pete-badertscherWhisper

American

Pining for a Loss UnkownI don't think I can… / I promised and she's happy / I'm … complacent, if…

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Oct 23, 2023

I Sat Down by My Father's GraveI sat down by my father's grave (who is not dead yet), / and my mother's (who died 3 years ago), / and my aunt (who died two years ago-- alone),

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Oct 23, 2023

ProcessionalThe geese / Form a procession / in their northern formal dress.

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Oct 2, 2020

In your eyesThe first time you opened up to me / it was through your endless, / sapphire eyes.

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Oct 2, 2020

Witch's MoonHave you seen the Goddess Moon tonight? / She rises flush, the color of ancient, bleached bone. / Magnified by her own regal-ness.

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Mar 20, 2019

Silence for OdysseusI hear the Siren's cry. / A bittersweet laughing ruse / full of a life fulfilled

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Mar 4, 2017

St Patrick's DayMoon lit clouds / Stars burn bright / Warm spring hides

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Mar 18, 2016

Never Enough (with Pete Badertscher)I'll take it as it comes / But only if it's more than once / After all isn't it only natural

Jul 2, 2015

Come ListenCome listen to. / Come listen by. / Come listen, come listen

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Jun 17, 2015

shalimarsome men got a woman. / some men got a man. / me, I just got a guitar.

Jun 16, 2015

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