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Tag Archives: Starlight Dances
My Reality
She’s no human interest story torn from some eighteen point headline in the times; she offers no redemption or salvation to the readers of these lines, like those miles that you fly over as you run from one place to … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Songs, Statements
Tagged love, partnership, reality, relationships, Starlight Dances
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We met by chance, our wires were crossed
for Starlight Dances We met by chance, our wires were crossed in some freak Internet exchange; but in the years that came before we’d laid the groundwork separately for karma, destiny or fate to bind the ends of ropes thought … Continue reading
When Twilight Pales
When twilight pales your umber locks to grey and lines the apples of your cheeks with care, takes the wind from your merry laugh, so gay, and makes your step less sturdy on the stair, remember this: I loved you … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged aging, companionship, love, maturity, relationships, Starlight Dances, substance
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For Starlight Born with Robbie Burns
Although some celebrate today the Scotsman’s favorite bard, my day is elsewise occupied and I shall find it hard to think of he whose “Auld Lang Syne” will ring out through the night. For this day someone else was born … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged birthdays, daily poems, Divine Mother, love, mother goddess, Robert Burns, Starlight Dances
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A Study In Contrasts
Presented for your consideration, two parts of an otherwise normal weekend, filled with taxiing teenage daughters, reading online journals, laundry, pondering work (yes, I am a closet workaholic), sleep (a necessity after the grueling workweek of endless conference calls and … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations
Tagged communication, neighborhoods, neighbors, New Orleans, Starlight Dances
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On Her Sleeping Form: an awdl gywydd
She’s sleeping there on the chaise, on her face a gentle look; dreaming no doubt of flowers, and quiet hours with a book. Her eyes are closed, her heart eased, and I am pleased that she rests; May her dreams … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged awdl gywydd, longing, love, poetic forms, sleep, Starlight Dances, Welsh verse forms
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The Dogwood
She with fond memories of elders now gone, & I with my own youth to call back to mind, bought a ten gallon dogwood last year, late in spring (& though maybe later than some would advise for a tree … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged daily poems, gardening, growth, memories, New Orleans, nostalgia, Starlight Dances, summer, youth
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