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Monthly Archives: January 2007

i can hear the gentle roar

Thursday, January 25, 2007

i can hear the gentle roar
by tanner brockwell (cc) 2007
i can hear the gentle roar
of surf that’s within easy distance
and the sand on my back
is still warm from the flying sun
that baked the white basking sands
but i am here in the dusk
as the set sun has just expired
and twilight yields to the new moon
grasping filigree [...]

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when night prepares

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

when night prepares
by tanner brockwell (cc) 2007
when night prepares
her lonely head
and all the world has it’s rest
the shining glow
of a joyous grin
is but the welcome then
welcome could not be said
in the late and quiet
so what was left
a curious gaze
for you do
and i amazed
would only sigh
night and lights
wonder then
could a backward glance
find a friend

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stark beauty in the cold wastes

Sunday, January 14, 2007

stark beauty in the cold wastes
by tanner brockwell (cc) 2007
stark beauty in the cold wastes
could taste the time frozen and waiting
and what was it we waited for
before society grinned
what had you to put in
a stage a throne or all alone
what the withering wind has swept
because we had barely begun
a strange slate naked shown
welcome to [...]

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