Perfect Life

Posted in Poems - True Love on 12-8-14

In my perfect life I grow vegetables and lots of herbs right outside through the kitchen screen door, opening to my garden. With shears in my hand I’m cutting basil and parsley for an...

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The Rose

Posted in Poems - True Love on 1-8-14

And as I looked, apricot, salmon petals gently curving, round one another, enfolding. I saw a man and woman seated bare. Wrapped in each others’ arms. Their backs smooth. Petal tips,...

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That Little Zing

Posted in Stories - True Love on 26-7-14

Piper stared at the wall of glass, unable to see the plane on the tarmac through the whirling, swirl of snow. Instead, her own reflection gazed back at her; coppery curls were threatening...

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When You Don’t Think I Am Looking

Posted in Poems - True Love on 26-7-14

I still notice you—at home in your elemental forest, bending like a tree, the sawdust of your task, a tornado of determination. Weeds surrender under the wheels of your old tractor, both...

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I Wish You Pockets

Posted in Poems - Uplifting on 26-7-14

I Wish You Pockets in your funeral dress, places to hold your tissues, new and used, on the day of your mother’s memorial service, a pocket for your phone so you can reach me during the...

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The Pugilist

Posted in Stories - True Love on 5-4-14

Fourteen seconds remained on the clock for the eighth round. The contender only needed ten of those seconds to deliver the blinding left hook to the jaw that dropped his opponent to his...

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My Jewel

Posted in Poems - True Love on 5-4-14

Mine heart fills with pleasure Oh depth of love can there be Gift supreme words cannot measure Your unwavering love for me Love than pain itself made strong Gave my first abode without a...

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If Not

Posted in Poems - True Love on 8-1-14

If not for cold at night; Who will think of blanket? If not for sleeping time; Who will dream at all? If not for a girl like you; Who will fall in...

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My Dove

Posted in Poems - True Love on 3-1-14

What should I do for you? My love. What should I say to you? My dove. I can roam nations for you. I can move mountains for you. What should I do for you? You will hear my whisper. In the...

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Sneak A Peek

Posted in Poems - True Love on 17-11-13

Tell me, you whom my heart desires Voice of my eyes Betray my heart Our prized secret My eyes, a reflection o’my  dream To mend the seam, To heal your heart, And soothe its hurt Dive...

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