caroline-graceWhisper

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a child's night feverHere they come again / on that not-so-merry-go-round of fear; / distant drunken voices
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Jun 10, 2010
AfterthoughtsWhen I am gone from here, / when I have drifted into the ether, / my thoughts will continue.
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Jul 20, 2014
A Game of ChessBedtime, and another weekend closes on his sleeping children. / Creeping out of their room, he's secretly relieved that the heavy door won't quite shut, / feeling certain he'll never get round to fixing it.
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Apr 26, 2013
A moment of madnessLet the child in you come out to play / a little light music / on the tips of your toes!
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Jun 26, 2010
Anchored.Through this corroding forest, / a thin snake winds soundlessly / between stiff marram grass.
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Feb 10, 2012
AntsYou humans, who suffer your own judgement, tremble / from the threat of thunder over the earth. / You, who stand in authority over all things,
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Jan 29, 2014
A parting gift.Is it instinctive or are we given the right or ability / to play our part in this extravagant dining? / We tremble in anticipation in this enchanted forest,
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Apr 22, 2010
Being thereI don't know why your voice was so near and you were not. / I turned as in a dream to listen, / but your fragmented words scattered in the wind.
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Jan 29, 2014
Broken PotsWinters here are unpredictable. / There are days when the fire stays in, when I watch the log pile shrink by the hour. / Other days, a weak sun raises the temperature by degrees, as well as the spirits.
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Apr 26, 2013
Closing time.Mid October takes its end of season's leap / into the solitude of post-tourism autumn. / The landscape shows its truer face to celebrate
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Oct 11, 2011
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