Smoke and mirrors..

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 Smoke and mirrors…

Smoke and mirrors we became. Once we locked our doors and we believed love was life. On a hot Summer day, we made promises we could not keep. Who is wrong and who is wrong? We do not know. Now we live in an smoke and mirror house. Where lies and truth, became the same.     

              Dancing Coyote

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On the thread of a word…

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On the thread of a word

A Poem by Coyote Poetry
". A poem."    

                          On the thread of a word…
       (Freedom is only the distance between the hunter and his prey.)
                             Bei Dao

Just like a hurricane from hell.
You twisted my world from a lonely existence to a life
where I needed your caress.

You took me to a dark bedroom.
Light many soft candles.
Slowly torn down walls of disappointment.

The voice of Leonard Cohen whispering sweet words of
“Dance me to the end of love.”
In the distance.

You were not my first lover.
You would not be my last.
But I held you close like you were my last breath.

The rain is pouring down softly.
We listen to the rain in a needed silence.

You rose from our warm bed.
Danced to the music and words of Cohen.
He sang “The…

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Fandango’s Provocative Question #114

Keep it alive

FPQWelcome once again to Fandango’s Provocative Question.

This week’s provocative question is about gun violence and mass shootings in America. There were two more mass shooting incidents this past week, one in Atlanta, Georgia that killed eight people, and one in Boulder, Colorado, where ten lives were lost. Mass gun shootings, often with semiautomatic, military-style rifles with large capacity magazines, have become almost commonplace in the United States. And it is a true American tragedy.

The provocative question this week is…

Do you think that there is any chance that the U.S. Congress will ever takedecisive,bipartisanactiontopass and enact nationwide common sense gun laws to try and stem the tide of mass shootings, or is the best that the American Congress will ever do is to send thoughts and prayers to the families of loved ones killed…

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Poetry – Haiku – Dawn in the Valley – A poem by Goff James

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Poetry – Haiku – Winter’s Snow Departs – A poem by Goff James

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Poetry – Senryū – Up Up and Away – A poem by Goff James

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A poem inspired by Eugi’s Weekly Prompt ‘Swirling’

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Poem Attribution, Goff James,Up Up and Away

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