my dreams move slowly (2010!11!23)
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My Dreams Move SlowlyMy Dreams Move SlowlyMy Dreams Move SlowlyMy Dreams Move Slowlymicropoetry by Roary Williams
if you think my poems are wordswatch them crawling
on your screen
@CoyoteSings
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in the tallest tree
singing the most soulful songwith the smallest voice
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wherever birds gowhen the sun burns into
embers of stars
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I take my meaning
not from electronic thingsbut small birds singing
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as small as a whyas sad as a nevermindas gone as a mouse
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blurred outlineagainst the sky
hummingbirdraces twilight
home
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the bad dogs of wordsnever coming when you call
knowing the way home
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in the plazapigeons
reading a newspaper
dogdirecting traffic
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at the pianohe sat there, not playing
listening to birds
~with my pocket knife
I cut a haiku openand shake the words out
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frogssleeping under sheets
of rain
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hearing what green thinksif I am quiet enough
watching the weeds grow
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hummingbird pausesand for a split second
we are eye to eye
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chalk marks on the walksparrows take turns at hopscotch
after the bus leaves
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moving branch to branchthe portable souls of trees
singing to the sun
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imaginationjust an answer with flowers
for a shy question
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in my backyardquietly watching Godpaint wildflowers
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ravished by the windroses tap on my window
begging to come in
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this memoryfloating away
yellow and beautiful
as I hold the empty stemagainst my lips
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once again, Im sixwatching green stars
floating at my fingertips
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flash of redbetween branches
a robinplays tag
with sunrise
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all the sparrowsstop chattering
for just a moment
as the first dropsof rain falls
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as I walk I pretendthat each new sparrow
is the same one
and we talk about nothingtree to tree
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tonightI walked with the clouds
even thoughthey didnt say much..
at first
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no mooncloudsdo taiji
waitingfor starise
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as the door slamsthe crickets stop
for just a moment
to make sure its methen continue
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insidecables out
high-definition snow
outsideI watch the green channel
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alwaysstaring..clouds
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flowerssaying the same thing
over and over
poetswrite everything down
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third dayon the windowsillwithout moving
moth has found the lightanother way
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my love of rosesis not in the bloom
but in the green pointsthat protect her
until she does
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little boyfinds out
the hard way
that he cannot unfolda rosebud
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before I cut the grassI notice
her standing there
all the dandelionsbunched in her hand
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God, tired of silencewhispers a song
into the crickets ears
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so foolish...
I amalways
looking throughglass
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without sayinganything
the windslams the door
and leaves
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I promisethe night
I will not be lonely
it promises menothing...
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finding a worlddeep in the woods
frog pond
everything aliveespecially me
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warm stoneI carry the sun
in my hand
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first rainlittle girl
tears in her eyes
bends downto pick up pieces of clouds
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daydreamingyour eyesinto stars
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open windowbreeze turns the curtains
into silent windchimes
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I writein words
but the sunwrites poetry
in light
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from way up hereI watch
the big dipper
pour starson the city
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starsskinny-dippingin the lake
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orangeand gold
all the colorssummer
didnt want
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I leavethe weeds
knowingwhat little time
we both have left
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no discernmentbetween tree and sky
I watch the sparrowsand have all the wings
I need
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I throwmy troubles
into a pile of leaves
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I open and closemy eyes
watchingthe same
different clouds
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afternoon so quietI can hear
the loneliness
fallingfrom trees
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crows glidingon the edgeof the mesa
I watch the nightcoming
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deserted roadjust me and the stars
I stand in the middleand for a minute
its all mine
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I watch the raindrip from the roof
and for a few minutesI forgetit will stop
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a simple manblack and white..
but he lovedin overcast grey
with all the rain in the sky
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I standperfectly still
and listen to the starstwinkling
in my eyes
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I kick a stoneI walked past
a thousand times
tomorrowI will put it in my pocket
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so thinthis thing
that holds us to the tree
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early morningthe whispered conversations
of fallen leaves
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broken glassthis sun
that shines through you
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outsidethe sound of Mozart
coming from each tree
I take offmy headphones
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on the branchhe sings me a story
and leaves me a feather
so I will rememberhow it ends
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two leavesjealous wind...
one leaf
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all crickets sleepingI hum
the rest of the song
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crescent moonhalf my heart
in the sky
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never fartherthan three songs
away
promisedall the sparrows
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a year of sunsetscovering the ground
beneath the maple tree
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I could notfind the words
so silencefound them
for me
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the dark morningkeeps me company
as I walk
scent of firewoodkeeps me warm
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woke upthis morning
my thoughts had feathersand sat
on power lines
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the trailto the woods
where I used to play
permanently cutthrough my mind
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I trade sparrowsbirdseed
for company
and leftoversongs
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if I werethe last leafon the tree
I would beg youto be the wind
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the sunferal orange cat
sleeping on my roof
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robinsits on the sunset
to keep warm
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the windmaking
cloud animals
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where to sleepwithout you
I stare at cloudssoft
and deep
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just enoughstarlight
to seewhat you
are thinking
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todayI designate
the entire outdoorsas a temple
for sparrows
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todayI will walk right into heaven
and it will onlytake mefive lines
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watching daylightshut down
one by onestars
on auxiliary power
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all the starsnumbered
while jackrabbitssleep under them
with no names
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windchimesthe soundof waiting
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dirt in my shoesthe earth
walks with me
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the winda thousand cats
on my roof
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I am so much closerthan those starsyou wished on
and youare so much further
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I keep throwingthe night outside
the catkeeps dragging it
back in
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outsideI hear Decemberclearing his throat
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first frostall the stars
the night left on my lawn
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this moonmeeting mehalfway
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old barnheld together
by beams of light
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I blow out the candleso the nightcan find me
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snowflakes, stars...I have learned to wish
while falling
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row upon rowof young pine treesalmost tall enough
still underreal stars
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insidestars hanging on trees
outsidetrees hanging on stars
everywhere, silent night
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the sky wants me
but the earthhas me
by the feetand wont let go
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I walkdeep into the woods
where it is cold enoughand dark enough
to hear snow falling
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blue sunriseat 5am
two crows leaving contrails
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I watchlater that afternoon become
earlier that night
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crowturns on
the streetlight
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inaudible starsbehind snow clouds
a blue sunrisemurmuring
winter comes quietly
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the morningis outside
playing with the birds
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I go outsidesearching for poemsalways hiding in trees
or behind cloudsor snickering under leaves
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sometimessparrows fly out of my poems
and I have to chase them downand put them
into another poem
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crawling through the skylike overcast banks of rainmy dreams move slowly...
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Micropoetry in the forms of haiku, senryu, and gogyohkaby Roary Williams / @CoyoteSings on Twitter
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