tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71502787905320954302024-03-13T13:18:15.643-04:00The UnderSide of GreenPoetry, prose, and lyrics from Henry Clemmons.Henry Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156533198976128355noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150278790532095430.post-37313606922405661112011-08-15T09:35:00.000-04:002011-08-15T09:35:17.700-04:00I Moved Blog LocationsI changed over to WordPress. Come pay me a visit at: <a href="http://henryclemmons.wordpress.com/">http://henryclemmons.wordpress.com/</a><br />
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Henry Clemmons<br />
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P.S. Yes, the tree is there, just on a page of its own :)Henry Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156533198976128355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150278790532095430.post-26949270392055052682011-08-11T21:09:00.000-04:002011-08-11T21:09:40.278-04:00Churns Dream<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">NOTE:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My attempt at a Ghazal for dversePoets</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Love sings through trees from river breeze, eyes closed my mind churns dream</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Though limbs have knots and leaves with spots, eyes closed my mind churns dream</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Deformed at birth the scourge of earth, worn cloth does hide her face </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">But in self’s shrine her skin does shine, eyes closed my mind churns dream</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">The virgin maid grows old like dates, shadows become her home</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">But ocean waves revive her state; eyes closed my mind churns dream</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">A jilted bride, alone does cry, on altars strewn with dung</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">But choirs sing erasing sting, eyes closed my mind churns dream</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Her bed is cold, no man to hold, gray wolves circle her yard</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">But candles warm caress her arm; eyes closed my mind churns dream</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Poet Henry’s blind heart does see, and prays for world peace</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">She’s not ugly, new heart’s beauty; eyes closed my mind churns dream</div>Henry Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156533198976128355noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150278790532095430.post-31212268888926183022011-08-09T21:43:00.002-04:002011-08-09T22:27:37.244-04:00Look Away Please<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">When woods are pink and birds court me with tokens red</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">When gold is boredom’s song and finest robes feel rough</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">My strings faint mute in search of muse’s scent of life</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">My name is called by sunlit streets to dance at dawn</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Yet forests deep with webs as bars cripple my chance</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">BUT</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">My life really has no meter</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">No rhyme</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">No steady beat</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">My verse is crime</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">I cry on my guitar that gently sleeps</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">I pray for morning’s chance to breathe</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">I want to sing my song</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">I beg freedom</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">But weep</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">I’ve lost</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Surrendered hope</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">I’m hid like a trophy</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">For all to see from distant lands</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">I’ve lost myself in wedding vows of lust</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">In woods of pink where birds court me with tokens red</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">I’m breathing dead</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">My faith is dust</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">I’m a silent slave to snare your soul</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Look beyond my beauty cold</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">It’s not really there</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">I’m sold</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">And painted for old men</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">To see</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Beware</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">And pray bold </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">I swear</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Until my song is sung outside a screen</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">I’m real</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Look away</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Please</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Let me escape</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">And shop at Wal-Mart for my eggs</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Please don’t make me show my legs</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Look away</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Please</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Look away</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Help me escape</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">The crawling sun announces</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">A morning tender</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Rusty scars blend with orange(ish) dawn streaks</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">But</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Cement prophets proclaim torments scream</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Black clouds close like stage curtains