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paulhawkwood
- May 29, 2022
- 2 min
Living in the Sky
Living in the Sky Its blue pool holds cool contrails and clouds of all kinds, plus moon and birds, pole vaulters and sky divers, and...
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paulhawkwood
- Feb 12, 2022
- 1 min
Light Leaks in Everywhere
Light leaks in everywhere – from eyelids, clouds, the edges of closed doors, and the moon in late afternoon. Blessings when you ask and...
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paulhawkwood
- Nov 8, 2021
- 2 min
Barrier Reef
Barrier Reef Your tiny island has a barrier reef but the tide is rising fast. Let your castle turn back to sand and melt into the ocean’s...
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paulhawkwood
- Oct 24, 2021
- 1 min
Even Strange Light Shines Forth
Even Strange Light Shines Forth Is there ever artificial light? sunlight and starlight, northern lights and flashlights, headlights and...
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paulhawkwood
- May 5, 2021
- 1 min
Jutta's Stairs
Jutta's Stairs Something ascends and descends these stairs. What is it? Sunlight? Song? Silence? It is a mystery. Bach the old magician...
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paulhawkwood
- Apr 13, 2021
- 2 min
Water World, Water Music
Water World The world is wrapped in water – wobbling and washing, sloshing and sliding, dripping and swishing - it sings as it swims. A...
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paulhawkwood
- Apr 4, 2021
- 2 min
Priest Lake and Living Silence
Priest Lake We step down from the truck onto the logging road west of Priest Lake. We step into silence too – the creaking of our engine...
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paulhawkwood
- Mar 22, 2021
- 1 min
The Inner Kitchen
The Cubist Kitchen: A Silent Poem The windows reflect a cubist kitchen, the inner and outer panes a bit askew, projecting and reflecting...
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paulhawkwood
- Mar 12, 2021
- 1 min
Smiling and Happiness - a poem and some research.
Smile Smiling sends synapses flying even if you're sad, it seems - so which is real? The face of sorrow or the chemistry of a grin?...
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paulhawkwood
- Mar 1, 2021
- 1 min
Swimming in Miracles
My heart, once cool and quiet is now alive with light. More and more, short poems come to me when I sit down to write. As I've thought...
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paulhawkwood
- Feb 23, 2021
- 1 min
Commute
On my right, a dust-devil twirls in a bare plowed field. Beyond lies the Coast Range, a violet trace across the horizon. Between us,...
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paulhawkwood
- Feb 2, 2021
- 1 min
Concrete
Concrete By Paul Hawkwood How warm is the rock on our roads? What rocky consciousness lies there? There’s no beating blood in the...
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paulhawkwood
- Jan 26, 2021
- 2 min
Jetstream, and a bird story
Jetstream Clouds swim in the second sea, floating in an ocean of air. Their waters rise and fall, and the wind is their tide. I am their...
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paulhawkwood
- Jan 15, 2021
- 1 min
A Me and a You
A Me and a You They say there is a me and a you which equals a one and a one and a two. But how small is that two compared to me and you...
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paulhawkwood
- Jan 10, 2021
- 1 min
A Frame Around the Infinite
Window The clock says it’s time to raise the shades, look out the window, see the sun gliding through the grass. You can see more when...
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paulhawkwood
- Dec 29, 2020
- 1 min
Courthouse Butte - a Poem in Red Rock
Courthouse Butte I’m standing at the dirt end of Lee Mountain Road, not far from Oak Creek, watching the late rays of sun brush across...
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paulhawkwood
- Dec 28, 2020
- 1 min
I’m Losing My Coats
I’m Losing My Coats Actually the first one was a scarf a thick soft burgundy one forgotten on the coat hook of a bathroom stall in an...
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paulhawkwood
- Nov 14, 2020
- 1 min
Beyond - a poem
This poem began with my memories of walking on the beach in Oregon, where you walk through sand dunes for a while before arriving at the...
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