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Monthly Archives: January 2020

Big Oak Front Yard Austin

Nature / January 20, 2020 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way… As a man is, so he sees,” 	                                                                                          - William Blake

Alejandro 
and Dorsey and me
almost kissing under the tree

Sophia close to 300 lies about her age

Alejandro, with the city, has tenderly spent
six hours freeing her tresses from power line distresses

Songs of Innocence Songs of Experience William singing now
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Bowing to Basho

Haiku, Nature, Poems about Poetry / January 19, 2020 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Nature by nature
sits by the old pond waiting
will the frog leap soon

Photo by wang yan on Unsplash

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Nourishment

Haiku / January 18, 2020 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Guru has one bowl
gentle to the curve of hand
rice in all seasons

This bowl is the handiwork of Stan Irvin, master potter, Rockport Texas www.stanirvin.com

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The Big Bang Balloon

Nature / tagged Deep thoughts / January 16, 2020 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Blow up a balloon within a room
there is inside 
and outside the balloon
growing bigger as you blow

When the big bang went
from denseness dot 
to plus and plus and plus and us

What was inside the outside then
Photo by Siora Photography on Unsplash
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At the Office

Poems about Poetry / January 15, 2020 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Sometimes a pen
rolls off the desk

A world depends
on if 
and when
you pick it up again

Photo by João Silas on Unsplash

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Cowboy Chivalry

Cowboy Poetry, Ranch Life, Relationships / tagged Smoking / January 14, 2020 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
The gallantry
to thumbnail strike the match
and cup the hands to shade the wind
to light the damsel’s cigarette

The courage
to kiss that breath
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Painting the World in Two Coats

Personal Growth, Relationships / January 13, 2020 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Right hand brush
in the left hand pail
what an SOB was he

Widows and orphans
browns greys and blacks
wherever he went their tracks

Left hand brush
in the right hand pail
angel of mercy for all to see

Brightness and light
sparkles and sprinkles
never again such a hero we’ ll see
petals in his steps and towers

Image by Pexels from Pixabay

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The Light The Light

Uncategorized / January 12, 2020 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Below the rainbow that we see

The infra-red we judge
and add a tail and horns

Above the rainbow that we see

Ultra-violet beings dwell
let’s add some wings to these

Image by David Mark from Pixabay

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Cannibal Logic

Uncategorized / January 11, 2020 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
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Sawbones

Uncategorized / tagged Healing, Surgery / January 10, 2020 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
The carpenter
and blacksmith of bone
saws and hammers at my hip

Opting for spinal numbing
I am witness to and victim too 

and might have been mistaken
hearing whistling while he worked
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