tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6203039471443032342024-03-14T00:52:16.614-07:00dogandponypoetHere I am posting poetry into cyber-space. Might as well post it to the wind.morganabaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17495260198091127960noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620303947144303234.post-35146224072242927322019-10-08T10:34:00.000-07:002019-10-08T10:34:16.029-07:00Dear Friends,<br />
I have totally neglected this blog for almost four years.<br />
During that time, I published “Purple Ink” with Finishing Line Press. It was previously titled “Claremont.” You can purchase it from the publisher or from me.morganabaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17495260198091127960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620303947144303234.post-34285591686998129492016-02-01T10:57:00.001-08:002016-02-01T10:57:19.865-08:00Manic Dawn - my new book launches today<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fk0mGFgdp5w/Vq-qhAlPgPI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/hVbXHR3-Ik8/s1600/BookCoverPreview.%2Bmanic%2Bdawn.jpeg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="161" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fk0mGFgdp5w/Vq-qhAlPgPI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/hVbXHR3-Ik8/s320/BookCoverPreview.%2Bmanic%2Bdawn.jpeg" width="320" /></a>morganabaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17495260198091127960noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620303947144303234.post-7916086969145960742015-05-08T15:00:00.000-07:002015-05-08T15:00:03.905-07:003 tanka published in Undertow Tanka Review #5<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">stars spill </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">over the mountain</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I spin in the dark</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">searching for Orion</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">in a strange place</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">starlings twirl </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">above the shopping mall</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">every year</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">this ancient flyway</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">mesmerizes me</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">full moon pops </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">above the roofscape</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I chase it </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">down dark alleys</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">camera in hand</span></span></div>
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morganabaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17495260198091127960noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620303947144303234.post-12810714058294435772015-04-22T07:58:00.005-07:002015-04-22T07:58:34.528-07:004 more poems from Cleremont: A Childhood In Tanka <br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">merlin </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">stars shimmering on</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">his purple robe</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I love the runic picture</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">in that antique book</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Published in <i>Undertow Tanka Review</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">kids don’t care </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">five steps ahead of me</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">on bikes</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">roller skates double dutch</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I crash and skin my knees</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Published in<i> Bright Stars #5</i></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Victor Polumbo </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">hides matches in his shoes</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">braggs about burning</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1f2328; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">a whole vacant lot</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1f2328; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">he haunts my dreams</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Published in <i>Bright Stars #5</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I run wild </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">in the cemetery</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">playing</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1f2328; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">with my ghost friends</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">mother calls me “morbid”</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Published in <i>Bright Stars #7</i></span></span></div>
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morganabaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17495260198091127960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620303947144303234.post-44265803652009001462015-04-17T07:30:00.002-07:002015-04-17T07:30:52.518-07:00Some HaikuSome haiku for International Haiku Poetry Day<br />
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my hands<br />
scented with oregano<br />
church bells<br />
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Frog Pond Winter 2013<br />
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glass clouds floating in<br />
the heron blue skyscraper<br />
stands on one leg<br />
Lexington Haiku Contest - Second Prizemorganabaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17495260198091127960noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620303947144303234.post-84154386458236530222015-04-10T06:17:00.001-07:002015-04-10T06:17:43.274-07:00from "Cleremont: A Childhood in Tanka" - published in "Bright Stars" #4<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">before we </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">knew what sin was</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">we stole</span></span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">a bunch of marigolds</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">sold them on the street</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span><br /></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">nose pressed </span></span></div>
<div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">into purple irises</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">tall as I</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">inhaling sweetness</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">among the angry bees</span></span></div>
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morganabaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17495260198091127960noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620303947144303234.post-18425451218470220802015-04-06T16:37:00.002-07:002015-04-06T20:12:07.789-07:00Cleremont - pages 6-8 - published in Undertow Tanka Review #56<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">scratchy - the warp </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">of that rose covered rug</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">on my knees</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">watching my child reflection</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">dark in the glass door</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span>7</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1f2328; font-size: small;">one night </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I am three years old</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1f2328; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">a magic carpet</span></span></div>
<div style="color: #1f2328; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">sweeps me from my crib</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">carries me on dark journeys</span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span>8</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I sit cross legged </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">on that little carpet</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">flying around</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">the midnight house</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Queen of Shadows</span></span></div>
