The poet submits to a poem but wrestles a poem into
Submission for an occasion

When I sit to lay my thoughts,
I think not structure or form
The rhythm moves the beat that dictates
the flow, in the law of octaves. Though deviations
permit a line to the mind and one to the heart;
in the end it all rest upon the spirit.


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The Poet

Yes, I am a Poet
Not a power puppet or
a love prophet
I am the timekeeper,
The street sweeper,
The weeper and,
The beseecher
I am the storyteller.
Alone lonely and depressed
The dancer taps a new step
A singer harps a new key
The poet writes another line
on an empty page


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The Writer I
(1)
I am guilty of being uncertain
Fickle and capricious am I
Neither here nor there going as I dare
But the world is an ever-changing place
With an ever shifting face and I but conform
So what matters if I uncertain be?


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Haiku
Winter-
The wind breathes her icy breath
The sun a shadow while the moon
Eclipses her face



Dew-
Mist at morning light
In spring


Mirror I see myself in seasons
Black, gray, silver
White


Defined in Negative
I am not she but
were it not for her
where would I am be?

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Writers Block

When my mind is filled
with things to say,
I suffer not the monster block,
The nightmare shock
The repulsive fire-breathing beast
curses the writer "I" and
I am besieged by the dragon rock.
My thoughts fall to dust before my very eyes.
The words I wish to inscribe,
the words I wish to prophesize fall to the sea.
Imaginings slide, losing themselves in the
crevices of the forgotten before they reach my lips,
before I find my pen.

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Desire

The fire comes upon me and
suddenly the craving
takes my breath.
The yearning marks my
every tread.
I close my eyes and
savor sweet nectar.
Passion sweeps love
over me.



Love Speaks
(1)
Love speaks but I do not.
When it comes to love, the emotions
betray me while the love binds me.
The man I love, I would not speak.
When I speak of love no odes to Billy
no ballads to Bob.
Thoughts strung about in
moments of wonder
in times of love.

(5)
Love, elusive mistress,
stealth hunter,
mystic aberration,
evasive feelings,
wandering minstrel,
Cupid with bow and arrow

Jealousy
Pain when he speaks the name of
another love.
Doubt makes a woman
disbelieve her love,
makes her suffer and weep.
Love that doubts makes her mortal,
does not love her.