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Entries Tagged as 'Rhymes and unrhymed lines'

Born by the river in a little tent

May 31st, 2008 · 15 Comments

I’ve been doing a lot of listening to Sam Cooke lately, thanks to Suheir Hammad’s reference to him in her poem, Daddy’s Song. It took me a few years, but I finally decided to check out who exactly he was, and, whaddaya know, he sang beautifully. I would have just shared this on tumblr, but […]

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Tags: Links to love · Rhymes and unrhymed lines

It’s not as easy as willing it all to be right

May 7th, 2007 · 58 Comments


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Tags: (3)BeautifulThings · Bibliothek · Blogistan and the Wide World of Webs · Rhymes and unrhymed lines · Rockstar and Crescent

City days: River, culture, speech, sense of first space and the right place

May 4th, 2007 · 48 Comments


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Tags: Conversations and Encounters · Rhymes and unrhymed lines · Rockstar and Crescent · Salaam Namaste · Travels and Travails

I hear in my mind all of these words

April 28th, 2007 · 20 Comments


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We pray, not for new earth or heaven, but to be quiet in heart, and in eye, clear

March 22nd, 2007 · 13 Comments


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No matter who you vote for, the government always gets in

December 4th, 2006 · No Comments


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All we are is all so far: Highfive to God, and a poem by Hafiz about how God always has the last laugh

November 26th, 2006 · 2 Comments


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Tags: Rhymes and unrhymed lines · Rockstar and Crescent

Can I get your hand to write on

September 12th, 2006 · No Comments


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Tags: Rhymes and unrhymed lines · Salaam Namaste

Poem A Day: from Poets.org

May 9th, 2006 · No Comments


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You wear the day around you like it’s yours to stay around you

May 3rd, 2006 · 2 Comments


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Tags: Casa420 and Familia · Rhymes and unrhymed lines

For March 1st: So about that 25 thing…

March 14th, 2006 · No Comments


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Tags: Resident Rockstar · Rhymes and unrhymed lines

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark

February 6th, 2006 · No Comments


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Tags: Links to love · Rhymes and unrhymed lines · Rockstar and Crescent

"We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting." -Kahlil Gibran

November 1st, 2005 · 1 Comment


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The foundations are canyoning

October 13th, 2005 · 1 Comment


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Tags: Loss and laments and letting go · Rhymes and unrhymed lines · Salaam Namaste

There’s hidden sweetness in the stomach’s emptiness

October 7th, 2005 · No Comments


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Tags: Rhymes and unrhymed lines · Rockstar and Crescent