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morganabaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17495260198091127960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620303947144303234.post-1866064874537698332015-04-03T14:43:00.002-07:002015-04-06T20:10:46.137-07:00From Cleremont, A Memoir in Tanka - 5 tanka published in Undertow: Winter 2015 and Bright Stars #7<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cleremont</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">psychedelic deep </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">memories of childhood</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">dream shrouded</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">startled by huge dark wings</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">pen dipped in black ink</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span>2</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">white box houses</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">row on row of square blocks</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">street after street</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">chalk on the sidewalks</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">kids walk to school</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span>3</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cleremont Avenue </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">where nothing ever happens</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">under maple trees</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">my father plants roses</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">because he loves red</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span>4</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cleremont Avenue </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">enveloped in a tree cloud </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">wrapped in tacky boredom</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">one house like a castle</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">across the concrete street </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span>5</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1f2328; font-size: small;">we play in the attic </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">of the gingerbread castle</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">hiding in closets</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">never knowing where</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">the crooked man lurks</span></span></div>
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morganabaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17495260198091127960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620303947144303234.post-10814747088633988952015-03-31T04:17:00.002-07:002015-03-31T04:17:37.067-07:00published in The Bamboo Hut Press<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">in April</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I'm just a hobo</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">first white butterfly</span></div>
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morganabaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17495260198091127960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620303947144303234.post-1950621854159804972015-03-31T04:10:00.000-07:002015-03-31T04:10:44.376-07:00second prize - Lexington Haiku Contest published on Under Main website. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">glass clouds floating in</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica;">the heron blue skyscraper</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">stands on one leg</span></span></div>
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morganabaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17495260198091127960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620303947144303234.post-3440765077243609772015-03-30T06:13:00.001-07:002015-03-30T06:13:34.669-07:00two tanka published in Atlas Poetica #20<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">her strong hands</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">on the potters’ wheel</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">creating love</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">red ochre sienna</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">from the fires of earth</span></div>
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she weaves</div>
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constellations<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div>
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in indigo<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">meditation of</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">warp and weft</span></div>
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morganabaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17495260198091127960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620303947144303234.post-2268266325850802202015-03-29T14:06:00.002-07:002015-03-29T14:06:46.561-07:00Atlas Poetica # 20<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">cold night</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">we crash through leaf piles</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">someone</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">practicing scales</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">on a midnight sax</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">old men stalk</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">the neon boardwalk</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">curvy girls</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">on picture post cards</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">cotton candy dark</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">dipped a brush</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">into the light rainbow</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">painted stars</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">all over the street</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">clouds on every window</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Aubade For My Father </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I hear them through the camera of your eyes</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I echo you back from</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">your name in my sleep</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I will know that you are still</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">a watcher of the dawn</span></div>
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morganabaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17495260198091127960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620303947144303234.post-86172062587604264912015-02-28T17:13:00.002-08:002015-02-28T17:13:17.718-08:00My poetry collection published by Finishing Line Press<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />morganabaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17495260198091127960noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620303947144303234.post-63143247806739082132014-10-17T16:25:00.004-07:002014-10-17T16:25:58.867-07:00from my chapbook, Journeys : Getting Lost<br />
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<br />morganabaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17495260198091127960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620303947144303234.post-9074880873100445242014-10-15T07:40:00.002-07:002014-10-15T07:42:54.532-07:00Moonbathing Tanka Journal Spring 2014<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Edited by Pamela Babusci</b></span></div>
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<br />morganabaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17495260198091127960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620303947144303234.post-41298916980881415452014-10-14T06:15:00.001-07:002014-10-14T06:15:54.966-07:00"The Journey Itself Is Home." - Bashomorganabaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17495260198091127960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620303947144303234.post-15448555216927625732014-10-14T06:14:00.002-07:002014-10-14T06:14:26.644-07:00Chen Ou Liu's Review Of my poetry collection<br />
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Below is excerpted from my short review of Carole's forthcoming book, "Journeys: Getting Lost:"<br /><br />In the poems, Carole Johnston shows a flair for tying emotions to arresting images and invites readers to become a fellow traveler.<br /><br />time traveler<br />on the road with Basho<br />watching stars spin<br />fireflies disappearing<br />I fill my brush with ink<br /><br />The thematic motifs explored in Journeys: Getting Lost remind me of the opening passage of Basho’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North, which is considered one of the most famous travelogues ever:<br /><br />The moon and sun are eternal travelers. Even the years wander on. A lifetime adrift in a boat, or in old age leading a tired horse into the years, every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. From the earliest times there have always been some who perished along the road. Still I have always been drawn by wind-blown clouds into dreams of a lifetime of wandering…</div>
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<br />morganabaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17495260198091127960noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620303947144303234.post-72654903384048250362014-10-12T10:05:00.000-07:002014-10-12T10:08:52.032-07:00From "Journeys:Getting Lost," my poetry collection - Finishing Line Press<br />
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<span style="font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">He said: the Master’s gone alone</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Jia Dao (Chia Tao)(c.779-843)....Chinese Buddhist/Taoist poet from the Tang Dynasty....born near Beijing....a master of Ping Tan....the ordinary & the plain....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">“Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark. That’s where the most important things come from, where you yourself came from, and where you will go.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0b0b0b;">― <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15811.Rebecca_Solnit"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #011874; text-decoration: underline;">Rebecca Solnit</span></a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/2756721"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #011874; text-decoration: underline;"><i>A Field Guide to Getting Lost</i></span></a></span></div>
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