Tag: jjohannes
member name: J. Johannes
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November 01, 2006 03:41 PM EST --
Back when, the air fell frigid
and I only had my splintered mind
exhaling circles of vague smoke,
forecasting for a time, the words,
but never allowing them to be heard.
Brisk yet plain for . . .
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August 24, 2006 03:32 PM EDT --
By time you read this, she'll be someone
not in your presence - flesh again
You'll reach out for raindrops
and find her hair.
Shadows behind you will
assume her there.
You'll forgive . . .
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August 30, 2006 02:16 PM EDT --
Some foreign breeze
you seek will capture
courage.
The question mark above you
Mocks your fears
But you have will
To make . . .
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December 27, 2008 02:29 PM EST --
There she hangs ...
Here I sit, an imprint on a page
a map … an eye line to
a place your finger fell randomly.
The trouble is, there is no right of way
No gesture that will . . .
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July 27, 2006 11:37 AM EDT --
To Logan, my neice
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Last week, over tears, he took his final step
Forward, then back, wobbly and uncertain
Before days of bed, then inevitable . . .
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August 11, 2006 10:19 AM EDT --
The stately woman poured herself into my office with a smile on her face. The new job smile. The smile of the unknowing. The "I'm-so-happy-I-could-pee-about-this-new-phase-of-my-life" . . .
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July 13, 2006 02:54 PM EDT --
For Papa and his space
If I had known as a child that patience would settle my curiosities, I wouldn't have tried to hasten what was sure to come with the simple passage of time. I've . . .
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August 09, 2006 08:05 AM EDT --
I choked up seven letters
Until they burned like vomit
g. o. o. d. b. y. e.
loosened up the
memories in time, I erased and then threw
back while your hands were bound,
imprisoned by your ego.
Blind, . . .
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August 09, 2006 03:06 PM EDT --
Tree trunks are not brown
Like pictures colored in youth
They are mostly gray
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September 19, 2006 09:15 PM EDT --
"I find it laughable that the decendants (sic) of European land thieves would cry foul when someone else wants to move in on the land that they stole." -- Senobia T.
People who . . .
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