elysabeth faslund Poems

Ash cascading, fading, onto highway
Floors
Unswept. Unwashed dishes dusted with
Roasted vows
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Hate me if you want...
But, know that the moon,
Lined with dolphin-icing white,
Is my shining knight,
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Bright water, sun water, sluicing round
Grey rock...
Grey mists, gay mists, bouncing back
As rain on
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What price to welcome Eternity home...
What price has our sun paid for it's rising,
Shining, on Forever...faraway lands...
Squealing, laughing, children playing in sands
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Night. The gentle hush on
Tiptoe, looking here...
Looking there...finding
Leaves on the ground
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Inspiration, without hesitation
Leads to ramblings of a curious sort.
Meter, rythme, and moods? Throw all of them out!
'I hurt' says nothing to readers about
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In each the courage for on-coming Fall...
Not lightly do deer leave hoofprints behind
In searching for, claiming, thick stands of trees
Promising shelter. Sunshine days turn leaves,
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I woke with words tangled
Under my nails,
As blood beneath
Dragon scales...during
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Long-furred Bison paw, snort.
Lunge towards hunters
Leaning forward to toss
Lethal spears. Food.
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Balloons on strings,
Sailing, bouncing June
Into July kites skimming
Tails like afternoon
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