Or Darkness

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Never easy to tell. 

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Or Darkness      -      30 Oct 22 

Conflicted thoughts

Shall this be the way

Or something else 

Can I see

Or is darkness 

All there is 

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Occasional conflict.

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Afterthoughts

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When I am watching. 

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Afterthoughts       -        29 Oct 22

Afterthoughts

I watch again 

As the ideas form 

From the nebulosity 

Of the mind 

I often fail to see 

Any difference 

Between what was 

And what is to come 

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Sometimes there is no difference. 

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Warmer

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Not a boxer but know where to play.

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Warmer        -        28 Oct 22

Seeking out 

The warmer places 

Where my hands 

Prefer to go

And play 

. 

I think you know where those places might be. 

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Connecting

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One of those Lovely times.

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Connecting        -        27 Oct 22

A dream comes true 

As an unexpected 

But longed-for message 

Arrived as I watched

Connecting with you again 

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Feelings refreshed after too long. 

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Serpents

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Good at wrestling too. 

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Serpents        -        26 Oct 22 

Tongues 

Inquisitive serpents 

Coil around 

Investigate words 

Lick the meaning 

Off what is said

Taste the truth 

In the dance

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Wrestling is fun. 

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Cat Ear

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Being observed. 

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Cat Ear       -       25 Oct 22 

Cats ears 

Watch 

No other sign 

Of awareness 

Just the 

Scanning ear

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Wish I could see with my ears in that way. 

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Cavalcade

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A universal chess game. 

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Cavalcade         -       24 Oct 22

Night makes the closing moves 

Day conseeds defeat 

They both clear the board 

To prepare for the cavalcade 

Of stars 

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An honourable game between well-matched players. 

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Embrace

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An invitation. 

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Embrace      -      23 Oct 22 

Night whispers

Come to me 

Sleep in my embrace

Again 

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Difficult to refuse. 

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Dark Forest

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Of such things night tales are formed.

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Dark Forest        -       22 Oct 22 

Under the limbs 

Of the sheltering trees

In the dark forest 

We gather the light 

Of the Moon 

As night surrounds us

. 

We await the arrival. 

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Inspiration

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A simple word can show the way to great journeys. 

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Inspiration        -        21 Oct 22 

Her subtle suggestions 

Are a powerful inspiration 

To my imagination 

I take flight on her words 

I fly between worlds 

And I see her everywhere 

. 

She inspires and guides. 

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Untamed

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Wonderful women.

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Untamed         -       20 Oct 22 

Tasting the essence 

Of an untamed woman 

Who knows how to take 

Everything she needs 

From you 

Painlessly

. 

Though you will feel it. 

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Nothing

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A thank you note. 

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Nothing        -       19 Oct 22 

There are many wonderful 

Things in the world 

Many beautiful people

None of them 

Has ever taken me higher 

Nothing has given me 

More pleasure than you 

Thank you 

. 

Thank you for you, you know to whom I am talking. 

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Peace

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Not enough people find this elusive place.

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Peace        -        18 Oct 22

Peace is the moment 

Between action 

And contemplation 

That place 

Where everything 

Flows smoothly 

And all can be seen 

As one 

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Once experienced never forgotten.

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Song Of Tomorrow

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You choose the words you want. 

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Song Of Tomorrow         -        17 Oct 22

Part dirge and part

Celebration 

The song of tomorrow 

Contains all these things 

And so much more 

Sing along with the parts 

You want 

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Choose wisely. 

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Now

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Where might we be? 

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Now         -        16 Oct 22

Past was present 

Future in waiting 

Now is all these

Future is waiting 

For now to catch up 

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Speculation on the whens. 

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The Dance [Haiku]

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It knows more than just our names.

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The Dance [Haiku]        -        15 Oct 22

The dance calls our names 

Step in step on step forward 

Always moving on 

.

It knows everything. 

. 

Moments

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Everything in a slow dance. 

