Category: Illusion
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Half-truths
if beauty were the goal of the artisan, they’d display and praise the rhinestone next to the diamond, but they don’t 5-23-26
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rainy day coffee
Wet tires hiss in street Light rain drums window Coffee shop voyeur – notebook in hand Couples talk in low voices Groups laugh, cajole, share stories While devotees pray at laptop altars They read posts about exhibits in museums Curated, static moments Locked in fabric, stone and paint Posed and moved from room to room…
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Synopsis: Epstein Emails
Men afraid of full-bodied empowered women purchase little girl hips pretending they are powerful if only for a moment 11-13-25
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The spy that guards my yard
out in the yard between two trees a single strand of a spider silk like a crack on a phone screen invisible if the sunlight doesn’t fall just right its spider moves quietly between trees ensnares uninvited pests that venture in my yard 8-29-25
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Walking shadow
bird lifts from perch detaches from its shadow and soars no matter how far I walk or fast I run my shadow clings to my feet and holds me here 1-12-25
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color of the moon
the moon is not made of green cheese maybe brie, gouda, provolone or mild cheddar but green is not the color of the moon. 9-26-24
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a door with no window
Poem written from the prompt, ‘Magic Door’ behind a windowless door secret worlds await twist of the knob a gentle push careful it may lock behind you dreams take flight fairies dance dragons soar phoenixes rise where time stands still magic is not always good give me a door with a window 9-9-24
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Fabric of existence
Poem written to the prompt: Illusion dance of shadows illusion’s veil cloak of mystery grand spectacle ephemeral eternal we are beguiled kaleidoscope of perception mirages in mind’s deserts essence of our being light and shadow crashing cast aside veils dance naked on the stage 4-9-24
My husband's poetry 