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raise the ceiling
more room for incompetence
it’s only play money
borrowed with unborn hands
gilding funhouse promises
From my books Bohemian Scents and Riverthink
Tanka
“Braune Erde Kendo” by Sylke Gande
impatient weapon
growing faster than jungles
grass stronger than steel
standing straight as high noon
imbued with kendo honor
From my books Bullets from Bones and Riverthink
“Landscape with Gnarled Tree” by William Lester Stevens
wood shot through with knots
gnarled by labors of conscience
limbs weakened by guilt
too many storms took their toll
too little time to earn grace
“Eye of the Needle” by Vladimir Kush
forget about camels
contrite men may pass through
the needle to grace
earthly goods left behind
no more wounds need be sewn
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Outliving Means
rising costs
squeeze into fixed incomes
dams burst under stress
Eire
undulating hills
paint uneasy centuries
forty shades of green
Craps
the desperate play
rolling bones in back alleys
begging for a fade
old bricks can trip up the odds
old dreams come up snake eyes
From my books Ephemera, Pieces of Wine, Range of Motion and Riverthink
“The Unfortunate Land of Tirol” by Franz Marc
majestic roofline
where Europe climbs to her dreams
cleansing alpine breaths
give respite from history
rancid with savage conflicts
this pristine cloudland
dissolves national borders
competing interests
discover common purpose
elevate humanity
From my books Pieces of Wine and Riverthink
“Catalyst” by Tara Baden
earthquakes tremble
beneath mighty mountains
the landscape evolves
rearranges lives of men
compelled to abide change
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“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill
From my books Ephemera and Riverthink
“Resolving Power” by Matthew Stone
weightless in freefall
sweet inner space rhapsody
blissful is the dream
unoppressed by the agony
reigning wakeful hours
float in the freedom
burdens banished to the breeze
remember the feel
exquisite delight drawn from
years of easy bravado
From my books Ephemera and Riverthink
“Enlightenment” by Vladislav Tchevtchenko
history is rich
with contention for laurels
the race to the swift
the spoils to the victor
success to the persistent
From my books Ephemera and Riverthink
“Steps and Doors” by Beverly Menke
too many doors
unaccustomed to thresholds
he hesitates
too young to learn from the past
too smart to trust the future
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