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Monthly Archives: January 2008

a rose for a beauty sleeping

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

a rose for a beauty sleeping
by tanner brockwell
a rose for a beauty sleeping
i know you have dreams
those dreams you’re only keeping
close to your heart
where love meets art
i sigh for it only seems
you smile in your sleep
this slumber so deep
are you smiling for me
even as i smile that you can’t see

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where the wilds roam

Monday, January 28, 2008

where the wilds roam
by tanner brockwell
where the wilds roam
so far to be
so far from home
satchel coat and waders
graphite rod
fly fish fly
the icy waters flow
from the cascade even though
spring is in the air
spring is almost here
slip coat and let the breeze
sigh across your chest
this is the sigh
of openness and less
an all surrounding gyre
after air than build
build [...]

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i wouldn’t

Sunday, January 27, 2008

i wouldn’t
by tanner brockwell
i wouldn’t
the dark skies overing
i wouldn’t
the night colder still
i wouldn’t
the feelings of emptiness
i wouldn’t
i couldn’t
the sliding tide
i couldn’t
the powdered sand
i couldn’t
the screaming overhead
i couldn’t
i shouldn’t
linger before dawn
i shouldn’t
allow a good day gone
i shouldn’t
find all those missing minutes
i shouldn’t
but i will
abrade these toes
but i will
soak them in a surf
but i will
jog until the [...]

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