its a long way there ...... to the stars

photography and poetry

L- R-S

L- R-S
Location
Missouri, USA
Birthday
November 03
Bio
Bird Lover .. Dog Lover .. Wolf Lover .. Cat Lover .. Old Lover .. Did I say dog lover ... Oh yeah! I am so in love again. This is a new love ... I fell in love with Jack on sight ... right there in the pound!

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MAY 25, 2009 11:51PM

There is Innocence in Old Men

There is innocence in old men to be found within their longing their silence their shaky wandering hands.

There is innocence in old men, it can be felt when they hang their heads low without expression like dead weights lifeless at the end of another day.
 
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MAY 15, 2009 7:36AM

Brown Creeper

The visions
Were not visions.
They were real.

I stood at night
In the glen.
Brown Creeper
Spoke.
He said,
Not once
But twice,
Without eyes
You will see.


He said:
You see me
It is night
I am the smallest
Bird here.
Can you not
See every line
Every crease and
Feather?
Eye and foot?
As I creep
Down my tree
Your eyes
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My family is important to me . . . we have been through thick and thin.  So one might wonder in this day of Internet crime why I would place them in harm's way.
 
Oh-Boy
I suppose that it is because these are faces only a mother couldRead full post »
MAY 7, 2009 8:23PM

Jack ...............

This is Jack. 
I fell in love with Jack 2 weeks ago.
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Is he not awesome?
You do see why I fell in love instantly don't you?
Now let me say ... I have been happily partnered to a
divine man for 27 yearsRead full post »
MAY 7, 2009 3:57PM

Formlessness

tree
 
 
Time washes me daily brining my body
I become crusty as stale salty bread.  Old,
molding when the rain comes …
I am turning blue.
They call it formlessness
This period of waiting
While my toes dig in
And curl around the cliff’s rock ledge.
I stop like time, as/
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its a long way . . . . .

 

cloud moon stars
birds
feather
lightening
strikes
burning bursts
weathered high and
acrid smoke
destruction all around
as stars cascade
upon the ground
purpled bird
at my feet
iridescent dark and green
in my hair
in star light
knowing
keen
moon reaches down
makes
me
know
that I am Raven
I fly/
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