quickly</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Tender moments swept away in Act I</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Love notes lost</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Memories walk west and disappear</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><em><u>For Wordle 16</u></em></span></div>Henry Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156533198976128355noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150278790532095430.post-30619718956375805212011-08-09T00:08:00.000-04:002011-08-09T00:08:21.724-04:00My BFF: Autumn Gold<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I love Autumn Gold</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Not as sexy as Summer</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">But a cool best friend</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em><u>For Haiku Heights "Friendship"</u></em></div>Henry Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156533198976128355noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150278790532095430.post-91825831855749013292011-08-08T23:54:00.000-04:002011-08-08T23:54:24.499-04:00Pacifica Love :)<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</tbody></table> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Inkless wells</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">On a sandy south Pacific shore.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">A salty breeze</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Cooling a hammock in Palm Tree shadows.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Rum and fruit and ice.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Your tanned belly pierced rises and falls slowly,</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Curly blonde hair frames sun kissed face and smile.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">No alarm clocks,</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">No cell phones,</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">No deadlines,</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Just me and you</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">On the Isle of Pleasure.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><em>For Sunday Scribblings "Pleasure"</em></u></div>Henry Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156533198976128355noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150278790532095430.post-47285892901629478842011-08-08T23:07:00.000-04:002011-08-08T23:07:01.520-04:00A Murdered Seed<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Voices, loud, raspy, angry<br />
Hurl through the air<br />
Like cannonballs<br />
Red with hate<br />
Armed with<br />
Death<br />
Aimed at<br />
Me</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
A poor black man<br />
Cracked skin<br />
Indented dark <br />
Circles<br />
Pulling on<br />
Brown faded<br />
Eyes<br />
Brimmin’<br />
With tears<br />
Flowin’<br />
Down<br />
Drippin' from<br />
A large<br />
Knotted<br />
Nose<br />
Shadowin’ a<br />
Bristly black<br />
Mustache<br />
Twitching<br />
Along with<br />
My swollen<br />
Upper lip<br />
Leakin’ blood<br />
Slowly from<br />
It’s right corner<br />
Split</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
From a brick<br />
Thrown from<br />
The darkness<br />
Of pale faces<br />
Formin’ a sea<br />
Stirred in storm<br />
White capped <br />
Wind whipped<br />
Surf crashing<br />
Hostile<br />
It’s waves<br />
Mixin’ with<br />
My stolen<br />
Blood<br />
Seems to<br />
Feed the<br />
Frenzy of<br />
A murderous<br />
High tide<br />
Rushin’ in<br />
‘round my<br />
Swollen ankles</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
Tired from<br />
Workin’<br />
Sunset to<br />
Sunrise<br />
Buildin’ a church<br />
White paint<br />
Cross<br />
Windows<br />
Some pews<br />
The first<br />
In my Parrish<br />
A free<br />
Black preacher<br />
With a license<br />
To call<br />
On God<br />
Whom I<br />
Pray to<br />
Forgive those<br />
Who just<br />
Put a rope<br />
Round my<br />
Blackened<br />
Scarred neck<br />
And pullin’ me<br />
Up off<br />
My blistered<br />
White bottomed<br />
Feet<br />
Toenails long<br />
Reach as I<br />
Hang<br />
Prayin’<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">That the second church<br />
With a<br />
Licensed black<br />
Preacher<br />
Can at least<br />
Share the<br />
Word with<br />
Fellow<br />
Freed men<br />
And pray<br />
For those<br />
Still bound in<br />
Satan’s hate</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
I’m comin’<br />
Jesus<br />
Amen.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>Summer Evening</em>, Edward Hopper, 1947</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Winter wars birth death on summer porches lit with reunion hope</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Final kisses</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Promises lipped</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">But</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Shadows know better</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Hearts do too</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Speeding thumps</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Skip</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Before brass is formed to killing shells</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Woods are cleared for caskets</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Flags are sewn for lovers unwilling</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">To accept</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">War’s wind whispers in summer dark</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">A queer chilled breeze</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Passes quick</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">A sick knowing</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Ticks</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">As</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Winter’s wail waits camouflaged </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Cloaked in black suits and dresses still hung in closets bare</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Lovers storing tears as they kiss goodbye</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">On summer porches lit with reunion hope</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">And prayer</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em><u>For Magpie Tales 77</u></em></div>Henry Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156533198976128355noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150278790532095430.post-4933958181195123842011-07-17T09:21:00.001-04:002011-07-17T09:24:07.448-04:00Roaring of Truth<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Soaring vultures<br />
