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Centuries

August 1, 2018 ~ nesbitandgibley ~ Leave a comment

Moulding tides, casting waves,
work, abrade coarse rock
to rounded pebbles.

I pick one and skim
centuries across the surface.

Whitecaps

February 14, 2018 ~ nesbitandgibley ~ Leave a comment

I know whitecaps,
night skies splintered
white with lightning.

Imagine: amongst the thrash
a keel splitting waves,
the full-bellied sail.

Lost

October 22, 2017 ~ nesbitandgibley ~ Leave a comment

nothing here
reminds

jagged rocks
skirt cliffs
to no exact

crows hem
headland

snow melts
on touch

I admit. I am lost.

Molten

October 5, 2017 ~ nesbitandgibley ~ 2 Comments

the streams
turned molten
metal in moonlight,
flowing across
the forest floor
like fingers
of lightning
out to grasp
or greet

Piano

September 9, 2017September 8, 2017 ~ nesbitandgibley ~ Leave a comment

she stops at the piano
in the antique store

plays a chord
from memory

and then another

she smiles

“The rest
I can’t
remember.”

Fleeting

September 8, 2017 ~ nesbitandgibley ~ Leave a comment

they pass

quickly

galloping
horses of
cremello,
grey

their hooves
hitting concrete

hollow
heavy

as if
life was

fleeting

Rain

September 7, 2017 ~ nesbitandgibley ~ 2 Comments

it was hard rain

the sort to pattern
pools in mud

to softly
dimple sand

to thrash a lake
in fierce spray,
ripples
and splash

Hike

September 2, 2017 ~ nesbitandgibley ~ Leave a comment

A brutal hike
each step of
sweat, ache,
throb,
though from afar
it’s a beautiful path,
a ribboned
mud route
slashed in
mountainside

Burden

August 28, 2017 ~ nesbitandgibley ~ Leave a comment

our old apple tree

burdened with
the weight of
Bramleys

hangs a branch low

offering the ripest
for our taste

for some relief

Spill

August 18, 2017 ~ nesbitandgibley ~ 7 Comments

I try to write these
poems

have them abide
thoughts

but sometimes

I let them rebel,
I let them flow

and spill
where
they
must

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