Tag Archives: Life

said the mountain

Posted on March 7, 2021 by saffronsound

we didn’t thrust ourselvesup from the oceanic crustthat many millions years agoso bored hikers would have aplace to toss theirnon-biodegradableplastic water bottleseven if they areaptly named with wordslike cascade and purelife

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Baseball

Posted on July 5, 2017 by saffronsound

She died last Tuesday, while Watching a Blue Jays game In that big, comfy armchair That made her feel like a queen No one noticed  Because the bases were loaded

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Blackbird

Posted on November 21, 2016 by saffronsound

One day the ceiling of heaven Exploded Empyrean everywhere Feathers spackled the air And dead poets Somersaulted down Birds and words Fell over themselves Tumbled and jumbled Twinned and conflated Until even a discerning eye Couldn’t dissect one From the … Continue reading →

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The Little Things

Posted on October 5, 2016 by saffronsound

          it isn’t dying i mind it’s just that i imagine when i do i’ll never again need to search for the words to describe just how that surface of cracked prairie mud baked hard in … Continue reading →

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Travel Light

Posted on May 5, 2015 by saffronsound

Just for once I’d like to be the calm, cool traveler who gets a complimentary upgrade to first class, instead of the disheveled maniac whose luggage rips apart in the terminal and everyone hopes they’re not seated beside. When my … Continue reading →

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Renting

Posted on March 1, 2015 by saffronsound

Upstairs neighbour throws another verb fit; Stomping, chomping up the silence, pounding her grandma’s chair through my ceiling. We turn up the heat to roast her out but there she goes snap, crackle popping against the rice paper walls. She’s … Continue reading →

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Swallowed by the Stars

Posted on February 26, 2015 by saffronsound

when we’re swallowed by the countless stars will our names twinkle in a velvety sky for a lifetime of nighttimes will we suspend there penumbra neither shadow nor light the ring of a sunspot but not quite the sun not … Continue reading →

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Reaching for Remarkable: The Woods Are Alive!

Posted on January 21, 2013 by saffronsound

This big, beautiful world is busting its seams with surprises…dizzying beauty, curious oddities, power-packed punches, the delicate and the delightful. This is my quest…my search for the unstoppable, insanely charming details of a magnificent planet and a people who never … Continue reading →

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Soar 47 Times

Posted on January 18, 2013 by saffronsound

these words these birds sing my story before it’s even lived cavorting canaries flocking headlong into my future impatient, decisive they flirt and zing across the calendar goodbye January blues so long February love songs rat a tat, rat a … Continue reading →

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No Foundation

Posted on December 22, 2012 by saffronsound

I did not build this life to last It doesn’t float It has no oars It can’t swim to save itself It rests on sodden stumps Soaked to their core Its waterlogged walls Barely cling together Shiplap collapse It wears … Continue reading →

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