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Monthly Archives: November 2007

you told the beads

you told the beads
by tanner brockwell
you told the beads
pretty as you please
looks of longing for stars
a starter
a soul
wanderer old
no cold waste
no freezing taste
set foot in dusty climes
where an oasis waits
this is no mirage
a traveler told
another campfire fantasy
of a mountain in the sands
to scale this craggy place
picking up the pace
to explore this and more
night time fantasies

name me not

name me not
by tanner brockwell
name me not
worthy
or worthless
a stranger
the same
nothing
or abounds
and i would pick
leaves in flight
an article of absence
garments of obscuration
how may i clothe
an ideal
or should it stand
naked in the night
where stars dare not stay
the firmament a turmoil
which has scattered the day
and when this alone
has borne the final rage
what new whisper
would welcome the same

mysteries and hints

mysteries and hints
by tanner brockwell
mysteries and hints
the suggestion below breath
hesitating in the narrows
of thought and action
thoughts stronger than action
action stronger than words
for here the imprint
of future deeds
what delays in days become nights
and nights are forever
until you surrender
pleasure so
what happens up here
happens down below
moist sensual skin soft beneath fingers
life’s pulse quickens and throbs
like the earth was [...]