Ice

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An observation and a question.

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Ice   -   26 Oct 18

Captive bergs
Floating freely
In the water bottles
In my refrigerator

Is it really
That cold

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A second question, has this ever happened to you?

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Twisted

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This poem came into my mind suddenly and unexpectedly in the late evening.  Slightly disturbing but with some interesting images.

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Twisted   -   25 Oct 18

A twisted sky
Wracked with thunder
Scratched with lightning
Shaped by the wind
Into phantom forms
Which touch
Troubled dreams

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What do you think?

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The Well

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An Haiku today.

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The Well   .   24 Oct 18

Call of the Sacred
Inspires me to reach in
Water from the well

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In this part of the country there are so many wells and springs, a lot of which are Sacred sites and healing wells.

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Close Thing

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Should I let this happen?

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Close Thing    -   23 Oct 18

Nearly seen
Open my eyes
Look
The thing passing
Can change me
If it gets close
Should I let it
Will it help me
Let me really see
Feel
Explore

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Probably a good idea.

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Dreaming Evening

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I have experienced many days like this.

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Dreaming Evening   -   22 Oct 18

Slow drifts through the day
Gather thoughts in the twilight
My mind rests in the gentle day
As friendly shadows gather me up
To take me into night
From the dreaming evening

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All very restful and pleasant.

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Sweet Caresses

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Caresses are always sweet and welcomed.

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Sweet Caresses    -   21 Oct 18

I feel you around me
Gentle reminder of your Love
Your sweet caresses
On my thoughts
Hold me close

The songs we sing
Together
Everywhere in our dream
Take on a shape of their own
Always within us

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Those Lovely feelings.

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Night Secrets

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Secrets are never hidden for long.

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Night Secrets    -    20 Oct 18

Secrets held
In the shadows
Between dark and light
Day pretends
That there are no secrets
The other side
Night knows
Where the secrets are
In the darkness
Forever hidden
But waiting

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The secrets never remain hidden for long.

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Memories

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Exploring my past in my mind.

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Memories    -   19 Oct 18

Wandering back into my mind
People places things
All are pasts of me
My memories are cushions
Of my thoughts
Taking me back into my past
Resting there may not be right
Or a good idea

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Touching the past is good but it is so much better to be moving forward.

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Experiments

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Letting the imagination wander freely.

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Experiments    -    18 Oct 18

Exploring new areas
Of imagination
Playing with unusual ideas
Testing how far I can go
Imagining the new places
To be
Experiments in reality
Experiencing otherwhere
Playing with otherwhere

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You can go there too.

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Touches

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Those little Lovely sensations caused by touch.

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Touches    -    17 Oct 18

Often unexpected
Pleasing surprises
A feeling of wanting more
Knowing how the sensations
Grow with the touches
Requesting Craving

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Always wanting the touches.

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Whispering

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Thoughts about...?

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Whispering    -    16 Oct 18

I am the only person
Who wants to listen
To a man who
Dreams in colour and
Speaks in shades of
Black and white
About the mysteries of
The Multiverse
So I stand here
In the shadows
Whispering to myself
As the Multiverse
Watches me

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Am I talking about myself?

I will let you think about that.

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Arcana Minor I

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Wandering into an experimental area of my poetry.

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Arcana Minor I    -   16 Oct 18

The three of yesterday
Still casts the image dark
From the shades of history
Onto the edge of tomorrow

The minstrel tired
Gave up the song
Went back to yesterday
Returned to obscurity

As darkness fell again
The three falls face down
But the shade still rests
On tomorrow

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My intention is for this to be the first of many poems in a series of Arcana poems, in both the major and minor groups.

Comments are welcome but make sure to add your name and not leave it as "anonymous" because I tend to delete those without really reading them.

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Threadbare

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Seasonal observations.

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Threadbare    -    15 Oct 18

Summer clothes
In a threadbare heap
Discarded
Awaiting
The coming of winter

Days grow shorter
Winds are colder now
The fires of winter
Being prepared
In the hearth

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All around the summer flowers fade.

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Dance With Death

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A fantasy poem, it grew suddenly in the middle of the night.

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Dance With Death    -    14 Oct 18

Death comes slowly
For those who wait
And dance with
The magician's daughter

Spellweaver holds death
At bay as the dance continues
Through the eternal afternoon
In the garden on the river

Death will never reach its target
While the Spellweaver smiles and sings
The incantations which bind
Dancers will dance on forever

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I really like the effect this poem creates.

