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Renaissance Man

Posted on June 28, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Old-Fashioned, New-Fangled   Recently I sat back and thought of life… Eventually I had to desist, Not that there wasn’t enough to resist, Although you wouldn’t know to ask my wife. I am a multi-faceted person: Someone who is at … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Dice

Posted on June 28, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Numerically Speaking   Key-stone to the system is the cipher: A zero growth from no-thing, to be sure; Before too long, starts an inner-lifer, Becomes a lonely one, quite singular. A twin for company, the second one Links with the … Continue reading →

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Hieroglyphics

Posted on June 26, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Hieroglyphics   Recordings from the annuls of the past, Engraved on pillars of stone and cement, Ask how else the news could have been broadcast Down through the centuries to the present. Intuition led the decipher-ers, Not by the nose … Continue reading →

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Sapphire

Posted on June 26, 2014 by cdsmiller17

It’s Afire   Stories were handed down, father to son, About the properties of Sapphire stones. Perhaps the one in which Brahma intones Prayers for the first wrong deed he had done Harkens our spiritual attention In the direction of … Continue reading →

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Procreation

Posted on June 24, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Procreation   Cretan women, in childbirth, can smother Raging contractions with the dictamnus Evergreen, which has the strength of Somnus To allay anxieties that pother. A wreath of it in her hair, another New Luna made the ancients feel anxious: … Continue reading →

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The Harvest

Posted on June 24, 2014 by cdsmiller17

The Harvest   Metaphysically, we are the past: Each one a seed of life in the future, Trying to grow to the sun, good and pure, Ascending from the earth to which we’re cast. The reaper comes so slow, yet … Continue reading →

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Hedgey

Posted on June 4, 2014 by cdsmiller17

I have an ear for imitation, even when I cannot accurately reproduce the effect. This is when poetry comes to my aid,  as the reader can hear what I intend, in their own head. That way I can ‘edge my … Continue reading →

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Forty-Love

Posted on June 3, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Forty-Love Almost too quickly, it’s come time to choose: Have you been courting a twin score of years A match being watched from seats in the tiers? Panic sets in: there’s no time to lose. Perhaps what’s been said will … Continue reading →

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Footprints

Posted on June 3, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Footprints Somewhere in the middle of the snowstorm, Night fell and trapped me inside its darkness: Out in the cold, I walked, wishing for warm Wooly blankets, and wanting to feel less Foolish for being caught in the open. Oh, … Continue reading →

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Seasoning

Posted on June 2, 2014 by cdsmiller17

Signs of Winter A scattering of leaves on snow-shrouded grass, A print of soft lines etched by the wind, A whistling whisper signed through the trees Tell that white winter has come to pass. Spring Morning Mauve splashes, smudged across … Continue reading →

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