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“lay down the burden of art” | Haiku

September 9, 2016 by Peter Galen Massey

Haiku Peter Massey Lay Down The Burden of Arttrust your truest voice / lay down the burden of art / hunger for the new

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“Three Blues on The Delaware” | Poem

July 31, 2016 by Peter Galen Massey

Three Blues on The Delaware

The soul of the world sings in blue, sapphire
Midnight cerulean stone periwinkle Aegean
Egyptian steel, shadow shimmer, silver glint,
Flow tide breeze and sun, musics of smooth
Chaos soft violence restlessness dissolution
Concord mystery beauty revelation change,
My blood singing back to the singing waters.

Furious machines burning anger, fume and
Rage to the choke point, ferocity of sound,
From here all silence and twinkle, sweeping
Slow rise and fall, rust blistered blue towers,
Harp-strung, Buddha serene, light and heavy,
A mountain of stone and steel engineered to
Rise like thought and dance in the delicate air.

Spring has uncorked all her bottles, pours her
Sparkling vintage into the coupe of May with
A liberal hand. Winter’s damp gloom is swept
From the vaulting sea and a convoy of cloud
Blusters at full sail. I will fill my pockets with
Rubies and expectations, book passage on a
Perfect merchantman and trade with heaven.

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Thanks to Philadelphia Stories for publishing Three Blues on The Delaware in the Summer 2016 issue.

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“beware the gardener” | Haiku

July 16, 2017 by Peter Galen Massey

Haiku Massey when you jump the fence / piss on the pretty flowers / beware the gardenerwhen you jump the fence / piss on the pretty flowers / beware the gardener

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“and delight the moon” | Haiku

July 2, 2017 by Peter Galen Massey

Haiku Peter Galen Massey Laughter Rise Velvet Evening Sky Delight Moonlet your laughter rise / through the velvet evening sky / and delight the moon

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“blooming in beauty” | Haiku

June 25, 2017 by Peter Galen Massey

peter galen massey haiku blooming in beauty / beauty when faded and dry / life and death are goodblooming in beauty / beauty when faded and dry / life and death are good

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“the poem alights like a bird” | Haiku

June 18, 2017 by Peter Galen Massey

Peter Galen Massey Haiku The Poem Alights Like a Birdyou wait in patience / stillness. the poem alights / a bird on your hand

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“hungered for your smell like food” | Haiku

June 14, 2017 by Peter Galen Massey

Peter Galen Massey Haiku Hungered for Your Smellno one will know how / i walked these rooms and hungered / for your smell like food

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“joy is a bubble” | Haiku

April 24, 2017 by Peter Galen Massey

Peter Galen Massey Haiku Joy Is a Bubblejoy is a bubble / a shimmering rainbow world / lighter than the air

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“death found her” | Haiku

April 6, 2017 by Peter Galen Massey

Haiku Peter Galen Massey The Knife Found My Handthe knife found my hand / and the green park my footsteps / death found her. not me

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