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Tag Archives: maps
Power {and other Trips Not Worth Taking}
Just leave the map behind; you’ll find yourself just south of (numb)thumb, anyway. Down under. Down. Bring no friends. Isolation’s key. See, he doesn’t even want you to see the destination, just the desperate sensation of needing (him) something you can’t reach. Do bring a hat because that’s the only … Continue reading
Refresher Courses
.. Today, we will be reacquainting ourselves with the logarithms of this breeze, the angles of these trees and the squint of sunray-slant, perpendicular in the sky. Parlez vous francais? Me, neither. But the way the lavender is calling and … Continue reading
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Tagged alchemy, maps, moon, Poetic Asides, reading and writing and rithmetic, stars
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Keep This Under Your Hat
… , that quiet place you hang your ………..(heart) home. Fold it over twice and press the crease against your unquiet skin. Against your lips. Against your ribs. Against you. For you might find its pros(e) and cons (its p’s … Continue reading
Posted in NaPoWriMo, Poetic Asides Chapbook Challenge 2016
Tagged for keeps, holding on, maps, November PAD, paper thin, Poetic Asides, stars
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when the moon gives a less than subtle nudge
.. when the sky has painted on her most blatant silver smile, dipped herself in indigo silk and inked her way to forever, when all these unabashed stars are connecting the dots and lending quiet constellations to my unmapped heart, … Continue reading
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Tagged heart, indigo, kisses ever better fate, maps, moon stones, Poetic Asides, sky songs
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Cobbled in Ink and Indigo Sky
.. How many miles has she walked now (barefoot, backwards, both ways), how many days until the next rest -stop? These feet are fueled by quiet psalm and howling prayer, dared to keep going by a sinking sun. She’s shed … Continue reading
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Tagged are we there yet?, maps, OctPoWriMo, road less traveled, Road Trips, roadwork, wings
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Aerial View
. She’s a mer -maid who’s been swallowed by the pinpoints of the map. She’s un -flapped by cranial tuna, ……..freeway flotsam and jets -aimed for better ………places, but the traces of high -way ink on her skin are holding … Continue reading
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Tagged cartography, flotsam, Gulliver's travels, ink, jetsam, maps, mermaid poems, poems, Poetry, Shawna prompts, Writing
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True North
(Advice for the Directionally Challenged) . When all other maps shred and the tread on your borrowed shoes has grown thin, spin the globe sideways. The beat of your own heart is best, the rhythm of your own caged … Continue reading
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Tagged directions, finding yourself, getting lost, globes, maps, poem, poeming, Poetic Asides, shawna sez i should add more tags, true north, Writing
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