Tag: prose
group name: theopenjournal
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September 17, 2006 07:16 AM EDT --
Sun Salutation
I lay in wait for the chirps of the
first morning birds,
a sense of anticipation and hope
in the dawn of a new day
draws me out of bed to the
fog of an early Fall morning. . . . more
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August 11, 2007 12:35 PM EDT --
The lunch bell’s vibrato scream startles him back…
Back from the world where an equation equals the sum of its parts
He grabs his brown paper sack and heads for the stairs
Clutching . . . more
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September 21, 2007 07:12 AM EDT --
Words are like harpoons. Once they go in, they are very hard to pull out.
-Fred Hoyle
Words are alive; cut them and they bleed.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
It's a good thing to be a student of . . . more
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March 10, 2007 12:11 AM EST --
This does not come from my personal experience, but it is my way of reflecting the thoughts and experiences of someone very dear to my heart.
I find myself on my hands and knees,
disoriented . . . more
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April 20, 2007 08:46 PM EDT --
i want you to read me
poetry
you can watch my toes
curl
as flames
lick
from your skull
volts
zingingggggggg
this canvas
melting hues
a thousand gales
could not breathe
L I F . . . more
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July 06, 2007 07:29 AM EDT --
My wife is extremely artistic. However, if you asked her if she considered herself an artist, she’d categorically reject the notion. Of this I’m certain. Yet she has . . . more
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October 19, 2006 04:00 PM EDT --
Antiseptic whitewashed walls glared into her weary, wary eyes. Wary with dreaded anticipation, as the pain throbbed in her womb like the heartbeat of an earthquake's epicenter.
This was the final . . . more
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September 23, 2006 12:38 PM EDT --
The rain and fog
barely mute the colors of the season
surrounding lake and stream.
Jewels of carmine and gold
leap out like brilliant faeries
amidst the trees of my home.
My mountain, . . . more
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September 22, 2006 07:01 AM EDT --
Back to Work
Now I lay me down to sleep
a bag of chamomile left to seep.
Two days abed with cold and ache
tomorrow the alarm will awake.
Back to work I shall go
even if the nose need blow. . . . more
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January 29, 2007 01:45 AM EST --
There is a war raging inside my head;
how many more days will I lie in this bed?
Depression so dark I cannot see,
anxiety so thick I cannot breath.
. . . more
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March 14, 2007 12:41 AM EDT --
It looks like me,
sounds like me,
and may often consume me,
though I assure you,
it is not me.
It may speak for me,
think for me,
and may even act for me,
but I promise you,
it is not . . . more
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March 17, 2007 01:12 AM EDT --
Rotting in prison, here I shall stay;
cold, cramped, and dark in this lonely cell.
Visitors come, but I usually run them away;
no one should see me in this hell.
. . . more
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February 12, 2007 09:59 PM EST --
The most powerful of weapons shall ne'er cease to be,
those who will hurt me know this the best,
they deem me formidable, and not quick to scare,
so of all that is magic and mystical,
. . . more
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February 19, 2007 09:47 PM EST --
With all the strength I may command,
cast these demons away,
purge them from my being,
only discovering with great dismay,
that they remain ignoring my sincerest demand.
What do I . . . more
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March 01, 2007 09:05 PM EST --
The skies are a Caribbean blue, cottony clouds dot the backdrop-
of nature's masterpiece; her work of artistic perfection,
as the landscape reflects the fantastic brilliance of the sun's . . . more
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March 24, 2008 08:11 AM EDT --
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POETRY CENTRAL, Vol 5, No. 5 Vetting Your Work
Are you a human being?
If yes, continue. If no, go plug yourself into a socket.
Are you interested in writing?
If yes, . . . more
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April 21, 2008 09:13 AM EDT --
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Gather Essentials, Books. Vol 6, No. 1 Art and Science: The Case of the Robin.
All art presupposes some degree of scientific method. All science begins with the art of ideas. . . . more
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August 22, 2008 06:51 AM EDT --
West Oz 034
Perth Domestic Airport - Goodbye, Mrs B.
Well, all good things must come to an end ... which is just as well for me because I've almost overdosed on Mrs . . . more
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September 13, 2007 05:23 AM EDT --
My Very Own Website
Friends one and all, I now have my very own website where all of my work is collected in easy to get to sections, with simple navigation between. Please come . . . more
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March 15, 2007 01:49 AM EDT --
A dark cloud looms overhead casting an ominous shadow;
a shadow which seems to haunt my mind unforgivably.
Outdoors or in, there is no escape from this persistent black halo;
try as I might, . . . more
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