Spike The Chicken Writes Again
Daily Verse in the Magic Hour
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November 05, 2012 08:58PM - Growth
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October 17, 2012 03:12AM - Boundaries
October 09, 2012 10:58AM - Waiting
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November 19, 2012 07:31PM - “Sky -- you always make
my day!”
November 08, 2012 01:01PM - “Try getting a late fee
at Jack London Park!”
October 17, 2012 03:20AM - “Thanks, Sky.
Welcome
Jay.”
October 09, 2012 07:56PM - “I am flattered, Sky.
Let's talk of this
offline.”
October 05, 2012 02:07PM
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MAY 14, 2012 3:05AM
Shift in time
May 13, 2012
Sleep, dreams
My plate is full it seems.
The stakes are high as they can be.
As time and life go drumming by
With all their crises and emergencies
That fade to distant memories
What was that all about, that fuss?
And was the problem them… Read full post »
MAY 12, 2012 10:39AM
What I Would Change
May 12, 2012
There's so much I would change
About the way I live my life
I don't know where to start
I resist, am faint of heart.
Every pile of disarray upon my shelf
Reflects a similar confusion in myself.
They say beauty is its own excuse… Read full post »
MAY 11, 2012 7:39AM
Half Moon Rising
May 11, 2012
In the deepest night
The half moon rising late
Halfway up the arc
In the southeast sky
A mockingbird
Somewhere in the cottonwood
Across the river to the west
Chatters to himself
As if trying out new operatic forms
To win a mate this year.… Read full post »
MAY 10, 2012 10:15AM
Dating
May 10, 2012
I used to sit in cabarets
And let the men
Stare in my eyes
And while the gypsy plays
His fiery guitar
They'd take my hand
But I'd jump up and dance.
They had ideas
Turning back to order me a drink.
What they thought… Read full post »
MAY 10, 2012 1:09AM
Roses and Images
May 9, 2012
Placing roses in a vase
Their petals pink of 30's gowns
Of silky smoking blondes
Shrinking from the light as
Often dreams and older ladies
In their parlors
With their brooches
And the tasseled amber lampshades
And the butler bringing tea--
The thought of roses crumples… Read full post »
MAY 9, 2012 2:46AM
Cradle Song
May 8, 2012
Cradle Song
(for the sculpture by Theodore Roszac)
Where were you
Theodore
When you molded
Out of fire and ore
This crescent moon
And frothy sea
To rock me in?
Cradle Song
I met you in the Guggenheim.
When I was in my searching phase… Read full post »
MAY 7, 2012 8:54PM
Love in the afternoon
May 7, 2012
In the heat
Of the afternoon
The earth gives up its secret smells
They waft like silken scarves
Upon the heavy humid wind
In layers intermingled
Irises and orange blossoms, jasmine
And a scent of mint.
Further in there's something
Darker emanating from
The… Read full post »
MAY 6, 2012 9:01AM
Who Is Standing Here?
May 6, 2012
If you wake
And find yourself
On a battlefield
And you are dressed for tea
It can be
Disquieting
In the middle of the scene
The ancient buildings fallen
Rubble all around
A baby in a nightgown
Family argument
They said thunder meant
That God… Read full post »
MAY 6, 2012 1:06AM
Briefly
Orange blossoms on the air
The smell of fat beheaded grass
Yellow streaking through the trees
The blazing rose
The Botticelli sky
The Perfect Day
Then silent, rising on the breeze
The Super Moon
Big as a pie Read full post »
MAY 4, 2012 9:26AM
At Pemaquid
May 4, 2012
The waves rolled in
And carved the rock
The seafloor arm that
Risen up, we sat upon.
We looked for time
Less images, we
Crawled all over history
Thinking immortality
Could mean our latest
Photograph, our vision
Synchronistically
Reflected back stone.
God must feel so all alone.
Or is it just myse/… Read full post »
The waves rolled in
And carved the rock
The seafloor arm that
Risen up, we sat upon.
We looked for time
Less images, we
Crawled all over history
Thinking immortality
Could mean our latest
Photograph, our vision
Synchronistically
Reflected back stone.
God must feel so all alone.
Or is it just myse/… Read full post »
MAY 3, 2012 10:25AM
Irises
May 3, 2012
My grandfather, the Irishman
The silent man in striped pajamas
Who could only eat, at any time, a half an egg
Never spoke of his long years in wars
The last, in bloody France
As the terrible one wound down.
