Dips Ahead

My Poetry and Prose Blogology

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Dips Ahead

“we are echoes of God’s gift

dwelling inside natural temples”

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I Emoji

“I climb my speckled tomes of granite—yet

I have never been that good at emojis”

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Everywhere

“my loving Mother—who knew me well

passed away at a tender young age”

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A Watery Embrace

“as the ocean cuddles me—

I feel its past paths”

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Her Life as a Tree

“for she is our glorious tree
and I am her endless river”

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A Bewildered Spring

“April’s flood me with color
but this year—she hid away”

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Missing Green

Another Elfchen poem on my deep desire to find some green…

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True Love

“a hope of sharing in long adventures to happiness

on steps that ascend into the endless realms of family”

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Flows in Zion

“sculptors gardeners barriers impediments”

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My Engineer

“we are a caboose—
dragged by a long
train of dear friends”

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A Flakey Spring

“An Elfchen poem about spring. Or the lack thereof…”

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Doorways

A Cinquain pom about Doorways…

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Falling

“bound in icy nights

I feel weights of heaping snow…”

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Names Really Do Matter

“and they will aid us in arduous steps

if we take some time

to get to know them by name…”

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Redemption

“friendly ocean waves
swiftly expunge my footprints”

Photo courtesy of my friend Rod Sorenson rcoakley.com

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Fangs

Regardless of how the world speaks—
words really do matter…

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Watercolors

An Elfchen poem about change…

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Three Elfchen Poems on Dawn

“…radiance creates
tomorrow’s dawn of merciful
amnesia”

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As I Walk

“I’m / Easily / Absorbed / Into the dark…”

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Slow Trails

“…opening a door and your mind
to skies of calming and natural prisms
diffusing wilder colors…”

Photo Courtesy of Jessica Taylor Crystal