The Songbird
- Location
- Ohio, USA
- Birthday
- August 22
- Bio
- I attune to the power of words, how they are used, spoken, and written. Some things I refuse to write about, because therein is a painful memory, or a sweet so much that a tear falls yet again. The very process of writing to me is to possess. To embrace. To touch. And the fact of it - the writing itself - makes it all the more indelible, so concentrated upon, and the piece of spirit that emerges was the point of doing the piece in the first place, but you did not know that when you began.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Beauty ~ By Ty, 9 Years Old.
May 30, 2012 09:25PM - Tenderfoot
May 26, 2012 05:37PM - The Moment
May 17, 2012 08:19AM - Patience
May 08, 2012 01:55PM - Electric Bruises
May 06, 2012 01:54PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Thank you, Rita. I too.
Out of the mouths of babes..as
they
say. So sweet of
y…”
9:52PM - “"Save As," darlin ..
!
Loooove the OS
Bonfire idea! I've a huge
brick…”
9:03PM - “If white noise could be
depicted by individual
letters,
syllables and the
catches…”
8:52PM - “Oh, sweetie pie -- this
is so dear! The smells, sounds
and
aura of the perfect
s…”
8:42PM - “Thank you, M.C. - He is
just thrilled - such a
wonderful
outpouring, and it's
be…”
6:57PM
The Songbird's Links
MAY 30, 2012 9:25PM
Beauty ~ By Ty, 9 Years Old.
Beauty
You have
All the time in the world
a grassy meadow
a doe bounds into a thicket
dew blankets the grass,
which is just waking up from a long night’s nap.
The breeze blows freely through the trees.
A dragonfly with wings of silver flies along a misty creek.
The nectar of/… Read full post »
MAY 26, 2012 5:37PM
Tenderfoot
TENDERFOOT
ginger.
sting, but no..
i embrace what lingers.
the machinations that move my soul
are a cog, an ignition,
moving, enthralled.
process.
the movement,
the very prism of time
reflects and refracts
all i’ve made mine.
why should i not?
others do.
so, if you take from me… Read full post »
MAY 17, 2012 8:19AM
The Moment
THE MOMENT
how do you encapsulate a moment?
with all it’s emotion inside?
the myriad swirlings of loss and possibility,
until you think you’ve lost your mind.
how can a single second in time
rearrange all you’d hoped and dreamed?
in an irreversible, im/… Read full post »
how do you encapsulate a moment?
with all it’s emotion inside?
the myriad swirlings of loss and possibility,
until you think you’ve lost your mind.
how can a single second in time
rearrange all you’d hoped and dreamed?
in an irreversible, im/… Read full post »
MAY 8, 2012 1:55PM
Patience
PATIENCE
it was said by Karen Blixen,
Isak Dinesen, the Norwegian pioneer,
that if women were tested at all,
it was for Patience,
while the men go off to what they hold dear.
but we are just as Impatient as anyone.
it’s just that we Allow for our men.
we surmise, we believe/… Read full post »
it was said by Karen Blixen,
Isak Dinesen, the Norwegian pioneer,
that if women were tested at all,
it was for Patience,
while the men go off to what they hold dear.
but we are just as Impatient as anyone.
it’s just that we Allow for our men.
we surmise, we believe/… Read full post »
MAY 6, 2012 1:54PM
Electric Bruises
ELECTRIC BRUISES
there are vibrations
that emanate from you;
pretty colors.
tragic purples and blues.
iridescent,
the electric look of speed.
shells, little fossils,
encased,
inside your Need.
i see that shelter
you’re so rapt within.
such an existence,
but don’t/… Read full post »
there are vibrations
that emanate from you;
pretty colors.
tragic purples and blues.
iridescent,
the electric look of speed.
shells, little fossils,
encased,
inside your Need.
i see that shelter
you’re so rapt within.
such an existence,
but don’t/… Read full post »
MAY 5, 2012 6:27AM
Staunch
STAUNCH
you seemed to be a friend in need
someone who maybe needed me
despite my own crippled hesitations,
my over-wrought deliberations,
i happen to have that wellspring, and it is the call that i heed.
i can put myself outside myself,
put aside my foolish needs
when anot/… Read full post »
you seemed to be a friend in need
someone who maybe needed me
despite my own crippled hesitations,
my over-wrought deliberations,
i happen to have that wellspring, and it is the call that i heed.
i can put myself outside myself,
put aside my foolish needs
when anot/… Read full post »
MAY 3, 2012 2:18PM
A Holiday To Nowhere (Open Call)
A HOLIDAY TO NOWHERE
he took me to a place he knew,
but now i don’t know why
the world that he inhabited
was not a part of mine
it was a world of talking,
by people he does not know
and he surrendered himself in the silence,
to the voices/… Read full post »
he took me to a place he knew,
but now i don’t know why
the world that he inhabited
was not a part of mine
it was a world of talking,
by people he does not know
and he surrendered himself in the silence,
to the voices/… Read full post »
APRIL 29, 2012 1:24PM
Nest
NEST
blank canvas.
