Posts for nancy

poetess

XX//XY

some say during the day differentiate the HEART from the HEAD. but why hate on making things whole? anatomy says both are one and together make our bodies full. without a beat there’s no rhythm in a body made of fluid (to flow). without a brain, we don’t feel. no pain, no fame, no gain. […]

observatory baggage

soliders stare across sidewalks & sit on streetbenches, waiting near traffic. sometimes a bus, sometimes a friend, sometimes a grin. a few anticipate nothing, & receive the wind’s touch. leaves across the nation fall, and a slight breeze invisibly changes illustrations of it all. some people act as ants, following leaders to rhythms outsourced beyond […]

this one’s for the water (cuz we’re all made mostly of it)

Dear people with cell phones, I’m kinda over your dial tones. I was sitting, sipping, drinking water thinking – it’s a shame, our sinks are leaking. Fish swim blue waters every day It makes no sense that they should pay When all they do is swim and play In tanks, streams, river banks, lakes. I’m […]

Eventual Earth Empowerment

Women Die Like Trees by Marilou Awiakta Women die like trees, limb by limb as strain of bearing shade and fruit drains sap from branch and stem as weight of ice with wrench of wind split the heart, loosen grip of roots until the tree falls with a sign— unheard except by those nearby— to […]

power & corruption confusion

on wiener/edwards/clinton/pastors/cheaters/liars: “Constituted power is the product of a grey, incessant alchemy in which good and evil and, along with them, all the metals of traditional ethics reach their point of fusion. It thus becomes a question of irresponsibility and the inability to judge…though one that is situated not beyond good and evil, but rather […]

Turn, or Tune? (time)

“geography is the earth slowly moving against itself.” – Ander Monson Tarot readings for blossoming cities occur in eastern sectors, and spread growth. how hummingbirds draw nectar in winter’s decay, growth unfolds clasping hands holding or hindering hibernation. this is nature’s Darwin phase, where willows weep and winter retreats. so morning’s sparrow sings, rebirthing things […]

good guRlz

they say that the good girls are the ones that keep diaries, and the bad girls never have time to write them. writers share their stories. and empower others to open up their experiences as well. each story is a part of the historical data set and an omission of perspective can cause many discrepancies. […]

war & colors

Lovely Vivid Hues: A city is made mostly of the shade grey. Is it relevant that sky and sea are most regularly blue? Can grey penetrate blue? Most cities need air/water. Advance/Retreat: So then there’s abraham lincoln and this concept that a house split in 2 is not one. and research shows that half the […]

The Library of Congress Said

poets matter so much they are laureates. laureate is defined: Worthy of the greatest honor or distinction// or: Crowned or decked with laurel as a mark of honor// or: (the Archaic definition) Made of laurel sprigs, as a wreath or crown. a recent laureate, Charles Simic, stated the following about a poet’s job description. These […]

fruity lessons

“Well, Art is Art, isn’t it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now you tell me what you know.” –Groucho Marx