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Monday, May 31, 2010
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one single impression: love
LoveOne Single ImpressionLove
What is it about that word?
What is it that makes it different
From "Like" or "Admire" or "Respect"?
Why is it that after years of avoiding it
We give up on it, before ever really knowing it?
I-quit-I-give-up-Too-much-like-work, I said.
And life was simple,
Uncomplicated by some entanglement with Another.
Then came You.
Unannounced, and uninvited,
But welcome, for all that.
It isn't supposed to be this easy.
It takes work, takes effort.
Everyone says so.
Don't they?
But what if it is?
What if it is.just.this.easy?
I don't question it anymore.
I don't doubt it anymore.
I don't avoid it,
Not anymore.
How can I, now that I know?
I love you.
About this piece: It just doesn't have to be that hard.
I never knew.
Until I did.
About the photo: The gardens outside the UNC Greensboro School of Music. This image and several others are now available at My Redbubble Site
Friday, May 28, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
55 flash fiction friday #78: all that jazz
sing it, ella
They say living well is the best revenge.
(Now you say you're lonely)
I have to agree.
(You cried the long night through)
Cause life? Is damned good these days.
(Well you can cry me a river, cry me a river)
And I feel too good
(I cried a river over you)
To feel bad.
Graciously hosted by G-Man.
They say living well is the best revenge.(Now you say you're lonely)
I have to agree.
(You cried the long night through)
Cause life? Is damned good these days.
(Well you can cry me a river, cry me a river)
And I feel too good
(I cried a river over you)
To feel bad.
Graciously hosted by G-Man.Note: I suppose there's a little non-fiction in this one. The last three non-lyric lines are certainly true enough. But mainly this is just a vibe from the photograph.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
my world tuesday #75: arts center carrboro
Live in or visiting the area? Carver's MWT post for this week features a map of the entire Triangle, including Carrboro.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
happy birthday anna
This image and others available for sale at my RedBubble Site!Do stop in over at Anna's Blog and wish her well on her birthday won't you?
Thursday, May 20, 2010
55 flash fiction friday #77: and now for something completely different
what was, was
Even out here he could hear her voice. It wasn't the stray-cat-meets-rusty-screen-door quality of it that made him cringe. It was all the memories of the Litany of Not Enough. Not smart enough, not pretty enough, just not enough. Not ever. Not even now, as she lay in state at her own wake.
"Goodbye mom."
Graciously hosted by G-Man.
Even out here he could hear her voice. It wasn't the stray-cat-meets-rusty-screen-door quality of it that made him cringe. It was all the memories of the Litany of Not Enough. Not smart enough, not pretty enough, just not enough. Not ever. Not even now, as she lay in state at her own wake."Goodbye mom."
Graciously hosted by G-Man.Note: Completely fictional. Any similarities to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
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Saturday, May 15, 2010
one single impression: trembling
TremblingOne Single ImpressionIn evening's cool
The leaves, tipped in silver
Stir and rustle, speaking softly
Your name, carried on the wind
Wending its way to me
Like the bird that finds
With unerring accuracy
Its home when winter is done
With trembling fingers
I trace the delicate curves
I love so well
Feeling the silk give way
Under my gentlest touch
The glowing warmth beneath
Breathing its own perfume
Drawing me inexorably nearer
With trembling lips
I whisper back an echo
Of that music in the leaves
In hope that when the song
Is sung in two part harmony
Perhaps the season
Will cease to matter
And home will simply be home
With shuttered eyes,
I think of you, longing,
And the whole of my being
Shivers at the thought.
About this piece: We may tremble for many reasons. Sometimes they're the best kind of reasons.
About the photo: Jordan Lake, July 2009. Not exactly cool that evening.
Friday, May 14, 2010
queen of the supermarket
This image and others available for sale at my RedBubble Site!Also: This image and many others are featured in my book Distant Echoes, available from Amazon.com
Thursday, May 13, 2010
55 flash fiction friday #76: face value
what is, is
"It was a beautiful piece. I nearly cried. And I don't often cry over things like that."
"You realize that I wrote that before I ever met you, right?"
"Of course I do."
"You know... There may come a day that you don't do something new to astonish me.
"But today is not that day."
Graciously hosted by G-Man.
"It was a beautiful piece. I nearly cried. And I don't often cry over things like that.""You realize that I wrote that before I ever met you, right?"
"Of course I do."
"You know... There may come a day that you don't do something new to astonish me.
"But today is not that day."
Graciously hosted by G-Man.Note: An actual conversation. Modified slightly to fit in 55 words.
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