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Making Toast
As I gazed at the flames of the fire, / It rekindled a childhood vision; / Memories of a chill winter morn,
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Mar 1, 2012
Habitable Zones
I have looked towards a million worlds tonight, / fearful that there might be more like ours, / where despair and anger rage and reign,
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Feb 8, 2012
Foundling
We are halted on the path / where a small amphibious mite / has sprung headlong into an unknown world,
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Jul 19, 2011
Keeping the Bouquet
The sun slides from the sleek red western sky / and the dew-damp evening air / dissolves the coloured confetti,
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Jul 19, 2011
Life Forms
Slack canvas bends with the first strokes: / brush and paint scar a waiting whiteness. / Others follow of less distinct pressure
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Jul 7, 2011
Garden Elevations
The wood chimes are clunking / with each sweep of breeze, / lending melody in this space.
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Jul 7, 2011
November
This unkempt spread of damp, bedraggled lawn / Presents a sorry sight. And there, forlorn / In rotted heaps, the summer’s fruits decay,
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Nov 15, 2010
Sunrise
autumn dawn / breaks once again across / this wide expanse of fields
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Sep 7, 2010
Dartmoor
Coarse granite slabs split the earth / glinting at the fractured sunlight. / Sly winds whip and lash the grass and gorse;
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Aug 17, 2010
One Night
The night before was one of magic / Mystery and a moment in time, / When neither knew the where or why
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Jul 25, 2010
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