Dead letters

I thought

you would be everywhere,

in every hidden face

behind gold.

Read on ?

The Letter

As my fingertips glide on
the faded page,
now aged to a golden hue,
your words touch me once again,
parting thoughts from a true friend
lost to the everlasting.
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Christmas Cards

Christmas cards trickle in

one, a few, a batch of ten

from family and accumulated friends

Some close, some you never see

but most of them ... entire poem

December 21st

New snow dusts the yard / cold, grey Indiana morn / jeans crack, chafe each step

Santa Runs A Sweatshop

Ol’ Santa runs a sweatshop,
that’s what the papers say.
He never gives the elves time off,
not even Christmas day.
I read it in the paper.
They told it to be true.
I read it in the New York Times.
Oh what are we to do? please continue reading...

Hunting

Deer alert and still,
stare at motionless hikers,
snapshot breaks the spell.

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Drowning

Lifting lips From a now swollen nipple Grinning down at brown pools Meant for drowning in Expectantly watching for some sign of love on the edge of reason Read full poem at http://sashisspace.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/drowning/

Fishing

Sun bathed lake shimmers.
Shafts of light in the water
impale darting fish.

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Monster Poinsettia

I rise up flat-back springing from the waist/ Acupuncture needles hanging from my face... Yogi Mazuh [the Mp3]

Come Lie With Me For A While

Come lie with me for a while

let's give our souls the time they need

to align

Just you and me

and ... entire poem

Forties fading fast / five days till I turn fifty / milestone or millstone?