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The paragraphs you send me are long,
certain,
and completely free;
they take flight around my mind like gentle songbirds,
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Eternal Serenity - Sijo Poetry
Clouds fixed in settled explosions of amber and saffron
Clement winds tossing seaweed on the toasted flaxen sand
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Those Days
I remember only its ghostly aftermath;
my parents' divorce.
My dad was cast out without anything,
we lived in a rented renovated barn.
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Old Friend
To L.M.
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Old Skin
Fall had come, and close to its end, it approached. The air became brisk, with winter awaiting in the future, and as a girl wandered down the sidewalk, autumn's old skin shifted through the air above her maple hair.
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'I Am Rush' Isidora Gibson
I am Rush.
Nothing is worth my
‘No time.’
So hurry now to
Catch my
Running storyline.
Loves
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My Mother's Shoulders
My mother wasn’t born this strong.
No, her strength comes from years of labor.
Labor of the body,
Labor of the mind.
My mother’s shoulders are strong;
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The way to a man's heart is food, they say
Searing, frying, sautéing,
wiping sweat off my forehead,
crying because of onions
the things I do for a boy.
I hope he likes it.
The doorbell rings.
The door opens, he stands with a bouquet in his hands. -
lost in the waves
the divine tranquillity of the vast ocean
the sounds of the waves, crashing into one another
it's peaceful, it soothes the racing thoughts in my mind
it stops time for a split second
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Letter to a Stranger I Know Well
You came to me in a dream last night, as curious and full of life as the day I met you on the playground.
It was the first week of preschool and I had no friends, mostly because I chose not to.
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Diary of June
I wake up and I’m suffocated by the love shoved down my throat.
Every inch of me feels no more than a piece of meat.
I am, in everyone’s eyes, insignificant in comparison to my owner,
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'I Am Rush' Isidora Gibson
I am Rush.
Nothing is worth my
‘No time.’
So hurry now to
Catch my
Running storyline.