Tag: rictameter
member name: Jim Ross
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January 16, 2008 01:51 AM EST --
Crystal
Facets my love
Sparkling as time of day
Shifts colors to sing tones of life
Collected and dispersed on the instant
Your heart needs to know how I care
To share all radiance
With your own . . .
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September 23, 2006 01:08 AM EDT --
Muffin Trouble
Muffins
Have a habit
Of being on my plate
When I don't want them to be there
Because they are so good and I am not
And the cook has no sympathy
For my sensed addiction . . .
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October 26, 2006 11:32 PM EDT --
Curtain Hangers
Frisky
Kitty frolics
Blurred in a carpet chase
With a competitive sibling
Who both go vertical on drapery
And stop as wavering fur balls
Who are quickly chased down
By . . .
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January 04, 2008 02:56 AM EST --
Starbursts
Spark from wave crests
To charm a loving pair
Who clasp hands at the liner's rail
And regale as her ring becomes as one
With nature's dancing nighttime heart
And glimpse their . . .
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January 09, 2008 01:12 PM EST --
Flotsam
Hooks rising tides--
As books take rides on trucks--
To beaches round the earth's diff crust
For ardent devourers of enigmas
Who divine tableaus from tidbits
Once fondled as fine art . . .
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January 17, 2008 02:10 AM EST --
Passage
Caused by yearning
Births a restless journey
About the globe in sea salt moved
Suspended and transmuted for the ride
On swells of moon and sun brought tides
To kiss a shore and stay
For . . .
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January 19, 2008 02:37 AM EST --
Portals
Let my love pass
Through ever-changing life
Into atmospheres that bathe her,
Clothe her, and scent her so her laughter peals;
Her echoes touch my lonely room,
Send me through melody
Dancing . . .
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January 28, 2008 02:56 PM EST --
Hornets
For all their noise
And busy hive hubbub
Are stirred to retaliation
For nearby vibrations and loud noises
Reminiscent of tired people
Whose anger flares as riled
Irascible
Hornets
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February 09, 2008 11:22 AM EST --
As now
When apples fall
To bruise on hard, dry ground,
A hungry soul senses deep truth;
The deed is done and there is food to eat;
Somewhere beneath the apple tree
Search yields discovery-- . . .
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March 28, 2008 12:20 AM EDT --
Mismatched
Anything jars
The senses, one-or-all,
For its distinct competition
With its neighbor's at-odds virtues as fair--
For instance, fine male hosiery
By nature formal wear,
Plucked . . .
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September 23, 2006 02:03 AM EDT --
Oak trees
Delight my soul
With their tough gnarly limbs
Clad in green for spring and summer
That show maturity in dusty gray
And later crinkle in dry air
Before autumn wind huffs
And bares . . .
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January 11, 2008 10:15 PM EST --
Ghost town
Sits in clutter
Designed for photo ops
Foreign to its working class ghosts
Of miners toiling for pennies a day
Amidst unending stamp mill quakes
Suddenly stilled by fire
To create this . . .
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January 18, 2008 05:59 PM EST --
Indulge
My heart a beat
Quicker than the others,
Your eyes, their widened state of awe,
Your grace appears along the ghostly path,
An ethereal truth of you
Lasting beyond your life--
My soul begs . . .
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February 03, 2008 10:02 PM EST --
This rictameter is dedicated to Ann Rauvola who used her awesome graphic art talents to create an icon and masthead to marvelously display what our poetry form is all about. Thank you, Ann.
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February 05, 2008 01:46 PM EST --
Why now?
Snow collapses
As temperatures climb
On ground living in filtered light
To keep the promise of spring growth alive--
For life to sally forth renewed
Into fresh, fragrant air
Why . . .
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September 28, 2006 09:54 PM EDT --
Habits
Habits
Form quietly
And with steadfast resolve
Not to be replaced on a whim
Or a mere occurrence not forged in flame
But tested with numbers and time
Like when I change my mind
About . . .
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October 01, 2006 09:00 PM EDT --
Joyful Request
Bright eyes
Shine at mom's knees
When asking for a snack
And tugging at her favorite dress
Unaware of chocolate melt on her hands
"Oh mom can we go for a walk
And . . .
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October 03, 2006 03:29 PM EDT --
Job of a Job
Working
Quintessential
Desk-ridden professions
Devoid of fine physical sweat
Leads to buying longer fine-leather belts
To wrap around the expansion
Caused by eating good food-- . . .
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October 14, 2006 07:16 PM EDT --
Mountain Hospitality
Aspen
Waits as befits
A rooted shade-giver
Patiently shivering, "welcome
Overheated hikers with salty lips
Who echo craggy mountain tales
Then hear the breezy hush . . .
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September 22, 2006 01:40 AM EDT --
Chat Over Cocktails
Blather
Flows like the truth
In an ill fitted cloak
And causes arched eyebrows to lift
In elegant questioning looks of awe
That thrive in social gatherings
Where hubbub . . .
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