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dandelions ~

31 Wednesday Oct 2012

Posted by tornadoday in Poetry

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becoming, cherokee, connection, destiny, forgiveness, grace, gravel roads, home, life, love, nature, old maps, passion, reason, restless, spirit, truth, understanding, wandering, wisdom

of autumn grain
and counted sheets –
lines where lines aren’t buried
and roads to stretch between
the who we were

stories told
I hear them still
and wonder to their lessons –
fairytales rewritten
by the wise

of yesterdays
to put away –
folded soft and sorted
laid upon the shelf
and three feet high

surely none
will find it there
amid the joy and sorrows
flour sacks
and candles almost gone

seasons melted
somewhere else –
and not for I the changing
would break the bed
or take the curtains down

rake the pines
of all they knew
before the frost was tempted
to give of leave
my everything
so true

slow the breeze
beneath the chimes
skirt of april showers –
where dandelions
lie of each embrace

calamine
and turned away
before the window opened
to call my name –
where echoes
I remain

fourteen stones ~

31 Wednesday Oct 2012

Posted by tornadoday in Poetry

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cherokee, fearless, grace, gravel roads, kentucky, life, living, love, mystery, nature, old maps, passion, poetry, reason, spirituality, truth, understanding, wandering, wilderness, wisdom, woman

other times
of those I knew
much more (than I could see)
how swift the words
to take me by surprise
(wished for more)
than one last time
could never hold my reason
fell to places
just beyond (your eyes)

tangerine and jasper suns
muscadine and paper
was more (to me) for knowing
a safer side of truth
without a plan to understand
when told of ancient places
ribbons now (the color
of my shoes)

loving roads
and fourteen stones
between the house and heaven
rows and rhyme
to screen doors shut (behind)
mysteries of make believe
who are you (I wonder)
took the road for leaving
with something (still)
to find

morning shakes
as living takes
a sunrise (more than needed)
to lie against the night
and count my scars
once or twice the coming round
my wilderness to wander
slept beneath (the window
talking with) the stars

secrets spared
the room to share
and some things can’t be given
e’er presence
give us lives (to comprehend)
mourning doves confess to love
and wait the night another
as quiet stills the twilight
with knowing you
(again)

reflection ~

29 Monday Oct 2012

Posted by tornadoday in Poetry

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becoming, bliss, cherokee, connection, destiny, fearless, grace, knowledge, life, love, memory, nature, passion, reason, spirit, spirituality, strength, truth, wandering

in a moment come
such singular respect
to endless possible
promise
and quietly
swelled up hope
suffice to stretch
the ring and still
the questions asked

bitter as the poison tongue
tired (again) of tasting
anoint me with something new
as rare as I
in anticipation
of one more forever
a sun almost risen

leaning beyond
this chasm
of familiar unfamiliar
and thought not far to leaving
for the air hangs still
with hello
and supper not yet cold

prayers ~

29 Monday Oct 2012

Posted by tornadoday in folklore, Poetry

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becoming, bliss, cherokee, grace, kentucky, life, living, nature, old maps, passion, poetry, restless, spirit, truth, wisdom, wonder

in the space
beyond my vision –
where the edge of night is pried
from places just beneath
the wet down world
as quiet weaves
I sit as one –
an almost ended light
close my eyes
and hear their tender
prayers –

embarassment of beetles
for the cricket
knew their shame
tho sworn to keep a secret
of the dark –
needles working endless
to make for us a shawl
would hide the night
and shade the face
of day

flickers of surrender
wings were beating blind –
denied the fault of others
fell before
as embers to the smoke
reflections of the lake
spinning top
is burdened now
with lace

while just beyond
my breathing
green her blue goodbye
as moonlight gives
my hiding place away
love remembers where I stood
beneath a winter veil –
smelled of pine
and spoke to me
by name

wonders why ~

28 Sunday Oct 2012

Posted by tornadoday in Poetry

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becoming, bliss, cherokee, destiny, grace, gravel roads, life, love, nature, old maps, passion, spirit, truth, understanding

were ever I returning
for something more than bliss
my passing through
made sweeter
by the sunrise of a kiss
were milky ways
a place to stay
unnoticed by the night
awash in dreams just waiting
another wish to write

were ever I
awaited you –
with starlight in my hair
and quiet where your memory
touched my skin –
was more than words
you heard between
each whispered come to me
a beating so familiar
as secrets known again

were ever this
the taking back –
of thought once put away
as mysteries
resolving us somewhere
I have no use
for lame excuse –
would love be my disgrace
the same as then
remembered when –
another fond embrace

