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Minimally

April 30, 2019 by Dale Leave a Comment

A dead tulip petal

Nature leaves fingerprints ∞ Submitted as part of “National/Global Poetry Writing Month” (#NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo). Today’s prompt:  try your hand at a minimalist poem. What’s that? Well, a poem that is quite short, and that doesn’t really try to tell a story, but to quickly and simply capture an image or emotion…. 30 Poems in 30…

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Filed Under: GloPoWriMo (2019), micropoetry, Poetry, Writes Tagged With: GloPoWriMo, minimal, NaPoWriMo_2019, nature, Poem, Poetry

Poets

April 28, 2019 by Dale Leave a Comment

Tulip Stamen

I am purple — royal — wrapped a monarch with a sceptre — scented gold be the purpose — powdered ink that divines — my kingdom I am a ray of white — sunlight blinded — impenetrable — bright a dissected rainbow — in my sight reflected on the unscribed — wax I am an…

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Filed Under: GloPoWriMo (2019), Poetry, Writes Tagged With: flower, GloPoWriMo, metapoem, NaPoWriMo_2019, Poem, poet, Poetry, writing

Swallow-Tails

April 23, 2019 by Dale Leave a Comment

Green Swallowtail Caterpillar

Like a ribbon of verdant grass curled around my finger I remember my youth of running barefoot through the grass and clover chasing the flight of butterflies over Okanagan air like the wind whispering love to the tail of a dancing kite pale sulfur sails panel the blue as long crooked legs come alight upon…

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Filed Under: GloPoWriMo (2019), Insect, Nature, Poetry, Writes Tagged With: animal, caterpillar, child, GloPoWriMo, green, insect, NaPoWriMo_2019, nostalgia, Okanagan, Poetry, spring, summer, swallowtail, youth

i see

April 22, 2019 by Dale Leave a Comment

i see — with the light with each season and my mood, i see differently — my eyes change with the afternoon with the wane of the sun the see a shimmer of skin in the shadows of a a candle my eyes alight inside the twisting fire but in a lens they blink and…

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Filed Under: Flower, GloPoWriMo (2019), Macro, Nature, Poetry, Writes Tagged With: Art, crocus, eye, GloPoWriMo, macro, NaPoWriMo_2019, nature, Photography, Poetry, see

What did the Grouse Hear?

April 17, 2019 by Dale Leave a Comment

Grouse on a Path

What did the grouse hear as the Father talked to his Son — what did it hear in the reassuring speech, practiced over a glass of rye, in the repetition of “I will always love you”? Walking among the thin ground cover, random and haphazard, the mottled markings passed on from grouse to grouse as…

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Filed Under: GloPoWriMo (2019), Poetry, Writes Tagged With: childhood, conflict, father, GloPoWriMo, grouse, hiding, hunting, NaPoWriMo_2019, nature, nurture, Poem, Poetry, son, struggle

Oh Pinot

April 16, 2019 by Dale Leave a Comment

Oh, you, breaker of hearts, you awaken my palate with burgundy kiss fill my glass with celebration but just as often rot … just within reach sweet fruit for yellow jackets who suckle upon your tightly packed vines. Oh, you, breaker of hearts I salivate waiting for your mineral kiss soft soft soft upon my…

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Filed Under: GloPoWriMo (2019), Poetry, Writes Tagged With: GloPoWriMo, grape, Love, NaPoWriMo_2019, ode, pinot, pinot noir, Poetry, wine

Red Sky Tonight …

April 10, 2019 by Dale Leave a Comment

Red Sunset against midnight blue

My lips are painted with the red sky tonight … she has kissed me hard pressed against the weather pane — I’m twisting in her words, full-sail, piercing air, a dappled blanket sheathes a sorceress’ spell spoken Burn me, melt me, make me whole, cleanse from me a darkened soul, calm my waters in a…

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Filed Under: GloPoWriMo (2019), Poetry, Writes Tagged With: GloPoWriMo, NaPoWriMo_2019, Poem, Poetry, Red, refrain, sky, spell, sunset, weather

you remember when

April 3, 2019 by Dale 1 Comment

I awoke … Asleep with a weight upon my upper lip and a hush upon my ear. My unconscious mind was struggling with a conscious world of pain the torments and disappointments of my memories tearing at my being. A mother who wept when I was born a father away much of the time and…

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Filed Under: GloPoWriMo (2019), Poetry Tagged With: awake, childhood, disappointment, failure, GloPoWriMo, healing, memory, NaPoWriMo_2019, pain, Poem, Poetry, rebirth, Remember, story, time

Insomnia

April 2, 2019 by Dale 3 Comments

Insomnia Eyes

What is this? this thrashing and turning this hunger for an end this thirst for peace and nothingness? What is this staring? this spot upon my lidded shades this search for darkness this looking into night for a piece of blackness in shadow? What is this quiet? this rhythmic breath this autonomic pull I count…

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Filed Under: GloPoWriMo (2019), Poetry Tagged With: GloPoWriMo, insomnia, NaPoWriMo_2019, Night, Poem, Poetry, question, sleep

Unmade

April 1, 2019 by Dale Leave a Comment

Unmade Bed

Cast your eyes into tomorrow’s sky Steal perfection from the light Make the room dark for the night Squeeze the jasmine around the twisted air Tear the feathers out the angel’s wings Stuff a pillow with heaven there Fire the wick upon reflecting eyes Project our figures onto an unwritten wall Melt my hardness until…

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30 Poems in 30 Days – Global Poetry Writing Month (2022)

  • A Love Song

    A Love Song
  • Chosen

    Chosen
  • Wormwood

    Wormwood
  • Bashert

    Bashert
  • Lumber Dog

    Lumber Dog
  • Aisling for the Land

    Aisling for the Land
  • Hard Boiled Boy

    Hard Boiled Boy
  • The Blasted

    The Blasted
  • Sense of Time

    Sense of Time
  • We Reflect

    We Reflect
  • A Family Grown

    A Family Grown
  • Fly — Away

    Fly — Away
  • Curtains

    Curtains
  • A Question Heard

    A Question Heard
  • The Storm

    The Storm
  • A Dis-Ode to the Mushoom

    A Dis-Ode to the Mushoom
  • Bun in the Oven

    Bun in the Oven
  • The world don’t owe you nothing

    The world don’t owe you nothing
  • the syrphid

    the syrphid
  • Osborne

    Osborne
  • Love is not a Word

    Love is not a Word
  • Meta

    Meta
  • Super-Pop

    Super-Pop
  • footprints on the sands of time

    footprints on the sands of time
  • Spring Grows

    Spring Grows
  • Neptune’s Recline

    Neptune’s Recline
  • Red Light, Green Light, Stop

    Red Light, Green Light, Stop
  • Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights
  • Afterwinter

    Afterwinter
  • The Story of a Dog

    The Story of a Dog

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