Circling whispers<br />
Half-dead road kill … stain eastbound lanes … on Highway 6<br />
<br />
He cheated on his<br />
WIFE <br />
Wife <br />
wife<br />
<br />
With that redheaded<br />
FLOOZ<br />
Flooz<br />
flooz<br />
<br />
That’s what we heard … no reason to doubt … has to be true<br />
<br />
Waves of black bats<br />
Wakes of echoes<br />
Fly in and out … shadowed towers … silvery moon<br />
<br />
He tormented her <br />
LIFE<br />
Life<br />
life<br />
<br />
She attempted to<br />
DIE<br />
Die<br />
die<br />
<br />
That’s what we heard … no reason to doubt … has to be true<br />
<br />
Razor sharp tongues<br />
Dark clouds of wasps<br />
Wind driven sleet … bloodied whipped welts … tortured torn skin<br />
<br />
The husband’s to<br />
BLAME<br />
Blame<br />
blame<br />
<br />
So’s that redheaded<br />
FLOOZ<br />
Flooz<br />
flooz<br />
<br />
That’s what we heard … no reason to doubt … has to be true<br />
<br />
Cat o’ nine tails<br />
Whistling wet air<br />
Horrific screams … feed the roar of … Niagara lies<br />
<br />
Hey, she made it all <br />
UP<br />
Up<br />
up<br />
<br />
She was crazy with<br />
BOOZE<br />
Booze<br />
booze<br />
<br />
That’s what we heard … wasn’t our fault … thought it was true<br />
<br />
Meandering river<br />
Greenish smooth blue<br />
Glimmering light … frames a body … facedown and gone <br />
<br />
That’s what they caused … wasn’t their first … done it before<br />
<br />
Bloodied crude nails<br />
Stabbing red flesh<br />
Hanging from wood … up on a hill … truth crucified<br />
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They Called Him a fake … they jeered to His face … then asked was He true</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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The silence of Calvary <br />
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</div>Henry Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156533198976128355noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150278790532095430.post-61702537776165520942011-07-15T23:07:00.001-04:002011-07-16T00:24:35.884-04:00My Walls Rhyme Not<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9m2KH38wUlKmut-psBz-SWdw7Lh9RHiJz9zO494YX1P29QXbVmiCEmiCp6GOJm64jXSSltT2rmEjsGLwQuIjRzI4QY6T6qU1HUp-98aL5tPf038haanPBG-NXXxpCEAQwvkA7yWVBdIo/s1600/imagesCA0D923C.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9m2KH38wUlKmut-psBz-SWdw7Lh9RHiJz9zO494YX1P29QXbVmiCEmiCp6GOJm64jXSSltT2rmEjsGLwQuIjRzI4QY6T6qU1HUp-98aL5tPf038haanPBG-NXXxpCEAQwvkA7yWVBdIo/s320/imagesCA0D923C.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">My walls rhyme not</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">My adjective’s untidy order swim upstream lazily</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Insanity screams in happy colors in warm waves of cold slaps</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">My walls unrhyme from our vocabulary family reunion at Loneliness Junction where voices are free verse taunts of nervous laughter</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Upstream my adjectives bleed in bear’s mouths</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Orange</city></place> drives me crazy</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">No rhyme or reason</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The color of my mental state’s flag at half-mast upsidedown-all-bunchedtogether</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Alone with my loneliness we listen in corners orange</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">My walls rhyme not</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Love’s illusion, </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lie’s seclusion.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Smoke’s reflection,</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mirror’s detection.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Truth’s confusion, </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heart’s contusion.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Red lips moist </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>whisper names.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Brown eyes hide </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>mascara’s aim.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Beauty spins </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>roulette’s round game.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Shattered glass reeks of rum.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Starving crows eat stale crumb.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Empty pools curse noon sun.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Love lies.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Smoke hides.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Mirror cries.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Truth dies.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Heart sighs.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Deceitfulness is a beauty I cannot tame.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Why even try?</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Love, </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>you lie.</div>Henry Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156533198976128355noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150278790532095430.post-67462486832433026002011-07-12T00:09:00.000-04:002011-07-12T00:09:55.935-04:00We Are What Is<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Winds</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Coastal blows</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Draw us close</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Knit and stitched</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We breathe as one</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">With separate lungs</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We are what is</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Not skewed in cubes</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Or obtuse views</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">All natural</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">In our region</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Left of June</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Under sun and tides of moon</div>Henry Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156533198976128355noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150278790532095430.post-23439339256924867822011-07-11T10:21:00.001-04:002011-07-11T10:25:03.384-04:00Hope's Infatuation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv2Kfvvq33ui2MTkdSwob7ZaexI0DYyVQEjXctI-9kP7I69Pp5UG-7Euh6X4myE6KiA9X_JFZbOacw-O2x9CqWkGea_QnE_y5EdhlBu3hnGyPKxvOzxKKewoOJceFVwYnhPKB3ZCHPj0Q/s1600/1305039061Hxy7tnJ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv2Kfvvq33ui2MTkdSwob7ZaexI0DYyVQEjXctI-9kP7I69Pp5UG-7Euh6X4myE6KiA9X_JFZbOacw-O2x9CqWkGea_QnE_y5EdhlBu3hnGyPKxvOzxKKewoOJceFVwYnhPKB3ZCHPj0Q/s400/1305039061Hxy7tnJ.