The Poet’s Collection
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Original, hand-written poems—tender, strange, playful, weathered, and meant to be heard.
Preface
The dawn before dust / settled through spoken clouds. / A preface of story written by ink,
Read poem →02Poetic Trust
Familiar voices rise from the dust; / As a sharp echo radiates poetic trust. / Eyes pierce from within the dark;
Read poem →03The Still of Night
I sit now upon my rocking chair / The still of night is calm and fair / Crickets play their song of delight
Read poem →04Just a dream
I dream of dreams most every night; / Unwashed reality so out of sight. / Mystic spirals of dancing trees,
Read poem →05The Land of Dreams
Within the land of dreams resides the queen / Hope for her comes in a form unseen / As her host breaths she plays a star
Read poem →06Moon Drops
Moon drops swell / Starlight fell / In winter's masquerade
Read poem →07Upon a Star
Upon a star / Near or far / I'll keep climbing
Read poem →08Winter’s Prelude
A wintery mist comes along; / her icy chill to sing a song. / Icicles clasp the trees around;
Read poem →09The voice of the sea
The voice of the sea is mysterious and deep; / His bellows are enough to sway the mountain’s frosty keep. / The whales swim beneath Lord North up so high,
Read poem →10Solace of Faeries
The solace of sunlight brings a faerie yonder / Causing a small child to inspire and wonder / The light of hope is among her fluttering wings
Read poem →11Lightning Bolt Flower
The wind dances across the ocean of blue. / Lightning and heart, a flower blooms in view. / Rainstorms come and rainstorms go.
Read poem →12Circles of Thought
The tide washes my thought upon the shore; / waves gather behind to crash. / The sullen wind blows.
Read poem →13Shifting Minds
As time grows old, / the gears grind against shifting sands. / The wind howls.
Read poem →14The Trodden Path
I tread along the trodden path; / Impatient thoughts streak from behind. / Blinded minds driven as a chaff;
Read poem →15Gracefully Imperfected
Within the moonlight a black rose blooms; / A scent of depression so very gloom. / A void of howls that tear
Read poem →16Repetitious Raindrops
Vain repetitious raindrops fall; / Through misty streams of a narrow hall. / A beating heart grows cold;
Read poem →17A Culling Voice
The day before the sounding of three, / a heart of fire and life spins around the tree. / A culling voice whispers from behind.
Read poem →18Service Above Ash
Like man, almost— / a place where time chimed with me. / Mind over body.
Read poem →19Family Ties
As the winds blow, the earth will shake. / What binds us as one? / Gather your thoughts for us to make.
Read poem →20Beyond the Veil
I have waited here for you ever long / To dance upon the rooftops with a song. / I am recalled to a time of yonder,
Read poem →21Drum Beat Tide
Welcome to the drum beat tide. / Fears of the heart turn left as I search wide. / A new day's born from the dust of Tuesday's tears.
Read poem →22Reforge
A heart planted in the steadfast rain, / where trees and thorns brush against the light. / The wind chimes in my pain.
Read poem →23What Dreams May Come
Tonight, tonight, when the colors show, / Tonight, tonight, my heart will glow. / Tonight, tonight, the sun will rise,
Read poem →24Music in the Season
Winter awakens from a slumber song. / Children laugh as they dance along. / Festivities enliven the spirits of those who are past.
Read poem →25Energy
Ghostly or surreal, / light bends toward all ends of the sphere. / Threads of a feather.
Read poem →26Forgotten
How much this air has turned to frost without the cold. / Hearts tread through snow. / With the Hero's Forge now forgotten,
Read poem →27Bells Canyon
Spirits in a forest. / The rain pours downward. / Do I take a step, or is this unknown?
Read poem →28Deeper
Deeper beyond light and sorrow. / Deeper than the traveling heart with song. / Deeper across a sky with painted clouds.
Read poem →29Starchild
You came to me from a distant world of light, / singing beyond the shadow of a star as I wandered the night. / I see it in your eyes and feel it in your voice,
Read poem →30Mirror and Ghost
A seed from the flower has fallen from the sky and looks upward, / overshadowed by the shade that swallows the third. / “Light, I desire light,” were the desires of the seed.
Read poem →31The Other Side
The other side of the glass holds a promise from before. / How can I help dreams reach the northern shore? / The breaking waves race across the frozen sand.
Read poem →32Oh Be Wise
As the worlds have frozen still, / a grain of sand from the ancient waters has had its fill. / Shorten the days of painted thoughts drifting by.
Read poem →33Colors
All around us, painting a memory. / One with sea, one of sound. / Yet my troubles write the tale of what was found.
Read poem →34Lateral Thoughts and Moon Shine
A skip's throw along the creek holds a clue. / Winter's thoughts transpire as the snow has grown old. / Clefts of white turn to dust when flowers settle in.
Read poem →35Living Bread
Trees crawl upon the sovereign ground, / chasing sunlight with leaves dancing around. / A fox calls from beyond yesterday's touch.
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