fringe selvedges

the loose end of poetry

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L’Olympique

Crashing through my thoughts My heart remains afraid It sees what rot has wrought As it scolds – A soul betrayed. Val d’Isere, FR – March 2019

Cascade

Whose rocks are these I think I know. My chalet in the ville below; We will not stop the traverse here To watch our turns retread with snow. Our guide must watch, and think and steer No stop without a decent line near Between the piste and frozen ice The brighest day within in our […]

Cracked

Moving closer Ever so slowly To a vision of failure And of triumph – Intertwined secretly Adept at deception Of cloak and confusion An invisible – Perfect, Wisdom perception. San Francisco, CA – February, 2019

Pathways

Shining rays of brightness Envelope, our arcs, of time Paving new ways of rightness Alighting, Our future, Sublime. Capital Hill, Washington, DC – February, 2019

Chunshen Fudi

Similar somethings Seep Into psyche Seeking A kinship Set – To a strike. Shanghai, China – January, 2019

Liberty Station

Weaving, through history For the instants That shatter And scatter Our visions For the moments That matter. Bedford, VA – January 2019

The road to Face Dos

I indicate, through silence I vindicate, through rage By fighting, through my anger I simplify, my cage. Guatape, Columbia – November , 2018

Jump

Bracing – For fear, now defined Overcomes, The terror Of mind. 15,600 ft, Sussex, NJ – September, 2018

Eliminate

I imagine A future Of the past Rearranged Where the present Is imagined As a future Unrestrained. Maniwaki, QC – August, 2018 Photo Credit: Sebastian W.

Hooked

Rewrite, your mental history Rewire, those thoughts with pain Rethink, the hate that binds you The the hurt – That bleeds your shame. Grand Rapids, MI – July, 2018