The Wabi-Sabi Writer: October '19 Poetry Project
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Showing posts with label October '19 Poetry Project. Show all posts

Thursday, October 31, 2019

October Poetry Project - Conclusion - To boldly go
October 31, 20190 Comments


This has been a voyage into the poetic space beyond what I planned.  I am grateful to have ventured out into the inner realms that I may not have otherwise have explored and to have had fellow travelers to share the experience with.





The journey continues..... I hope you join me along the way
Embrace imperfection...

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The Woods
October 31, 20190 Comments

So much of our time
we cannot see
the forest
through
the 
trees

yet as we go
deeper
into
the
woods

our worlds widen
our arms reach
like branches
stretching across
the sky
wide
open
to hold us
close





OctPoWriMo 2019  Day 31

*Special thanks to everyone who shared this poetic journey with me 
and especially to Morgan Dragonwillow who tirelessly holds creative space for all of us.
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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

 危機 - Crisis
October 30, 20190 Comments


So
fatigued
with 
feeling

at times
wanting
this 
to make haste
and leave
my
being

the morning
grey
as men
walk up the hill
with dry cleaning
a stroller
and their own private thoughts
their grey and green
blends in the background
there is too much
distance 
between
our worlds
for me to see
clearly

I am caught
in
between
the rails
of desire
and 
needfuls

the ankle
clawing
obligations
I resent
yet
in the shadowed 
corners
appreciate
the distraction

slithering
scratching

my wincing
echos
all the escape
of a morphine
moment

the pricking
promise
of 
mindlessness
I hurl
myself
half-heartedly
into



*Chinese word for "crisis"危機; pinyin: wēijī) wēijī is "danger at a point of juncture"
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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Thick as Blood
October 29, 20190 Comments

Like Night 
and
Day

"I see you sitting in the lotus position
levitating around
the parlor
chanting
I must have no negativity around me"

Clove
Cigarettes
and
hair
as
black
as 
pitch

silver rings
on every finger

ink marking
each
quivering
secret

an erogenous 
treasure map

"space shot.  cornball.  flakey puff"

Opposites

Nyx
and
Eos

our
blood
binds
us

our
blood
defined
us

you - type O negative

me - B positive

I could have never saved you...




“The heavier the burden, the closer our lives come to the earth, the more real and truthful they become. Conversely, the absolute absence of burden causes man to be lighter than air, to soar into heights, take leave of the earth and his earthly being, and become only half real, his movements as free as they are insignificant." -Milan Kundera

OctPoWriMo 2019  Day 29
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Monday, October 28, 2019

Sacred Scars
October 28, 20190 Comments



I have long loved
skin
 silken smooth
soft 
like a rabbit
pelt

summer
bronzed
or
palest
porcelain

freckled
as
kissed by angels

and now
blooming
brown
in places
where 
time
has 
left
a mark

There are places
milestones
along my personal
skinscape

I remember

that thin white line
where the pairing
knife
struck
a gentle 
enough
warning
to keep my hands to myself

the white triangle
where the bike
dragged
me
across 
pavement
a firm
warning
to hold my line

the white half-moons
where the trail
launched
me
a sudden
warning
to keep my balance

It is coming
full circle

the first trip
around the sun

since you left

So I 
seek
tiny
sharp
needles
and
enduring
ink


the sacred scar
reminding
me
an immortal
keepsake
to hold my love  



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