To be outside as the sky darkens An evening so calm you can Hear the river even over The chorus of frogs. To breathe in the air of paradise As stars begin to bloom In the moonless sky, multiplying Until the heavens shimmer. I bathe my soul in the endless Wonders of the universe And […]
Poetry
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Gatherings
Behind the stone wall, They dreamed in the luxuries Of dried grass. Here, the miseries were far away. Woven into the symmetries of thistle, Shaded by specks of leaves Restless on the afternoon, Now suddenly still, While the sweetness reaches Almost too far now, And the last cheating light Leads them home once again. Sam […]
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Dear Nana
I am not feeling Like I was when You were alive 30 years ago, And we talked About times On your farm In Anthon, Iowa. Now, I feel like you Must have then, Filled with gratitude For all the memories Pricelessly floating Between heartbeats, Settling down As all is said And done. Kirk Gothier
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Fathers Day
In raising children, Everything that matters Becomes apparent. Kirk Gothier
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stray pianos that live near the freeway lean on one leg
alongside frontage road between freeway and row after row of row house a piano straddles the broken train track the only thing unparalleled in the room it leans against the leg that ends with foot pumping peddle as a man plays his cheerful dirge and a lost dog poster sends a telegram to the breeze […]
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Above the Falls
It began as tiny as a dust mote Dancing in the mist Of the swirling waterfall Hundreds of feet deep in the narrow canyon Then circling, circling Upward and outward As if on golden tendrils Increasing in size As it rose Finally soaring White head and tail radiant in the sun Huge wings outstretched to […]
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Above the Falls
It began as tiny as a dust mote Dancing in the mist Of the swirling waterfall Hundreds of feet deep in the narrow canyon Then circling, circling Upward and outward As if on golden tendrils Increasing in size As it rose Finally soaring White head and tail radiant in the sun Huge wings outstretched to […]
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I am so very glad that I am broken washed a thousand times beaten against the rocks of time cleansed of pride and foolish thoughts that I could be anything but sand Robin Jane Hodson
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Roaming Through Time in a Ferny Canyon
Whose ferns these are the canyon knows (As does the creek between your toes) The hadrosaurs won’t mind us here But neither would the plesios The dire wolves must think us deer (Prancing around on all fours here) Perhaps they will not think us steak If we behave like short-faced bear Our puma pelts we […]
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Clam Beach Impressions
<p Sunshine brings me to the water’s edge. Kite surfers glide happily in the winds that blow so fiercely I can hear Ginsberg’s high-pitched howl through my earrings. My hair flies like Medusa’s snakes on my head. A driftwood structure offers some relief. Remnants of a camper’s fire warn of what else may lie within. […]
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I am so close
Redwoods willing Every drip rises Above forest floors Towards horizons Calling forever To just let go — Kirk Gothier
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Contentment
Content For the storm to blow in Knowing everything Is covered. Content To be indoors now Letting sore body rest From work Content To enjoy the sunshine In the bouquet I picked Before the rain Dottie Simmons