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RepliesDecember 19, 2020

So as noon day sun Settles tilted toward Heavens A glisten Kisses Treetops littered Frozen tips On winds kiss As degrees of heat grow Between us Once

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So as noon day sun Settles tilted toward Heavens A glisten Kisses Treetops littered Frozen tips On winds kiss As degrees of heat grow Between us Once again I reconsider Warmth of winter's Hug #smallpoems

RepliesDecember 13, 2020

It's not that the wicked burn too bright but we haunt that which is, but doesn't fit with 1000 flames. Until they give up. Burnt up. Used up. Just wan

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It's not that the wicked burn too bright but we haunt that which is, but doesn't fit with 1000 flames. Until they give up. Burnt up. Used up. Just wanting a friend to come by the hotel room. #smallpoems

RepliesDecember 4, 2020

Get lost in rhyming dictionaries and in pages of diphthongs when words belong to others who smother sounds in missionaries and genocide so voices can

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Get lost in rhyming dictionaries and in pages of diphthongs when words belong to others who smother sounds in missionaries and genocide so voices can hide in peoples long forgotten. But forever heard. #smallpoems

RepliesDecember 3, 2020

Transcendence in unbendable independence depends upon mendable ascendance into resplendence of endless splendor as candles cast shadows against agains

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Transcendence in unbendable independence depends upon mendable ascendance into resplendence of endless splendor as candles cast shadows against against a dying light #smallpoems #lra2020 Day 2 reflection

RepliesNovember 26, 2020

To the Mable who will Grace our Table I thank thee for your life I will savor your sacrifice with' each slice of the knife You lived quite nights on E

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To the Mable who will Grace our Table I thank thee for your life I will savor your sacrifice with' each slice of the knife You lived quite nights on Ekonk Hill and I honor you for the bountiful fill #smallpoems

RepliesSeptember 12, 2020

@dogtrax keep trying but not finding my poem can't grasp fleeting peace that settles in on Kady Did Cackles as stars straggle kecklling hope around ou

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@dogtrax keep trying but not finding my poem can't grasp fleeting peace that settles in on Kady Did Cackles as stars straggle kecklling hope around our blue pebble #smallpoems

RepliesAugust 3, 2020

Learning a public journey Wisdom a maze exploring embracing self is l ear ning #smallpoems

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Learning a public journey Wisdom a maze exploring embracing self is l ear ning #smallpoems

RepliesJuly 6, 2020

what a poem can't decide meaning of Apron, rot, still letting light in. Giving permission fissures of reality slip in on lucifern YES! A Poem in there

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what a poem can't decide meaning of Apron, rot, still letting light in. Giving permission fissures of reality slip in on lucifern YES! A Poem in there somewhere meteor still frozen but maybe it creeps in metaphor seeps in creaks and cracks bending floor boards to coldly lit realities collected and discarded out the door. #smallpoems #clmooc

RepliesJuly 2, 2020

Weird to consider never was as gravity kept our rock in motions New notionss of friendship cover old emotions that can Never Hide. Always present. A h

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Weird to consider never was as gravity kept our rock in motions New notionss of friendship cover old emotions that can Never Hide. Always present. A history itching at a big bite on your softest hide. #smallpoems

RepliesJune 20, 2020

Belongs To Texas A Lone Star licking riffs like BBQ sauce off of finger tips. #smallpoems

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Belongs To Texas A Lone Star licking riffs like BBQ sauce off of finger tips. #smallpoems

RepliesJune 20, 2020

#smallpoems Fundamental beat maintained by Spirituals patting of one foot hands clap out Not marking straight time But Stop-Time Strong accent. A down

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#smallpoems Fundamental beat maintained by Spirituals patting of one foot hands clap out Not marking straight time But Stop-Time Strong accent. A down beat bandied from hand to foot from foot to hand Found poem from Signifyin(g), Sanctifyin', and Slam Dunking,

RepliesJune 20, 2020

Mr. Waters taught me to stop-time. Pause, listen. New paths. 'Tonic pitches cast in progressions of lost time unfolding histories held in a cradle of

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Mr. Waters taught me to stop-time. Pause, listen. New paths. 'Tonic pitches cast in progressions of lost time unfolding histories held in a cradle of tonality pointing to half steps in turnarounds of my life #smallpoems

RepliesJune 18, 2020

#smallpoems I am the white space wrapping Warhols's Banana eaten and tossed next to discarded shoes out of frame by the crosswalk while the Hidenburg

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#smallpoems I am the white space wrapping Warhols's Banana eaten and tossed next to discarded shoes out of frame by the crosswalk while the Hidenburg burns A broken zipper stuck on Sticky Fingers that bend light in prisms in photos of an ilmattic infant ready to die while others drown by dollars on a string pulling Patti's blank stare aiming into @mrchuckd '

RepliesJune 15, 2020

@DonaldClark bad bits of behaviourism bring in billions in ad bids biting on bad behavior bought in fits of gigabits that sip at brain's basic nature

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@DonaldClark bad bits of behaviourism bring in billions in ad bids biting on bad behavior bought in fits of gigabits that sip at brain's basic nature #smallpoems

RepliesJune 13, 2020

#smallpoems Apache Black Hawk Chinook Lakota Helicopters descendants of Cavalry tactics born on the Great Plains Named for Nations now conquered and c

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#smallpoems Apache Black Hawk Chinook Lakota Helicopters descendants of Cavalry tactics born on the Great Plains Named for Nations now conquered and canonized by by the conqueror

RepliesJune 10, 2020

#literacies #smallpoems Eclipse critiques of digital shallows rather flip my fancy in Fuana and Fora. Life itself living in tidal pools of Carr's Shal

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#literacies #smallpoems Eclipse critiques of digital shallows rather flip my fancy in Fuana and Fora. Life itself living in tidal pools of Carr's Shallows than sit in systems and Locks. Deep canals of well controlled knowledge

RepliesJune 6, 2020

not our words Like Flower Moon before Legends of conquered Live on in tales of New England farmers while Genocide broke many a Lodge words hang a Wigw

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not our words Like Flower Moon before Legends of conquered Live on in tales of New England farmers while Genocide broke many a Lodge words hang a Wigwam frame abandoned but holding up our soul to Forgiveness #smallpoems

RepliesJune 2, 2020

stomping missives of misery laundered on pains of painted hands clocks turning time and time again Not Forgotten they fester as nightmares in light fo

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stomping missives of misery laundered on pains of painted hands clocks turning time and time again Not Forgotten they fester as nightmares in light for little ones who lack the luxury to forget #smallpoems

RepliesMay 30, 2020

@dogtrax or if a poet knows where a poem goes maybe its no poem for no one to know #smallpoems

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@dogtrax or if a poet knows where a poem goes maybe its no poem for no one to know #smallpoems

RepliesMay 23, 2020

Twisting tuning keys to truths of new times #clmooc #smallpoems #songs

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Twisting tuning keys to truths of new times #clmooc #smallpoems #songs