Tag: family
member name: Mike Ellwood
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December 14, 2009 03:21 PM EST --
The Lioness
We flock and try to catch another’s eye
But eyes are everywhere and never dwell
For long enough to break the edgy spell
That ties our herd. . . .
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April 17, 2008 03:32 AM EDT --
The Capstan's Arc
"Please tell me. Did my father save my life
That day I swung upon the capstan arm?"
"Of course. Though light, my . . .
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July 02, 2008 04:10 AM EDT --
The Old Man and the Tree
The day Jack Brand was born the topsoil moved
Aside, displaced by gentle force, nature's
Relentless strength when roots split free and . . .
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August 04, 2008 02:42 PM EDT --
Family Business
Gulls'eyes watch as the brothers prepare to ship their last order.
Heads, spines and guts for offal, they slit, slit and slit the flesh and . . .
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June 28, 2008 04:28 AM EDT --
Ever noticed how, as you get older, you begin to look like your parents?
Villanelle
I'm sleeping with my mother-in-law,
My wife is . . .
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January 10, 2009 03:50 PM EST --
Temptation
This idea of mine,
At least, this desire
That has grown somehow
And now requires me,
As if in a dream,
Obediently,
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February 17, 2009 04:38 AM EST --
Jacob's Sons
My sons! What can I say?
Should I be proud?
Ashamed?
A sister disrespected -
So they vowed to take revenge.
I'm sure you . . .
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October 10, 2008 09:36 AM EDT --
Woodstock
Does the city moan or does she cry?
Manhattan Island oozes light and sound,
Each Tower of Babel . . .
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January 27, 2009 04:55 AM EST --
After Sarah had given birth to Isaac the presence of Hagar and Ishmael displeased her greatly. She had no intention of allowing Ishmael to share in Isaac's inheritance and required Abraham to effect . . .
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February 12, 2009 05:34 AM EST --
Rebekah's Contemplation
May you find peace at last, released from me
Old troubled friend. Perhaps that sullenness
I knew so well, that bone-hard carapace
You hid . . .
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April 16, 2009 03:40 PM EDT --
The Witness
....of course their brother never would discuss
What he had known in those four days and nights.
His lips were sealed. He'd once call hypocrites: . . .
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July 21, 2009 08:43 AM EDT --
Rising Sap
Deep roots infuse the wood with rising sap,
Bone softens into bud with rising sap.
The rain, transformed within the living root,
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