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Dawn saintly spilt sunshine splits will thrills again to change one’s mind.
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River Vision
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Cloaked
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Shy Sky
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@NickVinZant Was this an audition for a new season of #ParksandRec ? #GreenShirtGuy should be permanently trending on #twitter as a stark reminder to all #MAGA voters just how embarrassing their continued participation in society is.
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Weeping Dew
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Still
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I hear the banter of daffodils.
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Contented
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#1linewed "Can't ever let a fire idle," Andy said. "Douse it & say 'night' or find fuel & build the flames back up"
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Elegance
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Puff.
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#1linewed Lightning cracked the sky, echoing thunder. The clouds glowed green as the storm's eye passed overhead.
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Fall or Fade
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The Shortcut
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Leaves curling coiling closer colder colored red then brown then gray call the End Times treason's season we're as crude as crows circling scraps and prey. #poem
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Jitters
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dim the lights now I'll drive slow let the slim moon slide behind the hills let us wind our way past midnight find the field that waits for us and there commit a secret.
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Midnight Midday
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Call Me Whisper
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Lichens Pop Peas
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A blast of windswept snow blew through the broken window. Larkson crawled & slammed the shudders closed. #1linewed
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They're Coming
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Leaps Sing
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#1linewed I stripped & waded in the swishing tide. The water glimmered & I shivered, shamed by the lord's embrace.
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Uncertainty
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Flamenco
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#FridayFeeling says: Happy #weekend all! Looking forward to getting back to the #WIP ...
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People in the world As time moves on Encounter lines & fits of passion Stirring embers Lighting hopes #1linewed #WIP
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Once Upon A Time
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Thistle Thirst
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quiet endings artful verse.
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Merge
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Needles
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Faint Signal
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Story of a scar that healed all wrong though still it healed & that is all what matters when the blood has soaked your shirt you're sweating & you're sorry feeling cheated out the rest of life for I'm the coward without fear of death but terrified of living wounded.
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Await
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Down the tunnel came the light & the wind & the screeching breaks of the Local. #1linewed #amwriting #WIPWednesday
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#1linewed Larkson drew his gun. He felt a shadow close enough to touch... #amwriting
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With No Regrets
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#1linewed They kicked Harlan down the dirty street as though he were untouchable. Dust clung to his bloody face.
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Feather
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Vanishing
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Bitten
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Above Fallen
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Full Throttle
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Engulf
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A Battle Rages Steady Thunder In the hills Fireworks Pound & plunder Clouds To death Until They burst Then Heavy Rains come f a l l I n g Down. #poetry
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Shivers show lace of rose morning.
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Frosts freeze afar a far-fetched thief family stroll eve squall winds off lee sleet slick oil slips cobbles wind weave ink splotch dim street charcoal smudged beat.
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Apparitions
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Buoyed
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Fatal
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#2bitTues Dylan was dead. His strained body dangled. I realized this is what murder looked like. I needed to retch.
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Suspense
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New Patience.
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Forage
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Rain steady slowly umbrella soaking stroll puddles ripples.
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I was falling quiet... content to never stir or strike or say another word that wasn't pleasant drift away with petered pulse and peasant hopes to be as simple as the soil simply here to tread the tides that eat at weathered cliffs.
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#1linewed "Down in that brewed Manhattan gloom thick fog had swallowed the bridges." #amwriting #amreading #fiction
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Solace misplaced lullaby a lake an inlet.
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Abyss Drifts
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Phantoms
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we still find fragments of her shattered glass when we move the furniture
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On Ripples
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Bitter seeds sell confessions unveil as trellised vines snare and arguments ambush.
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7 months
Malice winds whirl, woes whiffs smoke curls, beat plowshares scarce, swords warp hooks pared; eyes-say-as prayer, fling phony flares, peace blurred—stares bared—neither learned in war. Feverish foes, furor boasts goad, reap wrathful lash of envies.
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Siblings
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Years can't be bound they blur fade out.
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Untitled
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Balance
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Hidden Stones
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Pearls Roll
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Mosquitoes never lie they’re out for blood.
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2 years
sort the ghosts that grieve here.
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7 years
Life moves faster than reason & New Yorkers lead the loudest lives of desperation. #writerslife #amwriting #fiction
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Ritual
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Cobras
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Sentry
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Meticulous
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Ritual
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Restored
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Lies in a knot tightened threads fray braids weave lengths of destiny.
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2 years
silenced city emptied newsstands postcards all half-priced
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Stroll
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Charcoal Days
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Travel
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Medley
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Asleep Midday
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2 years
Honored "Bundled Rhythms" is featured in @TheBigSmokeUSA . This piece recalls my #travel in #Ireland , how I met @PenOfRyanDennis , our reunion & the incredible event we hosted with #NY State Senate Candidate @LDanksBurke . There we discovered an honest pace.
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@JeffreyFBarken
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There's a song suits every mood but silence can't be summoned Sooth will soothe thoughts misconstrued lest torments go unsorted Cue the chorus chant free verse let music tame the madness Or step back still your tongue plug your ears wrest magic from blank canvas. #poetry
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Good Luck
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I was lost when I finished my novel, then I started this: Truly grateful to @TheBigSmokeUSA editor @greggerding for a chance to reflect on a 10yr #writing journey & life changing trip to #India Special thanks @Nat_TRF for so many reads & brilliant edits!
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Bashful
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The wilted flower's perfumed pause potted still abandoned for to winter on the sun room sill in soil dry forgotten less fragrant than the fall rain and mildew in the morn petals curled about a yellowed stem tease frost-bitten bees too weak to hasten #poetry
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Clouded day fire filled night.
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At scar long after harm the heft of weights sore later.
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Eden Near
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All the wild tears tremble lightning strikes ice rain.
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