Samara
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Colossal samara sculpture spinning
The gentle breeze provoking giant seed
Around the garden at a ghostly speed
The bronze patinaed green and weathered well
Enormous silent, it has me grinning
The towering art, not aunaturel
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At Rest
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Simply resting in the dropseed
Reclined among the beautiful
Mighty fine respite indeed
Gaze stays the same through the seasons.
All my senses I must employ
Remaining right here for reasons
Among the nature I enjoy
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I never tire of the view
In fact it energizes me
Through time there’s always something new.
Just leave me right here, I am fine
Under my blanket of grasses
Gathering up all the sunshine
Just art to the passing masses.
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Stone Seeds
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The acorns soundly lie
Beneath oak trees sky high
Too large to yield to whims of squirrels
Will never multiply
While others sprout nearby
From stone seeds only silence unfurls.
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Stoneleigh
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A large gray mansion built of Wissahickon schist
With 45 rooms embellished in wood grain
Is more impressive when the details aren’t missed.
Easy to be distracted by size insane
In the small details the real wonder exists
The charm of stone flowers is hard to explain
The home’s grandeur is the point some may insist
It’s these small stone blooms that keep it from mundane
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(A Sicilian Octave Poem)
Permanent Bloom
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In a garden full of real blooms
I’m drawn to the metal flowers
On the gates of the garden rooms
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Lasting eons instead of hours
Never bothered by garden pests
Patinaed by weather’s power
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Within may still find insect nests
Though not a perfect habitat
Upon it you’ll find a bird rests
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(An Enclosed Triplet Poem)
Connotation
(Inspired by Pensive or Thoughtful Mood a 1939 sculpture by Stella Elkins Tyler)
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Rubenesque a negative
Willowy a positive
Zaftig to avoid
Slender to attain
Chubby a dislike
Skinny a desire
Stout to loathe
Svelte to long
Why do these words dictate decisions and self-worth
When they say nothing about inner beauty and character?
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(A Decastitch Poem)
Aspirational
(Inspired by Spring Wind by Stella Elkins Tyler 1924)
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I wish I could be as free as she
Strong playful proud and free-willed
My self esteem I need to build
Modesty and shame anchor me.
How to become confidence filled?
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(A Quintilla Poem)
(Inspired by) Sunrise by Stella Elkins Tyler 1938
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Woman
A S C E N D S
Routine
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(A Brevette Poem)
(Inspired by) Sunset by Stella Elkins Tyler 1938
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Just out of bed she receives some bad news
Devastated she collapses wholly
Deflated she takes the shape of her chair
Sinking deeply until she disappears
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Slowly she inflates breathing in deeply
Emerging from the cracks of the cushions
Spine strengthening heart hardening, healing
Soul searching, not looking for answers.
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Answers will not change what is the present
Without questions and without answers she
Pulls herself up into her new today
Moving her breath through her new body
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It’s the best she can do, breathe in, breathe out
Emerging, strengthening, moving, healing.
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( A Lannet Poem)
A Picture and a Poem 