Daily Archives: July 8, 2012

You Bet Your Life

Posted on July 8, 2012 by purplepeninportland

The Bet:  Youth is mine, uniquely so. I can ride a motorcycle, cutting a swath of summer dust on roads softened by scorching heat, tube top, denim cutoffs, arms wound `round waist of wild rider, boy of golden honey skin.  … Continue reading →

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An Abecedarian poem (A-Z)

Posted on July 8, 2012 by purplepeninportland

The Crowning A profusion of bells ringing, chiming the hour summer dance begins. Elegantly dressed women– fine silk and satin- gowned ladies of means, housed in mansions indicative of their wealth– join their gentlemen, knowing this evening lights the fire … Continue reading →

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Jackson Pollack’s Ocean Grayness

Posted on July 8, 2012 by purplepeninportland

The ocean has eyes beneath lies men in black clothing, once sighted, now blind. Gray layered ocean.     Written for Poets United/Think Tank Thursday    

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