He never spoke of much of anything… Read full post »
MAY 2, 2012 11:40AM
Make Love, Not News
May 2, 2012
I am tired of the news that's on TV.
I used to wake in Washington, DC
And, in the dawn, throughout the park
From in the zoo, the gibbons hooting sounded.
Each tone ascending higher than the other
To a peak of chaos, or the culmination
Of… Read full post »
MAY 2, 2012 12:29AM
Fire
May 1, 2012
At fifteen I felt it burn
And scour out
Some inner space
That bore no semblance
To my face
Which I kept still.
People think what people will.
I became, so far as they could see
A pillar.
Cold as ice.
And twice as bright.… Read full post »
MAY 1, 2012 12:43AM
The Corridor of Fading Hopes
April 30, 2012
At first
She was just a shadow
Moving down the long dark hallway
Just a shadow
Flickering in the room light
From the far end of the hall.
The shadow swayed. Her long loose skirt
Drifting back and forth
Almost like a broom
Sweeping something out.
Something… Read full post »
APRIL 29, 2012 10:06PM
Listening to Angels
April 29, 2012
I never hear them speak
But I feel them moving
Right behind my eyes
As they go past
And as a breath of air
Can fill a sail and let you steer
Back on your course
An angel sometimes stirs a little wind
You didn't… Read full post »
APRIL 29, 2012 1:53AM
Arrival
April 28, 2012
First the darkness.
I imagine being held in fists of liver
Although they say it's more like ocean water
Circulating to the beat of a heavy drum.
The great and booming bass.
And, in rhythm, newly forming, a tiny one
As quiet as a bird's.
In… Read full post »
APRIL 28, 2012 2:52AM
A New Life In The Balance
April 27, 2012
A New Life In The Balance
The nurse was holding the tiny baby
On her shoulder, as she typed.
I said, how cute, and snapped a photograph
To be polite. I'd come for something else.
I do not much like babies.
But the look about… Read full post »
APRIL 26, 2012 10:01AM
Effort
April 25, 2012
As in, "Sometimes
Everything seems to be an..."
Or, my Mother's favorite,
"Well you get an A for..."
When you do not want
To go to work
Or even get up out of bed
And dread to face the day ahead
Look all around.… Read full post »
APRIL 26, 2012 1:19AM
Last Thought for the Day
April 24, 2012
Last Thought For The Day
The beauty of irises
The orange blossoms' smell
The screaming of peepers in the river bed.
Wisteria climbing through the live oak tree.
Rain dripping from the gutters.
In the kitchen the dishwasher swishing.
In the quiet room,… Read full post »
APRIL 24, 2012 10:28AM
City Nights
April 23, 2012
In summer nights I used to walk
Along Connecticut Avenue into town.
Humidity chilled my cheek in the breeze I made.
As I passed I listened to the humming of the city
And the tinkle of glasses in sidewalk cafes.
Having no money, and tuition… Read full post »
APRIL 23, 2012 11:30AM
Ideals of Success
April 22, 2012
What singing morning bird defines herself
By some imposed ideal?
And says her song is nothing, only other songs
Are real?
What cloud that passes by so fluffy white
Says, whenever asked if happy, Well, not quite?
All living things are moving toward the sun.
In this garden chorus, of the singers… Read full post »
APRIL 23, 2012 2:46AM
Dailyness
April 23, 2012
What to Remember
The dailyness of life
The laundry white and flapping in the breeze.
Storm coming up over the back yards.
White frame houses, charcoal sky.
Mother in her dress hurrying to get it in before the
rain.
Was this real, or did I read… Read full post »
APRIL 21, 2012 9:34AM
The Loneliest Moment
April 21, 2013
Of course we imagine
A welcoming God.
Look at the stars.
Out there just now
In the southeast view
Altair the eagle flew
Light years ago
And still is bright, as birds
Begin their morning song.
When we close our eyes
That final… Read full post »
APRIL 20, 2012 11:17AM
Friday Morning
April 20, 2012
Five of eight
I am late
Pressure
Simply won't abate
The week is done
For some at least
I'm still entangled
With the beast.
I want to be alone
And in the silence feast
On the very sight
Of every grain of sand
And every bird… Read full post »
APRIL 19, 2012 3:32AM
Rockport
April 19, 2012
Your beauty was unbearable.
All that piercing, slanted light
That came down crashing through the clouds
And sliced at angles through the mist
And doodled on the water in the noon
Blinded me and left me groaning
Like the moaner in the fog
Or the sea… Read full post »
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