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Pink Moon Rising [with audio]
Read more: Pink Moon Rising [with audio]Overlooking the shoreline, a deep sigh forms releasing the exhaust of the day. Blowing out in the direction of the cool breeze, I scan the shore expecting something or someone, but it never comes. Looking up, the pink moon rises over the North Sea and it hits me- this spot, this arresting moment is what…
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It’s All Okay [with audio]
Read more: It’s All Okay [with audio]It was close to the time we arranged to meet here on our favorite park bench, the one that overlooked the town green. I sat with a view of passersby, taking a glance at my watch every once in a while. It was any moment now, the ripping away, the bandage stripping off. We didn’t…
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Dithering Heights [with audio]
Read more: Dithering Heights [with audio]Perched high above where no one can see, he scans the scenes below wondering what all the raucous is about. Escaping his aerie for a quick bite or a neighborly ‘Hello’, thousands march past him. Chants, names echo Cries call out through the streets. He pauses, ‘It must have been someone they know. Do I…
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With Headphones On… [with audio]
Read more: With Headphones On… [with audio]I cannot help but stop and look at the whispered tapings Pay attention closely to the postings, the most discretely transmitting of all Does it make you shiver? Does it make you quiver? Capturing statistics day by day poem by poem Is it you watching? Is it you listening? Through your pair of headphones, are…
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Recording Sessions [with audio]
Read more: Recording Sessions [with audio]If you’ve ever wondered how a recording session takes place… I set up the laptop, open up GarageBand, plug in the headphones, adjust the mic settings, pull out a poem, and hit Record. I remind myself to speak clearly, to make sure I have the exact tone, to express the meaning of the poem. I…
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Seize the Moment
Read more: Seize the MomentIt’s Sunday morning I run down to the park We lock eyes while you’re strolling by Electricity ignites deep inside Do I stop?Do you dare say hello?Do we say anything at all? So much we want to say So much we want to do So much we’ve longed for To only have this passing moment…
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Great Expectations
Read more: Great ExpectationsMy expectations are high;I want to find a love that will lift me to the sky.I’ve got this crazy idea in my mind;You’ll be the love I’ve been hoping to find.But you’re just a guyDestined to make mistakes. We give and take Along the way We hope for something more But this is all we’ve…
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Countdown to Love
Read more: Countdown to LoveAs little girls plucking petals one by one reciting, “He loves me, he loves me not,” All love and happiness rested on the count of those petals If an even number, the girl is bitterly disappointed While an odd count surely takes her over the moon with his undying love for her If only as…
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Relief
Read more: ReliefSleeping next to you We don’t say the words we need The nights get lonely Would it be easier living without me? You watch as I tumble down You watch as I fall to the ground Would you pick me up and piece me back together? Would you stand me up and love me forever?…
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Romance Is Dead
Read more: Romance Is Deadit happens to so many and we swore it wouldn’t happen to us,yet here we are: the kids have gone off to bed and we lie here confirming our romance is dead. longing to be desired, we’re aching for a spark, any resemblance of burning fire we know that something is missing but don’t know…
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