There’s a chariot…of fire

With wings that expand the breadth of sky as far as the eye can see

And it’s so intense that I…

Feel my knees will be weak as if the earth will shake beneath my feet

And the flames…of glory

Will descend in a downpour to cleanse and purify the heart and mind

While souls loom over

Grateful but with tears…

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She taught me not to fear death

It’s just part of living

Now every time that I go and visit her

My soul hurts and heart sinks

She’s waiting to cross that bridge

Gone are the stories she used to tell

As far back as 1936

All the great details she could recall

Are now but soft flashbacks of mystery

I kiss her cheeks…

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Poets, they may come and go

While others are here to stay

And though some you’ll never know

The ones you meet…change your fate

Such were my travels when I was Deep Underground

The harder side of poetry was never the same

When I met a man from Portugal, Mr. Bond

With poetic skill and craft…

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There is a nostalgia in her eyes

Like the memory of a million heartbeats echoing through time

A story untold through a near glassy glacial glance

Cold and warm all at once

Reaching out in the night

In the vast expanse there is a sigh

It’s as if there is a secret from the universe waiting to escape

You can almost imagine it as it…

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27/30 Nothing Breaks This One

Rewriting Memory

I’ve said it many times, over, and over again

Guilt is a needless load to carry forever

The solution comes in asking for […]

Great stuff.

Carbonated bubbles popping against the can side… rings in patterns… fibonacci spiral… smoke rings rise through the air swirls and separating… ringing in the […]

30/30 If Time Listened to Me

Rewriting Memory

if time listened to me

I’d ask it to give me more time

so that all the happy memories feel strong longer

and last longer

to the point […]

Well done.

Blueberry crush dripping purple juice across the white linen cloth.

Chocolate covered cherries with […]

Sweeping steps and jumping kicks dig the movement. Fingers snap the beat. Spin around. Two step or ballet… ballroom or in a line. Joy erupts […]

Nicely penned.

Your my cheerleader. I look to you. Im in the middle of it and thrown to the ground. There on my sidelines your face I search for… the light of genuine […]

Nice work.

Whence the tiny girl did cry…to the poem said I, “Don’t cry sweet pea.. you see the bee, dance in the race? Full of grace and off to make some honey.”

Asked […]

“One more for the road.”, he said before he left into the darkness upon his motorcycle.

“He didn’t make it home.”, I heard over the phone as the quiet […]

Eight. At the gate, to run to heaven.

Seven. I cant remember when the last time I had sex.

Six. How in the world will we thrive?

Five. Survive the foul […]

Enough

This isn’t a competition.

There is room for more than one.

Actually, there’s room for everyone.

°

You are creating the lack

in your […]

Ubiquitous love…soul song moves.. water rises.. tide washed stones…

Fibers entwined… holding us together…

Sinew attachment… holding […]

This is a message for Sen…

You are very much in my thoughts

and meditations…

You are one of the reasons I started

writing poetry again…

You […]

Cheers brother. Here is to another challenge in the history books.

Free Spirits: The Standard [OO7]

Ghost riding the night 
black car sky of stars 
streetlights beneath nights 
a consciousness of darkness […]

28/30 The Echo Answers Differently

Rewriting Memory

Maybe the voice of reason I heard in those days

Was my own in the future traveling back in time

And maybe the memory now in […]

27/30 Nothing Breaks This One

Rewriting Memory

I’ve said it many times, over, and over again

Guilt is a needless load to carry forever

The solution comes in asking for […]

27/30 Nothing Breaks This One

Rewriting Memory

I’ve said it many times, over, and over again

Guilt is a needless load to carry forever

The solution comes in asking for […]

25/30 The Silence Filled With The Right Words

Rewriting Memory

The mutual understanding between kindred spirits

It’s like a language spoken at a higher plane

Even in silence there’s respect […]

Nicely done.

I am pulled to you like a magnet… I see your text… the warmth rises… anticipation for the next word… sunshine on my cheeks… cherry pink lips… await your […]

Powerful write.

Power In the Word

Words are magic.

We use them flippantly,

Without realizing their power.

°

Power lies within

the word.

How is there […]

Flows river from eyes

Cleanse my soul

Longing and devotion.

An emotional abyss.

