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Dry

Dry

Inspiration:
Spinning the dryer a full 3 times over looking for a sock, then spinning it a full 3 times in the other direction.
 
Medium:
Pigmented ink pen and colored pencils.
 
 
Dry
You will not win
with all your twisting, spinning,
fanning, finning,
my race against the clock,
 
the more I search,
the more you hide,
 
I will find my other sock!

Memory

Memory

Inspiration:
I don’t remember.
 
Medium:
Pigmented ink pen and colored pencils.
 
 
Memory
Memory, so fleeting,
Like spring dew on a summer’s day,
Like a red rose on a … on a …
Dangit, I forgot what I was gonna say. 

Battle

Battle

Inspiration:
Driving to a meeting I was late to, feeling very overwhelmed and beaten up by life, and frustrated that I seemed to be battling the same weaknesses and shortcomings over and over, for decades! It was intended as a fairly serious vent, but I decided to lighten it up in the end. Like most things in life, you can laugh about them later.
 
Medium:
Pigmented ink pen and colored pencils.
 
 
Battle
Why across the boundless sky
through darkest day and endless night
must I rise time, yet time again,
my inner self to try to win? 
 
Yet here I stand once again,
picked up off beaten ground,
now scar faced with half a grin
and half determined scowl.
 
Who will win the battle long, 
Me, my heart or eye?
Who will sing the victor’s song?
(It’ll probably be a tie!)

Dictation

Dictation

Inspiration:
Dictating poems (probably while on a walk or run) and watching what it came up with.
 
Note:
Did you find the baby hidden owl in this one?
What’s scarier to you, the low battery, or low bars?
 
Medium:
Pigmented ink pen and watercolor pencils (used dry).
 
 
Dictation
Ah comma
The beauties of dictation period
Making poetry so easy comma
Because punctuation rhymes hyphen
Dangit exclamation mark

Float

Float

Inspiration:
Having to swerve while running when 3 butterflies flew right in front of me. Not sure if they were fighting or… or playing tag. An no, I didn’t really fall down (not that time). I did once fall down running with one of my boys, right after telling him to not lift his feet up so high, but to have them a little closer to the ground like I did to save energy. Life’s good at irony!
 
Reference:
Muhammad Ali’s famous line “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee”
 
Medium:
Pigmented ink pen and watercolor pencils (used dry).
 
 
Float
Three came at me at once, 
Blocked the path where I did ran. 
 
I didn’t want no trouble,
So I runned away as fast as I can.
 
I knew I could’a taked them,
Could’a put them in their place!
 
While they “floated”, I would “sting”
them in their uglies face!
 
But I choosed the higher ground,
The path less traveled by,
 
Then looking back, I falled down hard,
…stupid butterflies!

De-ten-shun

De-ten-shun

Inspiration:
Pondering my natural gift at spellign.
 
Medium:
Pigmented ink pen and watercolor pencils (used dry).
 
 
De-ten-shun
Teecher taut me hou too spel,
butt not relly al that grate.
 
I gess I shuda lisened wel,
‘steada ruminatin’ on my existential fate!