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Nostalgia Driving south on College Boulevard, Mystic Hill, which is an ancient volcano, stands alone on the left, the street curves right to run along the creek released from Calavera Reservoir-- I know this place from before, an earlier life I think-- seeing it again makes me inexplicably happy as ...

Thanks Tracy,

I rewrote a few problem areas. I tried to avoid the "that/who" situation with a third choice but am not certain it works. "hovered over by" still unresolved--but I'll mull it over.

Always appreciate your input.

What an uplifting poem. I feel as though I just went for a walk through Muir Woods. We, the children of your "spirit mother" need reassurance these days---after all we still have lives to live. Hope in that last single leaf recalls this reader to the amazing tenacity of life. Besides the hopeful mes...

Thank you Ishmael, Binx and Dave, I'll try to address your comments in one explanation. The Title begins the sentence: it tilts and rocks was intended to give the impression of instability, the optical illusion of the island moving like a boat moored on the water was supposed to introduce the idea o...

Oh Binx,

what a beautiful poem--all I can say is: I love it.

Isle of Pines tips and sways  on lily pad tiled water: green circles float succulent centers visited by nectar seekers flyiing out from shore dizzy with sugar and sun sparkles. Emerald spires distant, dark and cool against burning blue, hovered over by hot-air-balloons blooming pastel in rising air....

There's no end Like a dream of autumn Where the birds Join the trees A feather at a time I read these lines as a take on the cyclical nature of trees and birds joined in the end of their time--the decay of their life cycle. "like a dream of autumn" new will replace old. Poignant against the juxtapo...

Fabulous writing HL and especially poignant to me just now as my mother who will be 102 this coming Monday fell yesterday and broke her thin bones. She is in Hospice.  I hesitate to critique anything here as it is so heartfelt and personal but I found the ending a bit of a disappointment in relation...

Thanks George, I have never read the book and barely remember the movie but I always was intrigued by the pushmi-pullyu and no, I don't mean "how does it poop?" I looked it up while writing this haiku and see the animal was supposed to represent some kind of confusion. I was disappointed. I always t...