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Forest

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An observation and a memory.

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Forest    -    13 Oct 18

Canopy of green
Shades the colour of the sun
Takes the sky
Somewhere in the shadows
Forest rules the wood
Leaves leaves on the ground
In shadow form

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Dappled forms scattered around.

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Love Song In The Dark

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A Love song for you today.

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Love Song In The Dark    -   12 Oct 18

In the warm comforting dark
Where dreams are cocooned
And nurtured
I sang a song for you
Love inspired my words
My Heart flowed
And the song I sang
Grew into a Love song
For me to give to you

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Love songs are always good.

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Companion

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Connecting with you.

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Companion    -   11 Oct 18

Hands together touching
A message left
An eternal companion
Through the forever dream

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Dreaming and being together.

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Flying

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An Haiku today, constructed in the traditional form.

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Flying    -    10 Oct 18

Circling endlessly
Through the many coloured skies
Flying forever

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Haiku are fun.

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Island Earths

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Exploring on a voyage.

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Island Earths    -    09 Oct 18

Voyaging between the worlds
Visiting the island
Where earths are born
Imagining each future
As they grow and mature
How will they evolve
Where will they lead

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Speculation on futures.

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Confused Hands

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An illustration of something that may go wrong in the world.

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Confused Hands    -    08 Oct 18

Left hand
Does not know
Anything about the world
Does not know
What the
Right hand
Is doing
They often argue
About which is right
Or which is right

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Often valid in the burocratic world.

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Winds Of Change

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Feel the winds blowing strongly.

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Winds Of Change    -    07 Oct 18

Initially cold
With a hint
That warmth will happen
Change brought
By winds
From everywhere
I welcome them

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Be aware and ready for the changes.

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Aftertouch

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Feelings from a special person.

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Aftertouch   -   06 Oct 18

She lead me into Love
Eyes open and wanting
Sweet gentle feeling
She gave me
More than I ever knew
That I wanted
More
Than anything else
And her aftertouch
Brought peace

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That special secret touch.

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Crisp Autumn

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An observation of events as I walk.

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Crisp Autumn    -   05 Oct 18

Cold air strokes my cheeks
From a northern wind
Beneath my feet
The sound of crisp autumn leaves
Talks to me
As I walk along the lane
Conversation about the year

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Have you listened to the talk?

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Dreaming You

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Thoughts about someone really special.

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Dreaming You    -   04 Sep 18

Always thinking about you
The way you are
What you do
Even when I am asleep
I am dreaming you

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True.

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Bell

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Listen to the call.

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Bell    -    03 Oct 18

Listening to the call
Across the sands of time
Answering the message
From the ancient worlds
Come back to me
To the land you know
The bell offers peace
In the safety of then

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Listen, the bell always calls.

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Facts

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Facts can be reshaped according to creator.

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Facts   -   02 Oct 18

Often found to be
A work of fiction
Prove them for yourself

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A modern Haiku for you today with a touch of cynicism.

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Unending

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We all have these same wishes.

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Unending    -   01 Oct 18

Those sweet moments
When dreams melt
Into reality and the
Edges of both
Become blurred
Soft desires call
For those moments
To be unending

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Be honest, you have been there too.

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Lightness

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Allowing the essence of now.

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Lightness   -   30 Sep 18

Being
In the flow
Allows for greater
Lightness
Of being
Drifting
In the energy
Going in the
Being
Of the flow

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Always go with the flow.

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Trains

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A little exploration of the various meanings behind the word "train", this is by no means an exhaustive list.

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Trains    -    29 Sep 18

Thought streams
Can often go astray
Leading to unexpected
Pools of imaginings

Lines of reasoning
New ways of learning
Leading to new things
Unexpected patterns

Fabric flows
The veil pulled aside
To reveal the new bride
New lives together

Lines of intent
Mapped out in advance
Railway trains bring
New places to reach

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Exploring words is fun.

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Soft Dreams

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Connecting with a very special person.

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Soft Dreams    -   28 Sep 18

In dreams
I walk with you
Soft whispers shared
Hands touching
Messages exchanged

In dreams
We are together
Still no movement
Words touching
Whispers shared

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Dreams are a very good way to connect.

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