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Tag Archives: Fire
Precious Kindling
Lost poems all over my lifeStrewnAcross abandoned floorsSlipped underClosed doorsI have scribbled my heart on my sleevesOn napkinsOn the backs of dead leavesI have burned love in a pyre of shameSet fire to the wordsThat cradled your nameAnd watched what … Continue reading
Climactic
CLIMACTIC 42 million years ago Or so Two flies got caught In amber Whilst caught in each other And in something Unplanned A tiny grand window Into the sins Of ancient creatures Sticky with desire Now permanently frozen Forever on … Continue reading
Posted in October Project, Poetry
Tagged amber, Ancient, April, April is Poetry Month, creature, divine, Emil Adler, Eternity, Evolution, Favorite Poems, Fire, glory, gold, History, Julie Flanders, Marina Belica, october project, October Project Music, Poem, Poetry, Poetry Foundation, Poetry Magazine, Spring, Time
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The New World
THE NEW WORLD A blood-red sky looms over EdenThe clouds cannot cry anythingBut ash The grass disappearsFires rage with insatiable greedAs the land bleeds life into the unseen ocean They are beyond emotion The flames rise to praise a dark … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged April, April is Poetry Month, Ash, California, Climate Change, Clouds, Coronavirus, Devestation, Eden, Emil Adler, Emotion, Favorite Poems, Fire, Hope, Julie Flanders, Loss, Marina Belica, october project, October Project Music, Poem, Poetry, Poetry Foundation, Spring
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Go On
Go On Here I am, basket and case Some wicker figure with a painted face There you are lighting the match Hoping to create or destroy it Hoping the fire will catch I really am made of straw … Continue reading
Posted in October Project, Poetry
Tagged April is Poetry Month, Brain Pickings, Darkness, Emil Adler, Fire, Julie Flanders, Maria Popova, Marina Belica, Martha Beck, Music & Lyrics, National Poetry Month, october project, Omega Institute, Paris Review, Poem, Poetry, Poetry Foundation, Scarecrow, Solitaire, Sounds True, Yale University
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Prometheus Rebound
We are creatures of the flesh Made of used and ancient parts Born to suffer the desire Raging through us Fire eats the north Pacific As the sun sets beatific glances On the ocean Where it drowns Finally … Continue reading
Posted in Earth, October Project, Poetry
Tagged Danielle LaPorte, Desire, Fire, Julie Flanders, Krista Tippett, Lyrics, Martha Beck, National Poetry Month, NPR, october project, Poem, Poet Laureate, Poetry, Poetry Foundation, Poetry Magazine, Song, The New Yorker, The Paris Reiew, West Coast, Yale
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October Process 