places in between I long to be in between words where possibility allows me to walk with all beings illuminated in liminality beyond all imagination… all those Wise Ones tell me to dream into those spaces in between words breaths silences where all…
Category: Marathon Poem
The Mind
Beyond the battleground Beyond the war ground… Is the power of the mind The greatest mankind war Was first fought in the mind David first defeated Goliath in the war ground of the mind… From the boardroom to the war room The mind must first…
MazeRunner
Welcome to the labyrinth that is my mind, An ever-changing maze that has walls of doubt, Ceilings of regret and doors of reflection. Welcome, dear maze runner, Welcome to a place I have never been to, But I wish I could go to. A place…
Hour 11: Hollywood
Hey Hollywood, way out west golden highway, you hot mess have I missed your glam, your impersonators? glitter like a tranny golden apple? I want to know your drag, your yellow bricks I want to know your bowl, your bright sequins tassels and tiny light…
St. Kilda
You take me by the hand and lead me to the moon There we ride low to high and loop de loop Through the crowds, you’re by my side I never have to worry We take our time, there is no rush We let the…
Hour 11: Nature’s Blessing
Our Gods are not the same But if you ask me To pray for you, I will I’ll pray to the sun To gift you a warmth That will spread across your chest When the world feels too cold I’ll pray to the moon To…
Twelve Times ‘Til Tuesday
There’s a better place than here, I said. It’s at least twelve times prettier, And it has twelve days in every week. There are twelve rainbows after every storm Instead of, maybe, only three. The hourglasses are twelve hours long, I reminded him, Just like…
IF
If I could reach the land untouched by man and unkissed by human feet If I could touch time and hold it in my hands and turn it back If I could place the world on my shoulders and move the pieces forward as I…
And, Less Obscurely
Like Old Faithful, which I have never visited, I get notifications of new sites to explore via Atlas Obscura, a wondrous travel page for eccentric treasures and places over the world, each one tantalizingly more far away and remote, suggesting a reality outside the realm…
Into Japan – hour 11, prompt 11
Into Japan I’d like to roam amidst cherry blossoms’ sweet perfume konnichiwa as I kowtow when meeting those in kimono at giant red torii respectfully gaze and simple Buddhist shrines amaze its food, my favorite sushi bites red and orange, black and white the shodo,…