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Geranium and Cantaloupe

Geranium and cantaloupe,mandrake-root and powdered bone of loup-garoux,onions like the eyes of dead men,bleached and pickled beneath the Moon- who will buy my Witch's Stew?Just a little spoonful,...

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For Brother Ivor

Nation's hero-pawnhearth and kinship's defenderchildlike piece from breastsacrificed during chaosretrospect: forever sought

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Yellow Trumpets.

Yellow trumpets in the trees,what tune are you playing please?I strain my ears to hear your melodybut all I hear is the rustle of leaves.Foolish fellow, says a passing cat,you strain in vain, if you...

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Nag and Nig (Nig and Nag).

Nag and Nig, serpent brothers,always at odds,one in the water, one in the air."Unlike your dull and quite dry skin"says Nag to Nig,"my scales are always lustrous and wetand I seldom need to visit a...

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Studebaker Skyway

Studebaker Skywaygarage doors confinea green 1946 Studebaker Skywayhushed and dustyas the driver remains her fatherbehind the window of her eyesdeath must be permanentand not discussedshe guesses...

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There is a spirit walking amidst the trees.

There is a spirit walking amidst the trees:I do not know whether it is a priest or an angel,this barely glimpsed apparition, half of shadow, half of sunlight.What is your errand, gentle spectre - do...

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Vogelgeist.

The Vogelgeist is singing in the trees again,disturbing my morning thoughtsof daily duties and commonplace routines,simple pleasures that have no need of thought or questioning,the steady tic, tic,...

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You are the Ocean.

I am a drop of the oceanbut You are the Ocean itselfI am a little tiny snowflakebut You are the raging blizzard- if I lose sight of Youwhere will I go?I am a little sparkbut You are the all-consuming...

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An Inheritable Talent

An Inheritable TalentMan is to man either a god or a wolf...........................Desiderius Erasmusthe childrenmaybe they can shield themselves against him-their father that same talent twisted...

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Irreparable Damages

Irreparable Damagesand his spirit raneach tiny footon a baby block, flewthrough a hammerhis father threwjumped over you little jerkthen toddled past his mothers painmy hands triedrebuilding with...

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Just for you.

Just for youthe red wound of morningthe spilt cup of midnighta thousand stars strewn across the frozen lakea song barely hearda choked back cry of regreta bruised flowera stolen hour.Just for youthe...

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dare to believe

I laugh at my tears nowI am weeping with joystirred by a shadowfrom when I was a boycasting a doubt ona winged laden prayerwill it reach destinationand does anyone care?I raise a glass heartillyits...

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Consonance (title change - Five Minutes Ago)

Consonancepetals unfoldextendstand a secondthen descenddrymollifymass by my anklesas more drift bystark red to pinkpastelpleasantrosywhisper white-and Im not the same someoneyou fought withlast...

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I Never Said That (revision2)

I Never Said Thatthe road along the lake shore winds on and he begins to talk about his ex-she neverdear God, Im shehe is probably out tonight and I can only pray he tells her about the time I hung my...

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Joy.

Birds and frogs fill the air with joy.Golden song of the beesfill me with your sweetness,silver song of the rainfill me with your silencemy days are full of yellow sunlightmy nights are full of...

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Open the Door to the River.

Open the door to the riverand take the milky steps down:do not fear the Guardians syctheor his baleful crimson glare.I have a charm that Persephone gave to meas we lay one afternoon beneath an old Oak...

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My Friend the River.

O my friend the riverI have not seen you now for some timedo the seabirds still gather at low tideupon your everchanging islands of siltdo ducks teach their young the masteryof swimming upstreamwhilst...

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I only played at love before.

1.I only played at love beforeuntil you knocked upon my doorfrost and sunlight in your hairdays of laughter that passed so quicklyfollowed by sorrow and lines of care...You have gone, never to...

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New Year - New Chances by trinimade and Willowdown

Happy New, Happy New Year,The good wishes abound.Are we willing to do our partTo help ensure that thisNew year will be a good one in every Sense of the word. Will weTry to be better people, goThe...

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Frost Girl.

Frost girllay your cool hand upon my brow,I am burning with love's fever.There are delicate ice-blossoms in your gazeand snowflakes in your deep black hair- or are they tiny stars?I dreamt of nutmeg...

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