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spring loves morning's dawn</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Releases dreams to breezes</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hope's reflection sings</span></div>Henry Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156533198976128355noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150278790532095430.post-42324567441181781192011-07-11T10:07:00.000-04:002011-07-11T10:07:18.918-04:00Encroachment<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">There’s an Oak in the woods that tells tales</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">About cypress, maples, and pines</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">All the saplings would listen</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">And pay close attention</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">About the humans</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Their encroachment</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Man’s hunger</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">To kill</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Trees</div>Henry Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156533198976128355noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150278790532095430.post-25025174813429860942011-07-11T01:27:00.000-04:002011-07-11T01:27:28.057-04:00Not Guilty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5azq8yE1ULlJo3OJlTuPJ22HbAygXLQygEz5SYTu4OV77j8vSU-hIVMso04v4POev2cUzHRmef7WjFPsQu-MsrqKtZUNu7rSBHgZVlDDe0TUSWniFzIMaGfirRJ_j5YTZr1EDi_Mhplc/s1600/imagesCAXI01RI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5azq8yE1ULlJo3OJlTuPJ22HbAygXLQygEz5SYTu4OV77j8vSU-hIVMso04v4POev2cUzHRmef7WjFPsQu-MsrqKtZUNu7rSBHgZVlDDe0TUSWniFzIMaGfirRJ_j5YTZr1EDi_Mhplc/s320/imagesCAXI01RI.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">I don’t want to hear the jury’s logic</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">No thought or twisted reason</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">No instinct or whim of fancy</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">My heart fluttered like rapids on a river</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Interrupted my buzz</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">A poem for the world</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Galloping to resist the echo of</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Not guilty</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">For Wordle 12</div>Henry Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156533198976128355noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150278790532095430.post-4929990011991317632011-07-11T00:34:00.002-04:002011-07-11T10:27:54.981-04:00Bobbie Gail<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Bobbie Gail is not my friend</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Ice cubes</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Turncoat</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Crocodile</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Hootchie momma</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Bobbie Gail</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Is</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Two</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Crazy</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Hells</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Bobbie Gail is not my friend</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Is</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">That</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Clear</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Hmmmmmmmmmmmm</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Or do I need to spell it out<br />
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NOTE: Bobbie Gail is a totally fictional character; trust me.</div>Henry Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156533198976128355noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150278790532095430.post-78861789646655611232011-07-10T09:35:00.000-04:002011-07-10T09:35:28.288-04:00Let Me Fall Above<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
ǝʌoqɐ llɐɟ ǝɯ ʇǝl<br />
ǝʌol ɹnoʎ ɹoɟ sʞuɐɥʇ<br />
ǝɯoɹ ɟo oƃ ’uıʇʇǝl<br />
ǝɯoɥ ’uıɯoɔ ɯ’ı</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">ʇdʎɹɔ sıɥʇ ɟo oƃ ʇǝl ll’ı<br />
ʇınb ɐuuoƃ ʇ’uıɐ noʎ ǝɔuıs ʇnq<br />
uʍop ǝpısdn plɹoʍ ʎɯ uɹnʇ<br />
punoɟ ǝq ı ɟı ǝɹɐɔ noʎ ʎɥʍ</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">ǝuoƃ sɐɥ ǝɯıʇ ʎɯ</div><div style="text-align: center;">ƃuolɐ uo ǝʌoɯ<br />
ǝɯoɥ ʎɯ sı sıɥʇ<br />
ǝuolɐ ǝɯ ǝʌɐǝl</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">uʍoɹɔ uǝploƃ ou pǝǝu ʇ’uop ı<br />
uʍoɹɟ ʎɟɯoɔ sıɥʇ ɹɐǝʍ ǝɯ ʇǝl<br />
oƃ ǝɯ ʇǝl ʇsnɾ p’noʎ ɥsıʍ<br />
ʍouʞ ʇ’uop ı ǝɯ ǝʌol noʎ ʎɥʍ</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">sʇsɐɔ ɟo pǝǝu uı sǝuoq uǝʞoɹq<br />
ʇsɐd sǝɹıds uı ǝpıɥ ǝɯ ʇǝl<br />
uʍop ǝpısdn plɹoʍ ʎɯ uɹnʇ<br />
punoɟ ǝq ı ɟı ǝɹɐɔ noʎ ʎɥʍ</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">ǝuoƃ sɐɥ ǝɯıʇ ʎɯ<br />
ƃuolɐ uo ǝʌoɯ<br />
ǝɯoɥ ʎɯ sı sıɥʇ<br />
ǝuolɐ ǝɯ ǝʌɐǝl</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">ʇɥƃıɹlɐ uo ʇǝƃ ı puɐ ʇsɐd ǝɥʇ<br />
ʇɥƃıu ǝɥʇ uı ƃuıpıɥ ǝʞıl ı<br />
ʎqɐllnl ʎɯ ʎɹɔ ǝɯ ʇǝl<br />
ʎq sʞɔıʇ ǝɯıʇ ɟı ǝɹɐɔ ʇ’uop ı</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">pǝq ʎɯ oʇ ʞɔɐq lʍɐɹɔ ǝɯ ʇǝl<br />
ʞɔǝu ʎɯ punoɹ‘ ǝlƃuɐɹʇs ǝlƃunɾ<br />
pɐǝp ǝɥʇ oʇ uo ƃuıƃuɐɥ<br />
