Category Archives: Poems & Photographs

Apricot Moon

Posted on April 4, 2014 by trillium24

Ignition on, the key worn down almost straight now, on the dashboard, a pack of Camels lying on maps among rock samples and tufts of tamarisk.   Shirtless, you lean forward, turn the key, a birthmark flutters over your 6th … Continue reading →

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Prism

Posted on April 4, 2014 by trillium24

The glittering water pulses with rainbows, tosses off colors, swirling, a flutterance – no thought of loss or want or farewell, brilliance for a shilling or a dime or naught gathering the colors up again to shrug them off, twirling … Continue reading →

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Transformation

Posted on April 4, 2014 by trillium24

You are trapped in the gyre, drifting in the ocean without oxygen in a mass the size of Texas.   You can escape. Lean close. You must throw yourself into the endless whirlpool, lashed to a barrel. You think you … Continue reading →

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Communal Life

Posted on April 1, 2014 by trillium24

The cherry trees shake out their fullness the buds all in bloom now absorbing the sound of the blue day. The photographer must be quick as he leans over his camera on the tripod, already the lick of green shoots … Continue reading →

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Migration

Posted on March 31, 2014 by trillium24

    The crescent moon cradles Venus, you who have flown south south-east; I wave a scarf at the horizon where you disappeared.   The flute quiets the transplanted soul while the owls are near tonight.   You abandoned your … Continue reading →

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Emergency Poem

Posted on March 24, 2014 by trillium24

This is the poem to carry with you for emergencies, like the spare batteries and extra gas you pack when you drive into the wilderness. When you discover you are lost, you can press any word in this poem and … Continue reading →

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Connection

Posted on March 24, 2014 by trillium24

She walks toward the librarian, pausing, breathless, from the long climb to the library. Outside the fog hides the golf course, inside the library, shelter, warmth. She says to the librarian, “Here, first time,” pointing around the room. She says, … Continue reading →

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Near El Morro, Cuba

Posted on March 23, 2014 by trillium24

The breeze from the ocean touches the curtain, pulling and pushing. The woman lies on her side in the bed by the open window; the muggy air breathes in and out. In her fortress, she waits for her lover and … Continue reading →

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Labyrinth

Posted on March 23, 2014 by trillium24

Just hedge a bit, he said. Love can be bloody or sane.  No need to say the truth, cruel as it may be. Be kind.  Sanctify the moment, m’dear. Be blasé.  Be real. Leap into the next moment with abandon. … Continue reading →

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In the bar

Posted on March 23, 2014 by trillium24

The sparkling woman dances with the man, flask in his pocket; she closes her eyes and smiles frantically to the music. At the microphone, Annie sings the “Girl from Ipanema” and then the “Waters of March.” The bar is a … Continue reading →

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