evening rest. The warm, still a..."

"Self Image Each morning the mirror mocks and taunts me. Who is that flesh that glares back at me from the cold glass? Those sombre eyes, the jowling cheeks pillared atop drooping shoulders. I..."

"Misery Anguish the heart forlorn, grieve the love forsaken, so it has always been the bittersweet plight of man. Seek that moment of rapture where pleasure's bounds unwrap, while joy and pain ..."

"State Fair Eager anticipation, impatient frustration - are we there yet? the big brown eyes plead, unaware of time's constraints in our physical universe. The promise of an outing - carnival r..."

"This is a poem I found on a computer hard drive.  I do not know for sure who the author was, but I think it was written by an older jewish fellow for his wife after he was diagnosed with a terminal ca..."

"War of Words (part 2) The battle rages still though we have had our fill... giant egos butting heads when we should all be in our beds. The verbal jousts a bore the best thing to ignore... give it an..."

"Black Rabbit Hole Alice, with feet of clay, has taken her destined leap. The rabbit hole, black hole in truth, swallows her whole. Transmogrified, transcended, she emerges... aware of her con..."

"Macular Degeneration ~ a love story Slowly thickening fog, the veil obscures sight. Camera iris closing, field of vision ever smaller, darkness becomes my way of life. While I can still distinguish l..."

"Collage Are they dreams or visions, these constant changing images that flood my mind? A melange of sights, superimposed, juxtaposed, jumbled in seeming disarray. Though I try to shake them off the..."

"God's Gift Love, four letter word, pervades the human psyche - from where does it stem? Indeed, the ultimate source is a spark from God, of course! 1-25-2002This is a challenge submission. It's sup..."

"Precious What is most precious? Is there a gauge by which we can measure? Life seems to be at the top of the list, but how do we rank the rest? Love - it may be but a four-letter word, yet it encom..."

"Good Night, Already! 1:00 AM again. I sit here staring blankly at the empty pages. Whatever possessed me to resolve a daily writing before my rest? Insomnia? I have penned volumes of senseless drive..."

"Caution on the Nile River bank, lush and green - swirls and eddies mar the surface. Water murky - greenish brown - conceals another world within its depths. Buffalo bellows displeasure, begrudgingly ..."

"Order and Chaos Stars and constellations fly through endless space in defined orbits - like electron particles in some cosmic molecule. Mathematics defines the celestial order. Interacting fo..."

"What Sin? For what unholy sin did Heaven create the punishment of commuting? What blaspheme did I commit to warrant this cruel retribution? Interminably trapped in traffic's strangle hold twice eac..."