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heinzs archive of published lines and poems on Linespedia.
"Angel - part 3: Revelation Silently my little angel alit beside me. I looked at her in amazement. Where she had been light in coloration, she was now almost black. Her eyes darkened and the pupils be..."
"Mirror - rorriM Reflections Shadows of former selves Haunting Crying out to be heard Yearning to be seen Past perfect Future tense Wordplay All part of the image fragment Seen only with eyes shut Fut..."
"Life's A Dream I lie alone in the torrid darkness, Dream of places not yet seen. My mind's eye seeking adventure, Life passes me by. I taste the bitterness of regret, Live another hour, another day..."
"Lovers (survivor challenge) Lovers, sleepless, caring, all their energies primed for that all-consuming event, first kiss! Caress, softly touching, tongues just intertwining, moment of passion so s..."
"Gathering Storm (survivor challenge 3) 'Neath the darkling sky two souls meet and embrace. Power like never before seen surges 'round the mountaintop. Gwynneth of the Raven Hair imbues him with Gaea'..."
"Technician Skin smooth and soft, a small ball in my hand, totally hairless from the chemo and radiation. Her big, brown, lashless eyes stare questioningly into mine - but I have no answers for her. S..."
"Spring at the Lake Lilies and irises, blue and white on a field of green. The music of the breeze makes them dance a sinuous waltz. Attracted by the perfume, small bees alight and kiss the blossoms f..."
"Battle at Sea, 150 B.C. Stroke, the oars cut deep. Stroke, they twist and turn in the water. Stroke, they come up high, dripping like tongues hungry for more. Stroke, and so it goes, rowing the birem..."
"A Split Personality Speaks - survivor challenge 4 Do you want to know a secret? Let me take you away from this misery on a magical mystery tour. You and I can be flying free as a bird - just imagine ..."
"Ages and Eons (survivor challenge #5) I lie here in wait... for I know not what. Countless seasons have passed, leaving their marks on me. Frost has cracked my surface, rain has washed bits of me awa..."
"Extolling the Virtues of Haiku ****************************** One: free verse Ramblings, Blatherings, Valueless gossip - I tire of all the excess wordage To which I am daily subjected! Give to me tha..."
"Gaea's Stand (survivor challenge #6) She overlooks the forest canopy from her treetop vantagepoint. Her whole world spreads before her in the shimmering moonlight. There is comfort in the vastness ..."
"Digging the Bones 1: Discovery Bones - I don't know why they were important - they sat there in profusion. Long bones, short bones, ribs and vertebrae - the skulls drew my attention. They were alar..."
"Birth to Death A single pollen grain lands gently on the receptive stamen. It has traversed hundreds of miles, borne on the West Wind. The gametes merge into one, and the succulent fruit develops aro..."
"Foreign phrases (letter 'A') I'm afraid that I must be advocatus diaboli - ars poetica demands I take this in my hands. Having heard ad nauseum, from both my dad and mum, amor vincit omnia, they say..."
"Grandma's Favorite Button I was imagining, in my own perverse little way, using a spatula to squeeze Brad Pitt into bigmammajen's thong underwear. The picture in my mind was cosmic! Almost like the t..."
"Digging the Bones 2 5: Ancient Lore I've never been one to believe in psychic phenomena or anything supernatural. If I can't hold it in my hand and sell it for a profit it doesn't really exist for ..."
"Digging the Bones 3: 9: Conversation with the Devil The demon lunged towards Hal, but fell back as if it had hit an invisible barrier at the circle's edge. It flailed its arms and screeched - an e..."
"Soul Music (survivor challenge #10) Life presents demands... is it not enough? Yet I struggle on - painful it may be. Time eludes me still - was it not my due? Once spent, ever gone. Friendly peace ..."
"Poet Obsessed What compulsion drives me? Wherefrom comes this obsession? I am unable to wrest my attention from the all-consuming page for more than a few moments at a time. Blank lines become black..."
"Hardwired It starts at conception cells programmed genetic perfection creating an organic machine Birth continues the process eye cameras capture images skin feels mom's caress muscles learn to move..."
"My Daughters Sensitive, caring, deeply emotional - you try to hide your soft souls in hardened carapaces. Each of you unique - loving - your beauty shines outward, though you deny its ownership. Se..."
"Meet the Acolapissa Tribe (survivor challenge #12) Should I write an ode to a butterfly as I watch it gently flutter by, or a poem to a small lizard, who, himself, is quite a poetic wizard? I'll pen..."
"Lunch Midday, the throngs gather once more to consume mass quantities - flesh of dead bird or beast cooked in its own juices; starch, boiled or fried; and vegetable matter torn from nurturing ground ..."
"The Diner at the Edge of Never Damn Toyota! I vented my anger once again as my shoes sloshed in the great puddles. Maybe I should have stayed in the car - but I hadn't seen another in over an hour an..."
"The New Kid (part 1: Change) My life changed that day. Nothing could ever be the same again. Mom and Dad both killed in the car crash, Aunt Millie and Uncle Dan taking over, moving into the house. T..."
"Plane Shift The world divides itself twixt light and dark - equal, yet separate realities. Only in our dreams does the boundary between the planes weaken sufficiently for contact. Yggdrasil, the tre..."
"Distemper What's the point, why am I doing this? Why do I have to be the strong one? I'm tired - I don't want to do this anymore. I want to have fun. I want to be carefree. No worries, no responsibil..."
"Dark Ages Cycles of enlightenment plunge back into darkness. Man's inhumanity or nature's wrath, the Lord of Chaos reigns supreme. Blind to our neighbors' suffering, deaf to his cries, we try to liv..."
"Revelation (Life is a game) By new moon's dark I lit a spark to chase away the gloom. To shed some light throughout the night - fend off impending doom. In graveyard scene I sit serene, for demons I..."
"I Want to Believe I want to believe in man's basic goodness - that peace on Earth is actually possible. I want to believe that hunger and disease will vanish from man's experience. I want to believ..."
"The Older Couple He eats the soup she has set before him, his thin wrinkled hand trembles as if from the weight of the spoon. She dabs his lip gently with the napkin then rushes off to argue with th..."