Monthly Archives: August 2011

Reduction

Posted on August 25, 2011 by saffronsound

others swallow the world but I content myself with small things dew on a leaf shaft of light a wall of glass uninterrupted curve of a stream bend of an arm blue of your eye the world swallows me

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If I Were Blind

Posted on August 24, 2011 by saffronsound

If I were blind I would read your mind like a book of Braille or a seismograph measuring earthquakes. Line after line your thoughts would shoot up like the birth of a volcanic mountain range. Your words would flow out … Continue reading →

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Little Song

Posted on August 22, 2011 by saffronsound

lyrics for a little song…it’s on the player on the Songs page if you want to hear the demo… It’s a little song, won’t fight for elbow room Just a little song It knows you’ve got to be going soon … Continue reading →

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Gratitude

Posted on August 22, 2011 by saffronsound

I was picking blueberries in the sunshine today, and was swept away by a sudden burst of happiness. It was the sun on the ripening fruit, and the fact I was relaxing at home. But it was so much more … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 18, 2011 by saffronsound

She romanced you with vowels and consonants and carefully placed punctuation, and sometimes a complete lack of it, which doesn’t mean she didn’t love you that day, just that she was giving you room to decide. She dredged up impossible … Continue reading →

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Ruby Red

Posted on August 16, 2011 by saffronsound

There is nothing like a grapefruit to cure a broken heart. It’s ruby red juice deluges the tongue, gushes and swishes away all the useless remnants of lust that still make your mouth go dry with desire after all is … Continue reading →

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Nothing is any good without you

Posted on August 15, 2011 by saffronsound

Nothing is any good without you. When I sleep, my feet and my hands search the sheets for yours like restless nomads wandering a desert dry as cotton. When I read, my eyes stumble over the words and fall off … Continue reading →

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Translation of Text

Posted on August 13, 2011 by saffronsound

not a new poem…just finally gathering all my bits and pieces all in one place. although there are several themes, it’s all one piece and they all start and finish at the same place. You’re a writer, he says, but … Continue reading →

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Mean Days

Posted on August 12, 2011 by saffronsound

Some days are too brutal, even for poems. Words and rhymes are smashed apart before they even get out of bed, and by 9am those days have bludgeoned the foolish heart who dared to utter such dreams. They crush all … Continue reading →

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Reason 286 for Love

Posted on August 6, 2011 by saffronsound

a perfect number of hairs curl and the skin lies smooth and tanned in that gap just below your collar. there, in the small vee i see the promise of everything and suddenly i’m drunk on you.

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