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 Jun 2016 RH 78
Matthew Goff
Clouds and lightning speak
Sky explosions all day long
It’s just wonder noise
 Jun 2016 RH 78
Lark Train
The Wolf
 Jun 2016 RH 78
Lark Train
You smile like a wolf about to ****.
Your cruel, sharpened fangs barred in spite.
Your voice was gold, your white cuspids alight.
You smile at your prey; we deer stand still.

I know the smile shall end where it will.
I know it never reaches to your eyes
And I know, like one bitten once or twice,
That the wolf closes its eyes to ****.

The wolf leans in too close, panic sets in
Stumbling through apologetic speech in
An effort to get somewhere else, again...

The deer springs into action, can't win
For wolves hunt in packs, the wingman swoops in
Now trapped by foes unbeatable, I'm slain.
This is a Petrarchan sonnet about wolves and deer.
 Jun 2016 RH 78
Pixievic
Tears drip
Like lead
from the stained glass
behind my eyes
Pooling in hollowed cheeks
Streaking colours
of memories
lost in sepia
Gathering in momentum
Cascading towards
a bittersweet freedom
I have been blind
Clinging to a
fantasy
Instead of life in
reality ......
Be that as it may
My eyes are
Now open
Released from
their shackles
Feasting on a beauty
otherwise unknown
Chasing
A better me

(C) Pixievic
I was once blind but now I see ...... bla bla bla!!
 Jun 2016 RH 78
AB
O Darling
 Jun 2016 RH 78
AB
As I peer into the far depths
Of you iridescent eyes, I
See a vast arcadian sky;
A kaleidoscope of color.

The splendorous sight propels my
Imagination to the clouds;
My emotions burst from within
& leave me in starstruck stupor.

I once watched drops of time descend
In incessant, poignant drizzle,
Consumed by perpetual wait;
The waiting stopped when I saw you.

At last I know how’it feels to be
Entwined in a mutual love;
A symbiosis of two hearts,
The mingling of marvelous minds.

O darling you’re my cornerstone
& my life’s missing puzzle piece.
While in my arms you complete me.
At last, I am truly alive.
 Jun 2016 RH 78
Stu Harley
we
ride it
until dawn
when
we
saddled up
the
gray storm
 Jun 2016 RH 78
Nathan Pival
So many little tests
Presented with we contend
Understanding the risks
Of the chances we take
To take that chance
Should we prevail or fail
Some failures beat us
Down
Into the depths
And we may never be the same again
Some successes also
Make us never the same again
Because we've gotten so high off of it
We cannot see straight
I've made a lot of money before
And it has made me arrogant, ungrateful, and wasteful
I've also been broke and poor
It made me more appreciative, understanding, and productive
The middle ground that works for all of us
Is an individual thing
Prevail or Fail
Is nothing more than a perspective
Life is a game we play with no clear winners
But if you keep love in your heart
It doesn't matter how broke or rich you are
You have prevailed
 Jun 2016 RH 78
Stu Harley
rice paper
dragonfly
captured prey
by
the
origami bird
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