Vertical systems are inevitably doomed to failure,

dependent on insidious minimum charges

and the unending paragraph.

Logic defies reason while sanity slips away

faster than a daytime thief;

the hotel clerk at the reception desk

laughs mysteriously while checking ID's

to make sure the str… Read full post »

Shortly after the gardener left

the widow on the hill

was seen kissing the plumber,

their reflections glistening

within tranquil lakes that

rested between Japanese hedges

shaped like Pagodas.

By the time she hired the house-painter

the neighbors were still talking

about ho… Read full post »

to a frozen paradise,
its numbing chill posing as/… Read full post »

Author's Note: From the introduction to "Open Salon" - This is what I read when I decided to join: Open Salon is a publishing platform with a built-in audience. It was developed for writers, photographers and artists of any stripe in need of a smart home ...
 

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Regulated by windfalls and the spell cast

by gray refineries, the nightfall blankets

an East Coast sky with the stain of port wine

spilling across golden thrones,

vacant and waiting;

a stranger’s hand can seem so familiar

when walking without direction,

seeking home.

Si… Read full post »

The school bus lurches backward

with the force of a nightly intruder

driven by precision and desire

as the lines between order and chaos blur

into blended images cycling in rapid repetition. 

Now the City is beyond reach.

We are deposited on an African plain

dense and desol… Read full post »

It is my own words that fail to inspire me.

They do not travel far enough to reach

the land of tall medicine and dark thieves;

they wait instead in formations of solitude,

railroad tracks beneath a passing train. 

The odds were stacked against me from… Read full post »

It is not an impossibility

to acknowledge the futility

of elementary mathematics, baseball,

and super-model statistics.

Avoiding newspapers and television won’t help;

the truth continues to hang within

a hall of mirrors, reflecting tiles

pockmarked from piston boots

and the bases… Read full post »

younger in appearance

clean shaven

looking much like he did in the ‘60’s

animated and fluid

the dramatic gestures

the mouth rigid and tense

ruminating anger.

I found you far from childhood,

dusted you off

smoothed your wrinkles

my fingers caught

in the Gordian knot

of your… Read full post »

In the celluloid West

men gather like storm clouds

ready to burst. They hover between

hotel overhangs and the occasional umbrella,

wondering if the mud-covered body

that lies at their feet

is anyone they know.

Dreams are often like that:

huddled images seeking recognition,… Read full post »

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"Canon PowerShot"

Means something quite different

If your named "Canon".

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I'd like to hear from O.S. members / viewers on this story - Where do you think these planes are going? San Jose would seem a good launching point for the Asian-Pacific...What could this mean? Is North Korea a possibility? This story hit the wire 3 weeks ago. Have we heard more… Read full post »

 I took this in New Mexico with my Canon Digital PowerShot. -2006

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My mother's hands, stiff

relentless ironing boards,

straightening me out.

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Bad Memory

it is a good thing

when your new lover's first name's

the same as your ex.

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 See "Baby Head #1" post for more details (posted earlier today). Read full post »

 I took this shot in my cousin's background.

I did not need to arrange a thing -  It all just happened to be this way.

Some might say that we are a rather eccentric family - I guess this is a nice way to put it, but there are… Read full post »

    It is easy to see why Georgia O'Keefe was so inspired by the place. I took this shot with my digital Canon while driving into Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. Read full post »

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Eternal Moment

My brain cells are inflamed

aware

that a symphony is simply

a gasp.

A fish transitions

through air

transforming atmospheres.

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