Monday, December 20, 2004

We Do

Her dress was borrowed
It was blue

My suit was old
But our vows were new

Happy couple
coming into view

We do
We do



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Thursday, December 16, 2004

Chalice

The sun
Golden chalice
Clutched by God’s hand

Light cut by God’s fingers,
The clouds

The dawning
That morning


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Friday, December 10, 2004

Nekked Heinie




A dance it is
but so much more
a statement
Attitude

Rebel in the buff
shake your thang
Oh warrior princess
still only two

Hold still a moment
let me snap a picture
for blackmail
when you are dating



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Tuesday, December 07, 2004

First Snow

Thoughts of walking
in a winter wonderland
with her. She wrote,
“I like snow when it is falling.
All clean and beautiful.”

A friend remarks,
“the snow is here,
everything is white and
appears to be more pure,
almost innocent...”

It is a beautiful kind of first snow.
Everything is more innocent;
but only for a whisper
of time.

Too soon it will clump and fall
Splashed up off the street,
Mixed with grime

But now, in the falling,
milking the sky
teasing as it falls
light, airy

Covering other sins
blanketing a seemingly silent
noisy world
muffled and cloaked
in white



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Friday, December 03, 2004

God's Hand

The gentle push
the warm support
The gentle nudge
Of the One who knows what's best

Charting a course
with history, coincidence, and promise
Leading two to become one
as He planned since life begun

Formed of dust, a rib
and His breath of life
One body again
As He intended

Bound together for an eternity
loving, laughing, sharing
Knowing this time, it is meant to be
As part of His Plan

Woven together with love and caring
held together for ever more by God's majestic hand.
From day to day and year to year
they will hold each other dear





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Smell of Snow

Walking the few feet
car to the office
Down the street,
quiet Friday, December

Smell of snow
Cold, damp
Memory
Anticipation

Coming, for sure
Knowing it
In joints,
My senses

Hard to describe
The smell of snow
But it is there.
Let it snow


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edited December 15, 2015
Smell of Snow – v4
(merging edits to version 3 and version 2)
edited December 9, 2015
Smell of Snow – v3
(editing original)
Edited November 28, 2012
“Smell of Snow – v2”
Friday, December 03, 2004 8:27
“Smell of Snow”
and other poems
December 1, 2012
like sprinkled sugar
&
edited December 9, 2015
Snow in the Air – v6
(editing original)
edited November 27, 2015
Snow in the Air – v5
(merging edits to original and version 4)
edited November 22, 2015
Snow in the air – v4
(editing original)
Edited August 3, 2013
“Snow in the Air – v3
(editing original)
Edited September 20, 2012
“Snow in the Air – v2”
December 30, 2006 12:08
“Snow in the Air”


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Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Living in Lifetimes

May we enjoy and cherish
every breath
we share together,

may we always act as though
it is our last,

may we always
treasure
each other,

so that
each moment
is that lifetime
together,

so that we may share
thousands of lifetimes.



Tuesday, November 30, 2004 11:18
Living in Lifetimes

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Tuesday, November 23, 2004

Frozen Marsh

Steam rose
Over the ribbon threaded
Through the frozen marsh
This waking

Frost encrusted the
Silent cattails,
Highlighted the skin of
Still-green reeds
Browning leaves, rushes
And skeletal scrub

Ice too soon
But chill only today
Ready to bleed away
With the dawning



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Monday, November 22, 2004

Pair

Craning to glimpse
Around the bend
Behind the trees
Hiding in the fog

Our swans
Finding solitude
Beside the other
In open water

Alone together
Away from the bustle,
The noise,
Of the road



edited May 9, 2015
Pair – v4

Monday, November 22, 2004 10:18
Pair – v2
&
edited May 9, 2015
Pair – v3

Wednesday, November 17, 2004 9:58
Pair – v1


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Friday, November 19, 2004

Stepping Through - edited

A slit cut through
gray, layered bunting
morning sky

Yellow light and white light
Sol walking, pushing,
stepping through
a portal he cut
knee-high curtain,
left leg, right arm
through the canvas of the clouds.

propelling the light
onto the stage
starting the day



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Stepping Through

A slit cut through
gray, layered bunting
morning sky

Yellow light and white light
pushing, stepping through
knee-high curtain,
left leg, right arm
propelling the light
onto the stage
starting the day



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Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Daily Anniversaries

Finding the right words
Overwhelmed, blessed
Shouting my love
each day, for you

Bursting with joy now
and from the first kiss.