pɐǝɥ ʎɯ oʇ ƃuıɥsnɹ poolq</div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">We are going to the river</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">On the sunny north bank</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">It needs shade</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Dad says it’s a good idea</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">I’m going to leave you there</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">And return for many visits</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Even sitting in your cool shadow</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">With my great granddaughter</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">And talk about her mother’s</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Mother …</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">… my mommy</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">And have a tea party</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Like she did with me</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Her ashes will help you grow</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">And protect us on the treeless side</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Of the big-o-river wide</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Where mommy fell asleep in her car</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">With a letter asking </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Why</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Were going to the river</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">On the sunny north bank</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">It needs some shade</div>Henry Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156533198976128355noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150278790532095430.post-39085367517630852412011-07-09T09:16:00.001-04:002011-07-09T09:23:48.981-04:00PRISUN<span style="font-size: large;">I see sun</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnnnnSKTBs8xGPOK2nfYY_l7VO35VswIH0MiCSjsKGLWP18UOBGsWHCUMs7KS3LsqpJO1w5JFf9e2wh8cYUNoW-D-859Aw4BNb-JuQq4gat60bl7m_TCgX7rlcK9asG8RwD0jymX3fSE/s1600/791911-prison-bars-with-trees-and-light-outside.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnnnnSKTBs8xGPOK2nfYY_l7VO35VswIH0MiCSjsKGLWP18UOBGsWHCUMs7KS3LsqpJO1w5JFf9e2wh8cYUNoW-D-859Aw4BNb-JuQq4gat60bl7m_TCgX7rlcK9asG8RwD0jymX3fSE/s320/791911-prison-bars-with-trees-and-light-outside.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">But no dawn</span>Henry Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156533198976128355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150278790532095430.post-91930037738732718522011-07-08T19:51:00.000-04:002011-07-08T19:51:12.099-04:00Please<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Chiller; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Trapped in agony’s abstract expression</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Chiller; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Paralyzed sunrise</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Chiller; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Green eyes surprised eternally</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Chiller; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">With the sameness of insane</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Chiller; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Every day</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Chiller; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Same on same</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Chiller; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Please</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Chiller; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Allow this dawn to breathe</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Chiller; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Smell real grass not splashed with oil</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Chiller; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Scents of real soil</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Chiller; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Warmth from sun’s embrace</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Chiller; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Shade cooled by rolling hills</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Chiller; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">A place</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Chiller; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Clocks tick</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Chiller; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Faucets drip</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Chiller; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Wheat waves at living skies</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Chiller; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Never to fade from time</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Chiller; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Not a trick of trade</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Chiller; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">But perspective</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Chiller; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">From soul</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Chiller; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Please</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Chiller; font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Allow this dawn to breathe</span></span></span></b></div>Henry Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156533198976128355noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150278790532095430.post-64786706973634721452011-07-08T13:58:00.001-04:002011-07-08T18:42:08.920-04:00July My Winter<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Silence whispers sonnets sung of summers passed</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Weathered feathered dusty quill tips lay alone</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Purple curtains darkly tied forbid light’s pass</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">July</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">My winter</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I drink mint tea</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">And listen</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">To her sing</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Silence whispers sonnets sung of summers passed</div>Henry Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156533198976128355noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150278790532095430.post-34277017386602421932011-06-27T01:52:00.000-04:002011-06-27T01:52:54.160-04:00Sergeant Pepper<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Silent asps hiss in shade</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Sands of age shifting shape</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Copper-head bolts to strike</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Flitting hare hugs four