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untold

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forever, relentless
late amid a lemniscate,
the space between the lines
ever rending – surrounded
by the never ending,
closed in a space
where moonlight
skews with sunbeam queues.
banners flying underneath
the breathing of the winds bequeath
a conquest perpetually given
and in few words, love’s recognition.

NaPoWriMo 2013 Day 29

Positioning

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It is the manner in which the drawbridge is lowered from the side of the castle wall, going from vertical to horizontal, that allows others entry into the inner courtyard.  A rain barrel beneath the down spout to catch deluge runoff from the roof in April to use in May.  The 3-2 breaking ball thrown in the sixth inning  with runners on first and third, and two outs.  A Bach bust figurine on the shelf facing out into the room, considering his thought of each note and the placement of same.  The care in a resting hand on her knee while she smiles into the gray skies. A potted ivy plant on a glass table across the room from the window.  A parting of the storm clouds filled by the waxing moon, visible from the castle tower.

NaPoWriMo 2013 Day 21.

Behind the poet

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In the picture
there is an oval mirror,
framed in braided mahogany
and it gives a reflection
of a glass door
-openness to the room-
implying she likes big spaces.

Beneath the mirror sits
a stack of books, fore-edge only showing
-no spines-
so we don’t know the titles
but I’m certain it contains an
old copy of Leaves of Grass
and Through the Looking Glass.

Next to the stack of books
is a dinosaur figurine,
a tyrannosaurus slightly outstretched,
it’s tiny arms not quite reaching…
something
and in the right corner is the front half
of a small silver toy car,
a flashy memento
just coming into the picture.

If only the dinosaur
can reach the stack of books in time,
he will be safe.

I wonder what kind of day it was outside,
when this picture was made.

NaPoWriMo 2013 Day 15