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Category Archives: poetry
hello there – May 13
5.13.2015 they locked us in for the first two weeks then out into the big yard for first. stand in the group don’t be alone, until the one on my left reaches to stab the one … Continue reading
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Tagged awakening, horror, plea, prison, realization, repentance, shock, terror, wake-up call, welcome
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adventurer: south point – May 10
5.10.2015 thirty foot drop to the southernmost point of land’s ocean terror rides on her face. it seemed like the thing to do, an adventure until there and the reward risk ratio pales. harsh rock faces, waves, … Continue reading
awakenings – May 9
5.9.2015 the walls shake us awake 4.5 in the night while the lava pool rises at Kilauea crater. Pele is shrugging her shoulders. —————
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Tagged appreciation, Big Island, creation, daimons, earthquakes, God, Hawaii, Kilauea, lava, nature, Pele, volcano, warnings
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towheaded boys – May 8
5.8.2015 little towheaded boys play ball in bare feet little brother with a good pitch, older with a nice swing running through grass in their backyard. I think we used to do that before we decided that … Continue reading
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Tagged childhood, city, civilization, country, devolution, freedom, Hawaii, inhibition, innocence, joy, learnings, legalities, observation, repression
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Akaka Falls – May 6
5.6.2015 [Akaka Falls] knees buckle, arms quake, head ducks in terror at nature’s height primate, primitive instinct pulls one lower to ground, feet splayed head hunched, arms akimbo, hands clenching whatever is graspable, the eyes barely able to raise … Continue reading
wishes – May 5
5.5.2015 [wishes] to shut off the jangle jangle of telly, podcast, radiola voices of now instant anxiety and listen to the silence, a bird, wind, steps of a loved one, and the sigh (the soft sigh) of a … Continue reading
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Tagged God, prayers, presence, quiet, re-creation, retreat, time, wishes
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Aline Alone – May 1
5.1.2015 [Aline Alone] I like my ironing board I like my washing machine a dead voice, blond curls close to her head in the basement room where she slammed the basket down catatonic stare, blank eyes wondering why she … Continue reading
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Tagged alienation, breakdown, fears, frustration, hopes, isolation, marriage, mother, pain, sister, wife
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force majeure – April 30
4.30.2015 [force majeure] cat lies in the center of the room that we get to wander by and into but only if we don’t thump too loudly. ——————
night boxer – April 29
4.29.2015 [night boxer] weariness has taken on a new name I don’t know what it is I just know the pull down weight, sound, touch of its ringing bell and my failing fight. ————————–
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