Struck by passion but drowning in apathetic tides of mediocrity.

Grief or love, they walk hand in hand.

Friend stay close

I see you.

Great work.

Writer’s Shock: Pennants of the Present 

You were genuinely shocked to see 
my familiar face in a sea 
of new faces in the new place of poetry […]

Well done.

The Reset

Am I falling behind?

Sometimes it feels that way.

Maybe I just need to unwind,

discover more ways to play.

°

Sometimes the pressure […]

Lover’s Relief

Whirling ink blot across radar 
ominous flash of light 
window absorbs scene of storm
framing features of worry 
the sky was […]

On That Day

his machine heart came to rest 
beating through an extended meeting
with meditations of near death 

she listened with an ear to […]

Amazing.

Pilgrim’s Blessing

May your fires always burn with yearning to learn

May your smile shine when twisting paths turn
And you are tested to see […]

StarShips of Thought 

Canals opening to ships sails
within whims of winds 
how strange to be born
a ship of kindred and kin 
some ravaged by […]

Nicely penned.

Where It All Started

Spend time with nothing.

Spend time doing nothing.

Our fear of laziness

prevents us from accomplishing

something out […]

alive,

right now in this moment,

and that means more

than maybe you’ve ever recognized.”

Sometimes we have to be reminded so we can thrive.

Inspiring piece.

Cosmic Dance

Look towards the sky.

The heavens declare the wonders of the universe.

If you gaze long enough,

you will find yourself in […]

Limited.

Hard.

Travel the path.

Walked.

Step.

Education sets stones.

Unmoved.

Read.

Undecided

Are you

a friend

or foe?

I still don’t know.

°

Should I trust you

or not?

What if

you’re all I’ve got?

°

I’m not sure

what to think […]

This line reminds me of the FOMO and YOLO perspectives. Some play it safe while others will jump at the chance for adventure.

Roaring past in discordance. Hoofs pounding the base rhythm.

Don’t stand. RUN or be moved not of will but of force.

A powerful dance surrounds the […]

Great work.

A Love Poem 

A place in the heart a space in the heart 

even after aeons of waves agains stone 
still remembering what love feels like 
I […]

Well done.

Contrarian

What you call delusional,

I call confidence.

What you call crazy,

I call freedom.

°

I know I challenge

your long […]

Dreamers Anonymous: The Dreamer Collective 
The dreamer-collective enter the room 
exchanging greetings of the meetings 
deepest embrace […]

Nicely penned.

Life/Death & Paradoxes

[you got no heart and soul!]
I said
to an educated person 

who then tried to gaslight me 
with science placed inside […]

17/30 The Day I Said It Right

A not so rewritten Memory

Maybe it was the weight of time on my shoulders

Or the peace I’ve been trying to attain for years

But upon taking the step to close […]

18/30 I Remember It Happening Kindly

Rewriting Memory

“You must remember this…”

As the days fly away on the wings of old dreams

An impulsive memory returns and lingers

Those years are long […]

19/30 The Words That Didn’t Break Us

Rewriting Memory

I knew it was going to be a really long day

But Cupid had already started working his shift

And though there was a team goal to […]

22/30 The Hour That Didn’t Haunt Me

Rewriting Memory

I don’t quite recall the trinket, the memento

The ornament we had agreed to exchange

I remember the call from the night before

I […]

23/30 The Undo Button

Rewriting Memory

Trust…I wish I hadn’t broken trust so many times

But I was egotistical and foolish too

I mixed the boundaries between wrong and right

With a skewed […]

Great rhyme scheme.

Limbo

I’m not sure what to say.

Can I make it all just go away?

Am I just a fool in her folly?

If I try will I be sorry?

I’m not sure what […]

Nicely done.

True Story

There is always more,

more to the story.

You may see the tip of the iceberg,

yet there is always more

beneath the water.

°

We […]

I think this is one the most pressing points in any relationship.

Nicely penned.

The words sting at my eyes.

Standing over the railway. The track of the life on which my train […]

than you can conceive in this moment.”

The heights, the possibilities are endless.

Nice work.

Read Between the Lines

Can you handle it when the switch is flipped?

Are you ready?

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Get ready, because it’s coming.

You will see faster […]