tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54432267011506928292024-02-08T11:37:16.751-08:00Southern Michigan Poetrywordpioneerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06383657359759726616noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5443226701150692829.post-56013466056269567752012-03-27T17:57:00.000-07:002012-03-27T17:57:01.448-07:00<div>
The Turning</div>
<br />Wading into the water at sunset<div>
as the broadloom of the sun</div>
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unravels around your body</div>
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your fingers work the water</div>
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while you slowly turn and </div>
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raise your hands </div>
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showing me the moon.</div>wordpioneerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06383657359759726616noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5443226701150692829.post-36420851514549154492012-03-18T12:14:00.001-07:002012-03-18T12:14:37.022-07:00 <u></u><br />
<u>Together</u><br />
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The panther paces at our feet, content.<br />
A sleeping apple drops into your palm.<br />
So many centimeters<br />
the inchworm<br />
takes in a single measure.<br />
We ride it like some kind<br />
of cosmic hoist -<br />
lifting us - yes - into<br />
the sky.<br />
Cloud shuttled and cloud set<br />
into the sea.<br />
Two swimmers haunted<br />
by incarnations.<br />
Two sailors boarding<br />
a gossamer hulk:<br />
exorcising, mapping like<br />
priests, sextons<br />
(of one another).<br />
Delightful journey.<br />
Fair winds, playful dolphins<br />
and flying fish<br />
(skimming along the water<br />
like warm rain).<br />
We watch<br />
from the belt of the equator<br />
lingering<br />
(where the water is so still).<br />
Sun melting into so many colors<br />
(into your face, your irises,<br />
your hair).<br />
You begin to explain<br />
everything<br />
and quietly<br />
I try to understand.<br />
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