Mirror’s Face
Woman Standing in Front of a Mirror (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Perfect oval, pale Deft touches of blush and powder All the flaws are now erased Simple here, the mirror’s face Arching eyebrows peak With...
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Violinist Vilemina Neruda leading a string quartet, c. 1880. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A string quartet played A sweet serenade In all of our finery Our youth was displayed To think of this now I’m a...
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Could it be from silence comes a voice Could the reach beyond be a real choice? Are there words a quiet soul may speak? Are they worth the audience I seek? All these years I hid within these walls...
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Marguerite Gérard – Artist Painting a Portrait of a Musician – WGA8606 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Am I your canvas Oh artist! For your greatest work? Pressed by oil on silk Butterfly on a pin The...
View ArticleSplit Soul Angel
Icarus (Photo credit: drurydrama (Len Radin)) How is it that your words Your music and your poetry Draw from such a source Of deep, beauteous profundity Ethereal, otherworldly soul That captures the...
View ArticleCinematique
Greta Garbo, actress. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) She had mystique Cinematique Famous directors Brooded on her face But of such passion Never a trace Never a trace She was sympathetic Cinematique But for...
View ArticleWith The Band
The Strokes live at Stubb’s March 14th night before SXSW. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) She said that she was with the band She seemed to think we’d understand She said she lived just here backstage She...
View ArticleApprentice
Magician’s hand (Photo credit: mWei2010) He said ‘you’ll be my apprentice to darkness and light’ He festered in hallways dripping sigils, with flames burning bright And I thought I’d surrender,...
View ArticleClapping
20100717 2343 – camping rave – 090 – fire twirling (Photo credit: Rev. Xanatos Satanicos Bombasticos (ClintJCL)) Clapping, clapping here in time Faster rhythm, faster rhyme Face bathed in full...
View ArticleCultural Reboot
Going back to the beginning Unravelling the weave Re-dressing our biases All that we believe Tabula rasa Fashion is so tired Every move a cliché Reboot is required Just to get through the day Going...
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