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Moments         -         14 Oct 22

Sacred moments

In a world of dream 

Tasting the essence 

Of the evening 

As it slips softly 

Past into 

The realm of night 

. 

Try to follow. 

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Difference

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Time zones can make life difficult.

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Difference        -       13 Oct 22

In other realities 

Making Love with you 

Was easy 

This one is more difficult 

Due to a difference

In time 

. 

Different parts of the world may as well be different worlds sometimes. 

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Frozen

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My rainbow is in ice.

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Frozen      -       12 Oct 22 

Frozen 

Thoughts held in ice 

Air crystal shatter

Fragments cascade 

Rainbows encased 

In ice

Cannot shine

. 

Writing can be difficult. 

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Moons

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Sometimes they argue.

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Moons      -       11 Oct 22

Claiming a different place

In the scheme of night 

Other moons ask for 

Attention 

To stake their claim

. 

Sometimes there is agreement. 

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We Are Not

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Where are we. 

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We Are Not        -        10 Oct 22 

In all the places 

Where we are not 

We look

For answers 

And finding none

Move on into 

Places new 

. 

Cannot find answers nor find us. 

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Feeling

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A statement of fact. 

. 

Feeling       -        09 Oct 22 

Looking into you 

Seeing your Heart 

Filling my world 

With your Love 

Feeling it flowing 

Into me 

. 

What she does to me. 

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Sister

.

The saga of Spirit kin. 

. 

Sister        -         08 Oct 22

Crystal sister

Once connected with words 

I was her brother

But we drifted apart

We each had

Our own paths to follow 

Now we walk 

In different worlds 

. 

It was never going to last but it was a pleasant dream. 

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Paper

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How easy to damage something.

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Paper       -        07 Oct 22

Paper crumpled 

Under my wrist 

Frustrated by 

Pointless rules 

Designed to control 

Not to help 

Paper now torn 

Smudged 

. 

Making it useless.

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Inkwell

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Words feed me.

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Inkwell         -        06 Oct 22 

I am being written 

One slow word 

At a time 

The manuscript 

Never finishes 

The inkwell 

Never empties 

The words 

Always flowing 

. 

How to write the story. 

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Afternoon Dream

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Building a Love letter. 

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Afternoon Dream        -         05 Oct 22

An afternoon dream

With special thoughts 

Filling my mind 

Keeping them private 

In case she sees 

The page 

Where I write them

They are words for her 

But not just yet 

. 

Love letters should never be shown as "works in progress". 

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Autumn Lullaby [Haiku]

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A time when most trees and animals tend to slide into sleep.

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Autumn Lullaby [Haiku]       -       04 Oct 22

Taken into sleep

gently, words of the winds an 

Autumn lullaby

. 

Wake me up in spring.

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Musty Pages

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As if from a railway carriage.

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Musty Pages         -         03 Oct 22

Passing images

In a picture book

Musty pages 

Dusty covers 

Images fresh 

But memory drags forth 

The taste from the mind 

Looking out of the window 

I see the pages 

Curling against the sky 

. 

Sights and smells return to haunt. 

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Angel Touch

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Magic fingers. 

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Angel Touch          -          02 Oct 22

She touched me

A gentle touch

Of an angel sharing 

Her Love 

I always remember 

Her sweet smile

Her kisses 

Her Love 

We are always together 

Our thoughts entwined

Our kisses feed 

Our Love 

. 

Magic everything about her.

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Tides

.

Often unpredictable. 

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Tides        -         01 Oct 22

Feeling 

The tides 

Changing the shape 

Of the thoughts 

As they pass 

Bringing old memories 

To the surface 

Once again 

. 

Sometimes painful. 

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Random Words

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These partial phrases are sometimes fascinating.

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Random Words         -         30 Sep 22

Random words 

Scribed on a wall

With chalk 

Interrupted 

By a thought 

Or a person 

Never completed

Now left hanging 

"I go in and if "

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if what? 

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