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Spring Tanka

by Ushiku Crisafulli

A winter bite that

mocks the spring, pincers its cocoon.

A life supported?

Cease one's internal decay,

Even ice melts. Love's fluidity.

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Thursday 11th April 2013 6:14 pm

Winter   Ice   Spring   Thaw   Cocoon   Melt   Life   Mental Health   Depression   Anxiety   Self-doubt   Love   Honesty   Self-belief   Self-esteem   Nurturing   Nurture   Support   Supporting   Care   Caring   Loving   Considerate   Compassion   Compassionate   Grow   Growing   Pain   Suffering   Learn   Learning   Discover   Discovery   Discovering   NaPoWriMo

Home

by Ushiku Crisafulli

They say home is where the heart is

and my heart is where the art lives.

 

So where is my home?

 

Art lives within us all

and begins an internal/external exchange...

a process

like humanity to trees.

We stop, relax, breathe

as one.

 

So where is my home?

 

First Contact was my spiritual home

gave meat and marrow to

broken sp...

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Tuesday 8th November 2011 11:33 pm

America   love   longing   art   community   creativity   poetry   OpenMind   support   friends

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