were ever cold
I can’t recall –
the time for nights gone by
of melted dreams
unconscious streams –
alight with wonders why
a living word
so sweetly heard –
shall ring the years between
forever stills
in moments dear –
as dreams wherein we dream

rainbows and raining ~

26 Friday Oct 2012

Posted by tornadoday in Poetry, Storytelling

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Tags

becoming, bliss, cherokee, connection, destiny, dreams, family, fearless, forgiveness, grace, life, love, old maps, passion, reason, restless, spirit, truth, understanding, wisdom

who hears the echo
of once fallen fathers
knows every name
and loves them no less
silver white dots
connect each horizon
sister and brother
the weary heart rests

crosses stand down
by the edge of the highway
somebody’s gone
where grief couldn’t go
who shall remember
was everyone’s baby
kept now in daisies
the color of snow

eyes search the distance
and curse
at the weather
who’s left to see
when the light falls away
hands reaching over
the breadth of one sorrow
take me
forsake me
but lean to my pain

wrapped in the colors
of rainbows and raining
fixed by the fathers –
as stars
on the day

stars all around ~

24 Wednesday Oct 2012

Posted by tornadoday in Poetry, Storytelling

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Tags

becoming, bliss, cherokee, connection, destiny, fearless, grace, gravel roads, kentucky, love, nature, passion, poetry, reason, southern, spirit, wisdom

there’s a moon
on the pasture
hoarded by willows
who told of another
to balance the blues
silvery shades
of pewter and diamond
ripples regarded
as glass looking through

tis a world
of unraveled
the seeds from the soil
the wish from the falling
of stars all around
poetry plucked
from pointy black fingers
briars embracing
the blossom of sounds

meticulous verse
at the heart of our musing
pushed from these hands
to the soft folded wing
enchanted by story
of journey releasing –
words without rhyme
ten thousand to sing

as bark sets the future
of cider to winters
patterns to pass
from light years to why
there was more to the water
than drink for the pasture
a mirrored confession of love
for the night

. . .

gathered ~

23 Tuesday Oct 2012

Posted by tornadoday in Poetry

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Tags

bliss, breath, cherokee, connection, dreams, fearless, forgiveness, grace, gravel roads, knowledge, love, memory, nature, old maps, passion, restless, spirit, strength, wandering, wisdom

in warmth
where the last of the sunlight
was gathered –
smothering snippets
lay fast by the door
and watched as permission
was given the rose –
fell as a shadow
of breath to the floor

as grace to seclusion
the running around –
as locks almost rusted in two
tasked as a hinge
fell away from the rest
and all that we held
by the passing into

retrieved
from our solace
as mittens and coats
wrapped velvet arms
through our own
choosing the path
so silent – our boots
when met with surrender
in moments alone

becoming to pass
as essence to wind
and breezes to swirl somewhere new
sunlight makes waste
of eternities planned –
as floors
without memory
of someone we knew

in the hush
before waking –
the sweetest of dreams
is spoken
as gold welcomes night –
names find a corner
for keeping our best
weaving a memory
of breath
into light

no matter ~

23 Tuesday Oct 2012

Posted by tornadoday in Poetry

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becoming, bliss, cherokee, connection, dreams, fearless, grace, life, love, nature, old maps, postmark, reason, restless, spirit, truth, wandering, wisdom

had the spring
succumb to winter
and held the dreamer near –
on the way
to our becoming more
than e’er a moment here

when passed into eternity
as one more breath
come I –
as rain where’er the ground is full
as whispers from the sky

of wondering
what words were kept
in stillness to your soul
would curse the choice returning –
this longing to console

of all and then
how much of will –
this mystery shall prove
and held beneath the silence
of a sigh

let summer melt
to steal our sleep –
with visions of tomorrow
as come the softest point of love –
when wonder sits
with sorrow

know
as I have known you
lest you put the truth away
or make of less in leaving –
the blessing of today

the lowly crest
of virgin song –
so sweet these morning stars
love remembers us
the same
no matter where
we are

…

laurel ~

20 Saturday Oct 2012

Posted by tornadoday in Poetry, Storytelling

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Tags

becoming, bliss, breath, cherokee, destiny, fearless, flannel, grace, life, love, mountain laurel, nature, old maps, passion, postmark, reason, southern, spirit, strength, understanding, wisdom

of fear
I have no memory –
but for passions i reserved
and truth i know
(as e’er i know)
something i can’t say

the sweetest bliss
is moments here –
the weather suits my skin
tho cold was never threatened
by delight

flannel suits
and velvet dogs –
to chase my chills away
something clear
to numb my yesterdays

crooked boards
to lean the porch –
squeak beneath the rain
where vines are twisted tight
against my tune

mountain laurel
let me go
as breath to fill my sail –
stars align to windows
of my soul

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