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“A Conversation”Watercolor by Selva WilsonAt etsy.com scattered signals emit from your posture fidgets and faces imply your discomfort either with me or yourself whichever it is it’s all upon you I am...
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“La Passeggiata”Painting by Alessio Vladimirovitch IssupoffFrom artvalue.com in those warm dusking hours before Italy sups her villages court the quaint custom of centuries families come to the square...
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Photo from tanyaeby.com diminutive halflings with oversized feet none too dainty and heavy with curly-haired toes more naturally leathered than any tanned hide trod the trails of the shire overcoming...
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Originally posted on Poesy plus Polemics: worlds within worlds undulant glimmering spaces where love’s angles and folds flourish or falter uneven pulsations of imperfect hearts cohabitants dance in or...
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Broken Baseball BatPhoto from checkswing.com splintered travesty sharp from the split calving crashes of will between old rival friends swinging hard their milled timber opposing opinions crack...
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Photo fromtoptenz.net I learned the game from a Cuban boy near the copper-green cast of Liberty’s robe where his family of chemists fled ass over teakettle north to escape from Fidel’s fatal handcuffs...
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“Saint Anthony of Padua Distributing Bread”Painting by Willem van Herp the ElderFrom nationalgallery.org.uk Saint Anthony of Padua converted privilege to patronage of the poor my mother’s best friend...
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I laid down with you warm in my arms you as big as a colt still possessed of a steed’s mature grace unaware of the grief in my desperate embrace nose to nuzzling nose loyal lush-as-mink fur to my...
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Photo fromthepersonalrevolution.ebsarver.com dodgy-eyed smile backhanded compliment brash innuendoFiled under: POETRY, Senryu
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Photo by Matthew Hranek From marthastewart.com stairsteps as bookshelves hold volumes of stories played out through the seasons down decades colloquial gatherings perched at the entry and egress of...
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“The Good People” Painting by Laurie Pace From paletteknifepainters.blogspot.com I awoke this morning to find that the number of you has grown beyond the 5,000 mark. I am frankly amazed – rather...
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“Two Empty Chairs” Painting by Natalie Ryde From pinterest.com old griefs return amid mirth and wine tables laid for the sumptuous feasts of November December where vacancies gather to celebrate...
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“Paso Fino Friends” Painting by Marcia Baldwin From fineartamerica.com giving acceptance trusting character enough to banish its ghostsFiled under: POETRY, Senryu
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“Candor” Painting by Orlando Agudelo-Botero From pinterest.com speak your mind loosen your tongue hear the breakage see clattering shards of glass friendships hitting the ground fragile the tenuous...
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“It Won’t Hurt Honest” Painting by Cynthia J. Duncan From cynthiaduncan.com my judgment becomes you a prize you well earned acting willfully selfishly serving your passions indifferent to consequence...
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Man’s Best Friend Photo from moveoneinc.com soft of mouth and paw avidly affectionate the dog knows your heartFiled under: Haiku, POETRY
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moribund friendships push smiles through the room eyeing clusters of cocktailers passing their photos with polishing cloths wrapping histories no one believes tender tenor sax moments stir...
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American Sign Language for “Friends” by Nancy Rourke Dear Readers, It’s time I take a brief pause from poetry in order to acknowledge you – the amazing members of my WordPress community. As of this...
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Print by Will Ford he climbed the split rails she approached with stately gait tossed her fine blazed head the chestnut red dun playfully nuzzled his neck he tousled her mane their wordless language...
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“The Conversation” by David Hockney scattered signals emit from your posture fidgets and faces imply your discomfort either with me or yourself whichever it is it’s all upon you I am perfect with...
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