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We are gathered

June 25, 2012 by Watt Childress Leave a Comment

Beloved is the word
we share round
today’s wedding of
reader and poet.

We ring this word
hither and dear
with each waltz
into the microphone.

Filed Under: Poetry, Spirit, ULE, Uncategorized

Unshod

June 4, 2012 by Watt Childress 1 Comment

If only man did not tether us
we would fly widdershins,
kick up clods at the sun,
make clouds of turf swirl round our heels.

Instead we pace and crib to get high
in the sterile gold stalls of Olympus.
Here the social feed smells mean
and riders mimic predators.

Filed Under: Poetry, Spirit, ULE, Uncategorized

The Stag Horn and The Thorn: A simple stream-of-consciousness poem

May 9, 2012 by Sylvia Thunder Bird Leave a Comment

The stag horn and the thorn.
The blood and the flood.
The rose and the crow.
The taste and space.
The touch and clutch.
The ice and the dice.
The eye and the sky.
The ear and the deer.

Filed Under: Poetry, ULE, Uncategorized

Life: An Open Mind Poem

May 9, 2012 by Sylvia Thunder Bird 6 Comments

Astral – Feathers of Light
Branches and Seeds – Silver Moon Reach
Trunk – Living Stone, Faery Door and Ring
Roots – Proceeding in Mother’s Shadow
Fruit – Circle of Golden Elixir
Flower – Perfumed Dust of Life
Leaf – Green Veins and Shade

Filed Under: Poetry, ULE, Uncategorized

Untitled Moments

May 4, 2012 by Ms. Stumbleine 1 Comment

She sobs like the storm clouds,
Loudly. Never ending. Rocking, rocking,
in the wash of the open faced, omniscient moon; with each tear,
it magnifies her (un) placed (un) heavenly beauty, reminding the God of
Eternity. For only a moment.

Filed Under: Poetry, ULE, Uncategorized

Where the Sidewalk Ends

by Shel Silverstein

April 26, 2012 by Watt Childress Leave a Comment

Yes we’ll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we’ll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.

Filed Under: Poetry, ULE, Uncategorized Tagged With: Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends

Sometimes a Great Notion

October 22, 2011 by Watt Childress 4 Comments

Living statues everywhere
mime the mighty act.
Pilgrims, smiling for posterity,
uphold the old tree of stone.

We almost didn’t come here
on this shiny day in Pisa.
Too cool for clichés,
we’ve seen zombie kitsch before.

Filed Under: Art, Culture, Poetry, ULE

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Readers’ Comments

  • Watt Childress April 28, 2025 at 11:48 am on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltAlso, you inspired me to insert a sentence crediting Hoyt Axton with the song's genesis. Many thanks!
  • Watt Childress April 27, 2025 at 10:55 pm on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltThank you kindly Jim for reading this and commenting. I enjoyed your review of "Sun House" by David James Duncan,
  • Jim Stewart April 27, 2025 at 8:26 pm on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltNice! Hoyt Axton wrote the Jeremiah song and sang it with great gusto. Life wanders on and I'm still glad
  • Watt Childress April 26, 2025 at 3:51 pm on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltDuring spring I think of you, and all the May Pole celebrations you've organized over the years. So grateful for
  • Watt Childress April 26, 2025 at 3:18 pm on Uncle Zech’s Amphibious GestaltIn my dreams I sing to the multitudes, with a voice as clear and sweet and churchy as Lou Reed.
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