paint me nice.
paint me pretty, color my life.
red, wanton; blue, tears
prism me, faceted,
know my years.
take the hues of my soul;
rustle me from hiding.
abide me. enfold.
let your brushes design me.
gesso finish, matte, white.
look at my palette,
wh/… Read full post »
blank canvas.
paint me nice.
paint me pretty, color my life.
red, wanton; blue, tears
prism me, faceted,
know my years.
take the hues of my soul;
rustle me from hiding.
abide me. enfold.
let your brushes design me.
gesso finish, matte, white.
look at my palette,
wh/… Read full post »
APRIL 24, 2012 8:09AM
Assumed Intimacy
ASSUMED INTIMACY
how do you teach someone to react to you?
to not lunge, expunge, or give due?
to not justify, or show off pride;
it only cheapens it if you do.
so you place yourself in a demeanor
to give fine thought and exchange.
and when it reciprocates, and reverberates,
y/… Read full post »
how do you teach someone to react to you?
to not lunge, expunge, or give due?
to not justify, or show off pride;
it only cheapens it if you do.
so you place yourself in a demeanor
to give fine thought and exchange.
and when it reciprocates, and reverberates,
y/… Read full post »
APRIL 21, 2012 7:08AM
Default
DEFAULT
i just don’t want to be someone’s default choice.
the nice girl finishes last,
because she has a voice.
she asks all along, how will it be,
if i ask the same as you,
in equality.
and that is the lynchpin; therein is the exit.
i guess i seem surly,
or w/… Read full post »
i just don’t want to be someone’s default choice.
the nice girl finishes last,
because she has a voice.
she asks all along, how will it be,
if i ask the same as you,
in equality.
and that is the lynchpin; therein is the exit.
i guess i seem surly,
or w/… Read full post »
APRIL 16, 2012 1:42PM
Xizhver
XIZHVER
if you are a Giver,
you’re gonna find Takers.
Shamen and palmists,
soothsayers and Fakirs.
they all want to tell you
you’re not doing it right,
but it’s only in an effort
to steal your Light.
people get jealous
of the darnedest things,
your house, y/… Read full post »
if you are a Giver,
you’re gonna find Takers.
Shamen and palmists,
soothsayers and Fakirs.
they all want to tell you
you’re not doing it right,
but it’s only in an effort
to steal your Light.
people get jealous
of the darnedest things,
your house, y/… Read full post »
APRIL 13, 2012 10:43AM
Endeavor
ENDEAVOR
i seem to be like a post-it note,
something you need to write down to forget
for every time i reach to you,
you just aren’t available yet.
oh, i’m so sorry, i was just leaving.
gee, it’s good to see ya,
but i have got to get going,
seems someone/… Read full post »
i seem to be like a post-it note,
something you need to write down to forget
for every time i reach to you,
you just aren’t available yet.
oh, i’m so sorry, i was just leaving.
gee, it’s good to see ya,
but i have got to get going,
seems someone/… Read full post »
APRIL 11, 2012 3:54PM
The Bones Of Things.
THE BONES OF THINGS.
i liken my Life to my body.
it’s the only thing that i know well.
how its sinew and muscle are resounding,
belching out, in the tales that i tell.
impact. exact. ouch, that hurt me.
but i step outside the game.
you can go on with your/… Read full post »
i liken my Life to my body.
it’s the only thing that i know well.
how its sinew and muscle are resounding,
belching out, in the tales that i tell.
impact. exact. ouch, that hurt me.
but i step outside the game.
you can go on with your/… Read full post »
APRIL 10, 2012 1:21PM
Karma
KARMA
Ooooh, here it comes ...
your Karma is bleeding.
wow - from this distance,
even i can see it.
does it hurt your own,
to watch what another’s emits?
why am i not surprised?
simply because i stepped in it.
i opened my portal by closing some doors,
you walked in,
and enveloped/… Read full post »
Ooooh, here it comes ...
your Karma is bleeding.
wow - from this distance,
even i can see it.
does it hurt your own,
to watch what another’s emits?
why am i not surprised?
simply because i stepped in it.
i opened my portal by closing some doors,
you walked in,
and enveloped/… Read full post »
APRIL 6, 2012 2:08AM
Lucky Bird
LUCKY BIRD
That's my Little Lavender Lucky Bird from Lucasville.