Stronger and stronger are the feelings;
from a place I have never been,
even from the beginning.

Here's to a lifetime together –
precious minute by special minute.



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Pair

A pair
trumpeter swans
pressed close
in the sliver
open water
between the growing ice
in the pond
beside the highway
this November morn



edited May 9, 2015
Pair – v3

Wednesday, November 17, 2004 9:58
Pair – v1
&
edited May 9, 2015
Pair – v4

Monday, November 22, 2004 10:18
Pair – v2


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Parting

I can't wait
for Saturday
when our parting
is but of our lips

When we don't have to leave
each other's side;
when we can linger
and love




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Morning Drive

A skin of frost on the ground,
in the branches, the yellowed fields
film of ice on the pond
low fog lit on down the road
light in the windshield
shafts highlight
glowing milkweed pods
bursting for later rebirth
Quiet, rumble of the engine
Heading from home
heading to work
reversed in the dark


================
edited January 13, 2016
Morning Drive – v2

Wednesday, November 17, 2004 7:47
Morning Drive

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Monday, November 08, 2004

Our Daughters

You and they
Valves in my heart
Pushing the spirit
In my soul
Letting me live



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Friday, November 05, 2004

Barry in the Morning

He’s on the stereo
Smoky, sultry,
Words dripping
After waking,
Start of day

You in my arms
Smell of you
Touch, Kiss,
Linger on your neck
Dance in the kitchen
Pull you in close

Down the road
With me in the car
Bass throbbing in the speaker
Sing along to our words
Openly, wanting you

Away from you, my dear
But you’re with me
Your scent, smile,
Your Love

With me
And Barry in the morning


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Friday, October 29, 2004

Arc of the Sky

Warming blue
Across the arc of the dome
He left for us after the Flood
Daubs of color
Dabbed on the sky
Pristine edges
Glinted and glowing
Past dawn

Frozen breath
Frost on the
orange, red, yellow
Fall foliage
Green grass
Cold windshields
Parked cars


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Thursday, October 28, 2004

Red Sox in Four

Eight straight
ain't it great
A nation in joy
because of our boys

Won in strong fashion
with luck, pitching and passion
A night with a lunar eclipse
song of joy on our lips

Here's to the Red Sox Nation
in a state of utter jubilation


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Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Waking Sky

A fall sky in slumber
warming fan brush strokes,
horsehair bristles,
pushed across the fall tableau
Deep burgundies and dark below
Headlights on

Down the road
round the bend
the view brighter
champagne and plumb and wisp
a bluing of the sky

Another wind
down the twisting backroad
translucent yellows
screens of color

Farther on
white takes the stage
above a fireball flame sun

Then the sun filled
the windshield below the visor
warming my face
on this fall morning
after the dark



==============
edited February 3, 2017
Waking Sky – v2
Wednesday, October 27, 2004 8:07
Waking Sky


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Monday, October 25, 2004

Her Name

Her name on my lips
her song in my heart

A marathon finished
waiting for laurels

A race won but
New beginnings

A new life
new challenges
mountains to climb
Together


10/25/2004
(first poem about Ruth)





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Sunday, October 24, 2004

Hair Cut

A grand presentation
the three of us
early one Sunday morning
just before Easter

A grand march
with appropriate solemnity
orange Easy-Bake Oven mixing bowl
festooned in his outstretched hands
with her locks, curls, hair

Safety scissors
weren’t really safe,
now were they
from little hands
and minds with industry and mischief

Bows that would have to be taped
to hide the artistry of these craftsmen
a little too successful in their trade

Shock of the audience – mom and dad
woken from slumber
to the sight
of our grand presentation
that morning.


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Written on My Heart

Wow!




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