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110 · Nov 2020
Cotton tales
Al Nov 2020
Coriander mixed alone,
a yellow-footed woman
smiles with raindrops.
110 · Jun 2020
On the edge
Al Jun 2020
He sits alone
lost his smile.

No face today
he's disfigured.
109 · May 2019
Twirled out
Al May 2019
Green fatigues.

A flame burns.

Memories fade.
108 · Jun 2019
Painted glass
Al Jun 2019
A violet petal sparkles,
sun glints from the sky.
108 · Mar 2019
Soup
Al Mar 2019
Gathered together with friends.  We welcome the warmth. The bread is broken, the soup is pure.  Tonight we celebrate. Outside no more.
106 · May 2020
Blank firing
Al May 2020
You take aim
and paint.
105 · Aug 2020
Fullness
Al Aug 2020
Lost in the moon,
I hide my intent.
104 · Sep 2020
Revealing attention
Al Sep 2020
A gesture in time I still hold alone.  Dignity is a vision refocused.  Look at this.  Just one small detail on a cufflink.  This lamp shines a light.  Illumination is a walk in wonder.  Upon the sidewalk they rest.  Invisible for the most part, and then her dream began.

Blue is the lagoon
within your eyes.

Outside the trashcan falls to the ground.  Can you hear the crash?  It's a cymbal sounding.  Love is the duster which polishes your soul.
103 · May 2020
Moonbeams
Al May 2020
Yellow is the wave,
old scissors cut - in
art circles return.
103 · Feb 2020
Twisted shapes
Al Feb 2020
Gemstones glitter in the barroom brawl, your chocolate-drop eyes entice.

As the emerald glass spins, as the madness of the hatter blooms, this moment captures hearts.

Youth returns. The day is young. The dance floor turns.  Jitters bug.

Glimmering alone... The moonlight offers a tinted gift for two.
102 · Sep 2018
Two sticks
Al Sep 2018
Like a snail the journey is slow.
Two sticks maintain the balance.
Walking on water, floating clouds.
100 · Aug 2020
Torn Strips
Al Aug 2020
Magazine Bulletin:
reclaiming space
within my mind.
99 · Oct 2018
Sidewalk surfer
Al Oct 2018
Down with dogtown,
carving the concrete
and riding the rails.
98 · Sep 2018
Shine
Al Sep 2018
The candle flickers, ink flows, the page is filled.  Shadows dance, ideas emerge, her voice is clear.  Fragments arrive, a puzzled piece, at last we shine.
98 · May 2019
Rainflips
Al May 2019
Drips bounce, the puddle becomes a mirror, my eyes reflect on bygone days.  Tears form as icicles melt.  The snow is my canvas.  To scribe my name without a care, to know the identity of a future love.  Upon the white a red heart beats... my love calls me forth - "adventure dear boy for all your worth" - an ice-rink beckons me .... New York, New York, oh the big apple bites!
98 · Aug 2020
I am the Poem
Al Aug 2020
I am a mighty oak
hiding in an acorn.

Many words swirl
inside.

In motion this poet
seeks devotion.

As the winds blow
my poetry grows.

Tomorrow I dream,
slowly becoming...

New spurts shoot
forth

reaching toward the
sunlight.

Each day I rise like
the truth,

I am the poem!
97 · Sep 2020
Old Words
Al Sep 2020
Monday morning
haunts my heart.

Your words linger
like stale air

Lost in translation
we're torn apart.
96 · Aug 2020
New town footsteps
Al Aug 2020
The rain falls on the sidewalk. Splashing in puddles.  A face emerges.  Welcome to a new town.
96 · May 2020
Blind
Al May 2020
One face
demands

my
attention.

Lost in
translation

I
wander
alone.
95 · Sep 2018
Rusted
Al Sep 2018
Overgrown lawn
rusted and green:
Machinery down.
93 · Sep 2020
Silky hues
Al Sep 2020
Blue eyes twinkle,
Yellow sun shines,  
Indigo rises.
93 · Sep 2020
ONe AfTerNoon
Al Sep 2020
Am I one of these?

Sat in a workshop,
living within images.

Getting dizzy inside of
this spiritual life.
92 · Jun 2020
Seaside
Al Jun 2020
Heart beats, fears arise
Fixed in fragments, her
lips revive...
91 · Apr 2020
Apple
Al Apr 2020
Upon the table:
a green crunch.
91 · Jul 2020
Somersaults
Al Jul 2020
Your eyes make
ice-cream melt.
89 · Sep 2018
Written
Al Sep 2018
Her name
upon the
window.

Painted in
purple to
say,

Like your
favorite
flower,

I am here
for you
today.
89 · May 2020
Precious
Al May 2020
A blue-jay sings as
her rocking chair
creaks.

Three moments in a freeze-frame.  The dark sky pauses.  Light falls as the swirl of the ocean stirs your heart.  Tomorrow we long for.  Some say a time of replenishment, a time to return.  But here we sit, rocking away the blues, listening as the wild bird sings.  What can we hear when we are no longer there?

Six red petals
plucked from
the edge of
darkness.

When the son follows in the footsteps of mother nature. Another moment of emptiness to savour.  She plants her seeds, wondering not where they will grow.  Her stories ride upon the breeze.  Green is the medicine she shares.  A bright eyed child removes the fear, the shadows exposed, deeper than before, a simple shade divides.

Lime green, her soothing
words, repairing broken
hearts once more.
89 · May 2020
Tarnished
Al May 2020
Yellow is a
six-pence
gleaming.
86 · May 2020
Portent
Al May 2020
Gypsy-woman,
a silver-tongue
in my past lies.
86 · Oct 2020
Little eyes
Al Oct 2020
A single marble rolls.
86 · Aug 2020
Dark nights
Al Aug 2020
Sure no more, indeed these days are long.  At risk with the asterik, my smile sinks.  The bulb buzzes beside my bedside, a dim light I see. Playing cards are strewn across my sheets, a black bic pen awaits accord. As the words rest, the mind sleeps, dark is the night.
85 · Aug 2020
Alone
Al Aug 2020
No face but my own,
a mirror still reflects.
85 · Aug 2020
Dark Eyes
Al Aug 2020
In the iris of the night
we search.

Light beckons us forth.

Deeply held, secrets we
find...

stars sparkle into view.
82 · Aug 2020
Blue Clouds
Al Aug 2020
Yellow sun
for you my
eyes burn.
81 · Aug 2020
Dusty mirror
Al Aug 2020
My finger paints
a clear reflection.
80 · Sep 2018
Hunted
Al Sep 2018
Yellow blossom, snows fall.
Startled eyes, a rabbit runs.
80 · Aug 2020
Embers glow
Al Aug 2020
Underneath the red
moon, a fire still burns.
Al Aug 2020
Old words recycled, as time transforms, the leaves fall, a broken mirror, reflections of nature, my blue eyes review.  Foxgloves fail to fit.  Outside of time, rolling flower into loaves, a yellow glint, the mirrored tint her sunglasses hide, water is gulped, the pupils follow teachers, a *** of ink and chalk on a board, these days are longer than before.
67 · Apr 2020
To be free
Al Apr 2020
Television screens
fractured dreams.

Tell me when will
the doors unlock?

Tokens are broken
in this new age.

Tomorrow is here
we begin today.
66 · Aug 2020
Sands
Al Aug 2020
The land of sand beckons, a single rose appears, pointing toward the sky, red touching blue, small rays of light, sun-bleached time.

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