That's my Little Lavender Lucky Bird from Lucasville.
she was my move-in pal, the only female i ever had, and the only
one with clipped wings. Pauley taught me early on what that
does. but i loved her.
instantly.
i drove almost all… Read full post »
APRIL 3, 2012 11:38PM
Ride
RIDE
if i was a frog i could see in two directions.
eyes on each side, to see forward and back.
and i could see the breadth of the rail lines,
even though we paved over the roadway tracks.
no one seems to pay attention.
the rail lines could save our/… Read full post »
if i was a frog i could see in two directions.
eyes on each side, to see forward and back.
and i could see the breadth of the rail lines,
even though we paved over the roadway tracks.
no one seems to pay attention.
the rail lines could save our/… Read full post »
MARCH 27, 2012 4:50PM
Future Knowledge
FUTURE KNOWLEDGE
i don’t think you can know why someone leaves
until you find the next; the one who stays.
until you’ve reeled from questions unanswered,
and you’ve found another facet of your own Place.
the crux of the matter is Emotion.
that which you cann/… Read full post »
i don’t think you can know why someone leaves
until you find the next; the one who stays.
until you’ve reeled from questions unanswered,
and you’ve found another facet of your own Place.
the crux of the matter is Emotion.
that which you cann/… Read full post »
MARCH 25, 2012 10:28AM
The Crux of the Femme
This is a pretty horrific graphic, but accurate. I had to blow it up to see the detail. Amid the debris at her feet are some of the articles of contraception and backwoods abortion that have been banned, recalled, or… Read full post »
MARCH 24, 2012 5:43AM
Quiver
QUIVER:
shiver.
should i even doubt?
what i am capable of?
what i can do without?
do you think i do not aim my words,
knowing the power at stake?
do you think i don’t know my own language?
the one that you forsake?
tripping over innuendo,
crippling over tiny words said.
i ju/… Read full post »
shiver.
should i even doubt?
what i am capable of?
what i can do without?
do you think i do not aim my words,
knowing the power at stake?
do you think i don’t know my own language?
the one that you forsake?
tripping over innuendo,
crippling over tiny words said.
i ju/… Read full post »
MARCH 23, 2012 10:01PM
Trespass
TRESPASS
reduced to ashes, flailing,
the unspeakable being spoke.
but when i try to respond, i’m choking,
the words stuck in my throat.
yes, i could slap you silly.
even with a gloved hand.
just like movie molls did as an insult,
you deserve it, you little man.
to take and/… Read full post »
reduced to ashes, flailing,
the unspeakable being spoke.
but when i try to respond, i’m choking,
the words stuck in my throat.
yes, i could slap you silly.
even with a gloved hand.
just like movie molls did as an insult,
you deserve it, you little man.
to take and/… Read full post »
MARCH 23, 2012 5:36PM
Clang
CLANG
pity, that; no turning back.
the path got paved over, the traffic, waylaid.
everything sitting, steaming in the heat,
just like the train that lumbers away.
ta-ta and good bye, would even have sufficed.
any syllable, just pick one, would do.
but to fall to the aberration of Si/… Read full post »
pity, that; no turning back.
the path got paved over, the traffic, waylaid.
everything sitting, steaming in the heat,
just like the train that lumbers away.
ta-ta and good bye, would even have sufficed.
any syllable, just pick one, would do.
but to fall to the aberration of Si/… Read full post »
MARCH 22, 2012 11:50AM
Trinket
TRINKET
you were something of an Epitome to me.
though, i dare think, you did not like it.
maybe no One wants to see their reflection,
they are only in it for the Enticement.
i’ve heard some things about having Fame.
enough to say it’s not something i’d like.
it ta/… Read full post »
you were something of an Epitome to me.
though, i dare think, you did not like it.
maybe no One wants to see their reflection,
they are only in it for the Enticement.
i’ve heard some things about having Fame.
enough to say it’s not something i’d like.
it ta/… Read full post »
MARCH 21, 2012 3:32AM
Bragging Rights
My boy.
Here are the pictures to the words
I can hardly speak.
Ty at Nine:
LITTLE BOY, LITTLE MAN
Ty, Ty, so blithe, so lithe,
the body of a string,
all fluid then knots,
great bravado;
little/… Read full post »
Ty, Ty, so blithe, so lithe,
the body of a string,
all fluid then knots,
great bravado;
little/… Read full post »
MARCH 19, 2012 5:55PM
Egg Me On
EGG ME ON.
what would it be like to actually live your Dream?
even if you dreamed it up?
what would it really be like, to build a chicken coop,
for sustenance, a stand: Eggs: A Buck?
it would be like Feeding, Breeding, and Heeding;
tending to their needs.
but in return they/… Read full post »
what would it be like to actually live your Dream?
even if you dreamed it up?
what would it really be like, to build a chicken coop,
for sustenance, a stand: Eggs: A Buck?
it would be like Feeding, Breeding, and Heeding;
tending to their needs.
but in return they/… Read full post »
MARCH 18, 2012 8:47PM
Pride
PRIDE
what do you do with a heart full of love,
and no one left to taste it?
what do you do with your whole family lost,
how does your need get sated?
how do you keep on stepping?
aah ..! by their love’s ever-giving grace.
you put it on, like your powder,
and/… Read full post »
what do you do with a heart full of love,
and no one left to taste it?
what do you do with your whole family lost,
how does your need get sated?
how do you keep on stepping?
aah ..! by their love’s ever-giving grace.
you put it on, like your powder,
and/… Read full post »
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