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Monthly Archives: December 2007

decline the year

Saturday, December 22, 2007

decline the year
by tanner brockwell
decline the year
when the cold
takes hold
with chill
and i wish for frost
shocking ice
across the frozen view
i am cold
i am the chill on the tip
the frozen time
locked away
now free to fly
the dark night
bejeweled by diamond facets
the abrasive known
to the oily unknown
my magenta morning nears
what are facts
but lonely fears
you know the show
the warm arm
the [...]

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marchers they

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

marchers they
by tanner brockwell
marchers they
in the driving wind
and the storm that hailed
no stragglers
no numbers missing
but a dozen
through the waste
fortuitous this day
that none had fallen
yet all would rise
last night dreams turquoise
were briefest comfort
the slack sail
tied up boat
on the shore
waiting a return
but for journey
to continue this day
slack this thirst
but not on the frozen stones
the wind has a [...]

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fins and thus a relic

Saturday, December 15, 2007

fins and thus a relic
by tanner brockwell
fins and thus a relic
bygone by now
the other age
when foolish youth
coursed the vein
i told you then
the generation ends
the generation begins
stars fall to our feet
topsy rush or other day
there is no past relinquished
there is no future extinguished
just the flame

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