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May 2019 · 306
Old bed
Alexandra Coates May 2019
It is not
the imperfections
of an old bed
or night stand

I would miss
but the memories
or feelings

I shared with it,

that it shares
with me.


Alexandra Coates
May 2019 · 539
Of furniture, of things
Alexandra Coates May 2019
What is it of us
that attaches to
things
to furniture?
Smiling at me, they know.

How does the medium
in a candlestick
holder
read the message
see
its absent owner?

Powerful memories
feelings
immaterially
imprinted

Mere description
of such objects
conjures
closure


Alexandra Coates
May 2019 · 273
The Portrait
Alexandra Coates May 2019
Paint chatted
with Dream
about Hands

What colours, shades
strokes--
The rainbow
that lives in feathers?

House answered: Yes!
Dream agreed.
Hands waited,
patiently helped.


Alexandra Coates
17 May 2019
May 2019 · 188
Exercise I
Alexandra Coates May 2019
Sandals
tread elegantly

exit
existence

Sandals' gravity
yearns for steps
effecting eternity

Seeing life simply
existentially effervescent!
May 2019 · 476
Ashes
Alexandra Coates May 2019
Ashes
love's sacrifice
remnants of a message
fertility

Air's gift to Earth



Alexandra Coates
13 May 2019
May 2019 · 2.6k
Climate disaster
Alexandra Coates May 2019
Carbon neutral
All turn
No car
but neutral

Carbon
Essence of life
and Helium's
son

10 May 2019
May 2019 · 533
Manifesto
Alexandra Coates May 2019
Always
Manifest
Everywhere
Your love

Always
Understanding
Beauty
Radiates
Your love

Radiates
Always
Your love



Alexandra Coates
7 May 2019
May 2019 · 686
Forest spell
Alexandra Coates May 2019
Birches' vertical
         parallels cross
                  diagonal light

At their center stands
          oak's rounder shape

a single star
          strong branches
                  radiate
                            
bending and
          bearing
                  bottles of red
  
                 and purple magic

giddy hikers'
           contributions
                  blur of white
                  
                  gold
            
uniform
           green
                  enchanting

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