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Poetry Month – April 11

Architecture of FireXWhen her house burns down
What will she replace?
When she enters the charred-to-ground floor plan
Will the dining room table and six chairs be collapsed into piles of cinders?
Or will they be whooshed away … Read the rest!

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Poetry Month – April 10

The Architecture of FireIXAnd sometimes
It’s all so fucking random
The cat leaps, pounces, swipes and
One tiny talon snags the skin of her eyelid
Blood gushes
Eye swells bruises
Immediately
She gathers blood spotted white sheets in… Read the rest!

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Poetry Month – April 9

Architecture of FireVIIIIt’s all about control, isn’t it?
First a spark
A tantalizing wink
A longer than usual look
A suggested meeting
And then
And then
You lean in
You want more
You let it burn it a… Read the rest!

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Poetry Month – April 8

Architecture of FireVIIShe wakes me in the middle of the night. I am dead
asleep. Someone is bombing us.
Our house is on fire. What?
I can’t make sense of it.
I am dead asleep. She says
I’m … Read the rest!

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Poetry Month – April 7

Architecture of FireVIOne voice begins
Loud enough and
Clear enough
For Others to hear
One voice
Reminding us we are all the same
Envisioning the same good future for every one of us
Telling us we are better… Read the rest!

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Poetry Month – April 6

Architecture Of FireVSpark Of
Glimmer Of
Glow Of
Flicker Of
Flash Of
Glint of
Beam of
Ray of
Gleam of
Shaft of
Shimmer of
Twinkle of
Blaze ofInspiration
Brilliance
Light
Desire
Hope
Warmth
Community
Insight
Desire
Memory… Read the rest!

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Poetry Month – April 5

Architecture of FireIVLight a
Playing with
Set the world on
Baptism of
Come under
Add fuel to the
Fight fire with
Pour gasoline on
Out of the frying pan and into the
Catch
Dumpster
Hold someone’s feet to… Read the rest!

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Poetry Month – April 4

The Architecture Of FireIIIShe pokes the underside of the split oak log,
Redlined with glowing coals
tiny yellow flames spark along the edge of the log and
thin tendrils of smoke curl into the night.
Some new combustion… Read the rest!

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Poetry Month – April 3

The Architecture Of FireIIThat’s when you remember the moment
The moment when the one-year-old,
Perched in a high chair
Looks at you and closes their mouth
Refusing
Another bite
Another drink
Another anything.
You cajole.
You plead.
You… Read the rest!

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Poetry Month – April 2*

The Architecture of FireIShe strikes the green sulphur tip anda small yellow canine-shaped flame appears.She grazes it along the edgeof the weekly grocery specials, feeding itCourtland apples,Navel orangeseven the organic broccoli.The… Read the rest!

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