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The last moments of a sunset and the passing of an early September storm create a rare double rainbow over Balanced Rock in Arches National Park, Sept. 4, 2005 My wisdom comes in short bursts Of learning out loud And in silent contemplation. A sprinter I am A marathon runner not so much. Learned [...] She used to say “You’ll be sorry you were born a female.” As if I had a choice at six Little children come back for more.
She used to say “You’ll be sorry you were born so smart. Men don’t like smart women.” I was twelve came back for more.
She used to [...] Words nourish me Fill me up to saturation Desert storm deluges Soak my soul As two scoops of Hagen Dazs coffee ice cream With peanut chips and hot fudge. Do faucets like wells ever dry up completely? Will these fingers ever stop talking? Or run out of things to say To discuss or argue or [...] Exotic photographs of images Of landscapes Taken by alternates shock me awake Yet, again… My brain ceases to comprehend The meanings of their creative forces Until… Appearing as visual jolts of images That trigger words in patterns Of fabric, of caramel signs in earth Of blue sounds in air thru Aspen leaves Turning gold, then [...] I paint in hues of wedgwood dust On a canvas of sandy beaches Freshly packed by gentle waves Under sunlit skies of gold and tangerine.
I paint in shades of ochre dim Of turned earth, wet with polka-dotted rain [...] Succinct fragments cover me Like fragrance Used for diversion to entice Dashes, commas, semi-colons Parts of speech No run on sentences for me Verbs, adverbs, adjectives A dance around the alphabet Of carousels, twenty-six letters Ridden on the wind like horses Tossed on paper as if by caress Gently moved there or here By [...] |
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