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by Gyppo
Sun Jun 11, 2023 6:39 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Rock Climber's Hands
Replies: 3
Views: 5085

Rock Climber's Hands

I recently visited a chiropractor for the first time.  Twisted my back and it's taking too long to put itself right.  I may revisit my first impressions later, about the  intimidating black and chrome massage bench, etc.  But there is one over-riding image which calls out to be recorded ;-) ===== Th...
by Gyppo
Sun Jun 11, 2023 5:35 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Night Vision
Replies: 7
Views: 8455

Re: Night Vision

Writer's dreams are strange beasts which follow their own dream logic.  But they are often fun and provocative to write about.

Gyppo
by Gyppo
Thu May 25, 2023 3:01 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Emma
Replies: 5
Views: 5556

Re: Emma

They're not predictable to the minute so I don't see the doorstep ritual every day, but when I do it always makes me smile.

Gyppo
by Gyppo
Thu May 25, 2023 10:43 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: The madness approaches ;-)
Replies: 3
Views: 4992

Re: The madness approaches ;-)

Hi, Deb.  Perhaps best read after the insanity has peaked and faded.

Gyppo
by Gyppo
Thu Mar 30, 2023 10:04 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: The madness approaches ;-)
Replies: 3
Views: 4992

The madness approaches ;-)

A time of voluntary madness,  starting with the Festival of Fools. The first of April, when minds expand, and time contracts down to snatched moments. Thirty days seems a long time, the first week limping along as mental circuits re-open, like a Tibetan monk's third eye. Then the middle weeks are go...
by Gyppo
Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:09 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Then and Now
Replies: 2
Views: 3133

Re: Then and Now

Dave.  

Comment appreciated.   This is of course much more concise, and perfectly valid in its own right.  But it misses the point that the possibilities remain, even when youth and the feeling of indestructability have been tempered by age. 

Gyppo
by Gyppo
Tue Mar 21, 2023 7:47 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Then and Now
Replies: 2
Views: 3133

Then and Now

Limbering up for NAPO ;-) ===== Then and Now Then... Eighteen and indestructible. All the time in the world, filled with limitless possibilities. Now... I know I'm not indestructible, but it's a hard belief to shake. I know time has its limits, but the possibilities are still here. Guess I'll never ...
by Gyppo
Tue Mar 21, 2023 7:42 am
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Emma
Replies: 5
Views: 5556

Emma

One of those daily snippets I see from my window. ===== Emma Every morning she sees her man off, even when it's cold, and dark, with rain hissing into their porch. He, dressed for his outdoor job, resting his tools on the parcel-drop box as he pulls on his boots.  She, barefoot in nightie or dressin...
by Gyppo
Sat Mar 18, 2023 2:24 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: embark
Replies: 1
Views: 808

Re: embark

This brings two clear images to mind.  It could be the reactions and bewildered thoughts of any immigrant - legal or otherwise - when they first set foot on a new land,  where everything is a mixture of familiar and totally alien. The other, and first image which came to mind, was of a young child, ...
by Gyppo
Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:06 pm
Forum: Post Your Poems
Topic: Spring is lurking...
Replies: 1
Views: 780

Spring is lurking...

Seems to me that every time I step out into the garden it's starting to rain.  But... My Fire-Maple is still stark, nearly bare but,,, Thousands of tiny buds, tight furled and brown,  sharp points of incipient life awaiting the call,  the brush of sunlight and the stirring of sap. When they open it ...