bites</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Kissing doves lost in haze</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Sergeant Pepper singing grace</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div>Henry Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156533198976128355noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150278790532095430.post-59750820320335928982011-06-26T12:49:00.000-04:002011-06-26T12:49:54.007-04:00El Amor - Nuevo Dia<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mexican Sunrise by <strong>Adam Romanowicz</strong></td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Los colores <place w:st="on">rosa</place></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Dawn’s blushing colors</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">La salida <state w:st="on"><place w:st="on">del</place></state> sol</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">La gracia</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> of grace</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> taste like the first kiss</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> of a beautiful woman</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Tiernos labios de un beso suave</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Pan fresco de aroma</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>serving the fusion of fresh bread with melting butter and honey.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">La fusión de la mantequilla caliente y miel</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">El amor</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The love</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Nuevo día</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">New day</div><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">For One Stop Poetry: Sunday Photo Challenge</span>Henry Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156533198976128355noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150278790532095430.post-17683332911566118182011-06-25T14:50:00.001-04:002011-06-26T01:57:49.119-04:00Crazy Days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqCLjV5LWs0jv40Xvk1be9W1e2jsVQHDDnn1e9-TrD4VxsmnjGurwSSrhG-_A7V2TZKDMB6WFLrc-khNIfFrd9dPFilLQ9tXkH4vziBLZWKqEHwE0j5N8m_1oexHMGWjV9hSzo1ZN_n4/s1600/2103975.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqCLjV5LWs0jv40Xvk1be9W1e2jsVQHDDnn1e9-TrD4VxsmnjGurwSSrhG-_A7V2TZKDMB6WFLrc-khNIfFrd9dPFilLQ9tXkH4vziBLZWKqEHwE0j5N8m_1oexHMGWjV9hSzo1ZN_n4/s320/2103975.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">How can I paint a self portrait</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Lookin’ out my door these days?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I can’t remember smiles I had,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Now lost haze of craze.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Today is off its chain,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">A maid with lazy ways.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">How can I paint a self portrait,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In a crazy day like this?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Trains crashin’ off warped tracks,</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">People travelin’ to damn fast,</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">OPEC gas hikes kickin’ ass,</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">D.C. hidin’ all the facts,</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It’s a crazy tinted day,</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In a mushroom kind of way.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">How can I paint a self portrait in a crazy world like this?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">How can I frame my life inside a crazy world like this?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">How can a smile and a hungry child exist in oil as one?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In all this crazy haze,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Imposter’s dressed in gray.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I can’t paint a self portrait,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Inside a world like this.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Unless I go abstract and scream</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">With cubes and strokes of black.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Picasso’s comin’ back</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">With vengeance in his hat.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Trains crashin’ off warped tracks,</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">People travelin’ to damn fast,</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">OPEC gas hikes kickin’ ass,</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">D.C. hidin’ all the facts,</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It’s a crazy tinted day,</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In a mushroom kind of way.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I won’t paint a self portrait,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Inside a world like this.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I lay my brushes down and grab</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">A hammer, nail, and spade.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It’ a crazy kind of day,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I think it’s time to pray,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In a serious kind of way.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Not a time for self portraits,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">In a crazy world like this</span></div><br />
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For One Stop Poetry; Saturday CelebrationHenry Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156533198976128355noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150278790532095430.post-18629192054934450002011-06-22T23:03:00.000-04:002011-06-22T23:03:26.231-04:00Self Portrait<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Commotion of self</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Skirmishes with doubt</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Institutionalized pastels</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Zapped dark</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Bold strokes </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Chiaroscuro</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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