tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77312142440239227092024-03-05T00:47:43.389-08:00Berkeley's TreesPoems and Works by
Lindsay Riggs BrownLindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-83744491677318641422011-04-19T21:05:00.000-07:002011-10-28T12:41:49.549-07:00N<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4GkonsLt4LfCGK0-3mkwfbHEsyF9_XJazv2umSaBDSr077IGOnesQIE5iwGoM7aGulV9aHzwHykUNjnuFe6Ya54UsO7UlLZnsbc3iNZClhgMt13aPv4atggALrVmUhqlCipmKBUMm_M/s1600/nothing13.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597512421459257218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4GkonsLt4LfCGK0-3mkwfbHEsyF9_XJazv2umSaBDSr077IGOnesQIE5iwGoM7aGulV9aHzwHykUNjnuFe6Ya54UsO7UlLZnsbc3iNZClhgMt13aPv4atggALrVmUhqlCipmKBUMm_M/s400/nothing13.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 267px; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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Loneliness </div>
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is not</div>
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being </div>
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alone</div>
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in a room</div>
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But being</div>
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in a room </div>
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with others</div>
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with </div>
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Lindsay Riggs Brown</div>Lindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-28201458921033846302011-04-14T23:36:00.001-07:002011-04-14T23:37:35.599-07:00Not Okay<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1p78abG47MQaEv9ASqJ20U3H-k_ZlfrAskUzPZEeUB74F659afKjN4JpRth92ag_qEG-qVvoryqk4Vq9er5cy3gu5lEjXXsrtGD46obIrqG-kIJoQZVNnseaNPSx2iQxbZZb1BCeZrc/s1600/not+okay.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 392px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1p78abG47MQaEv9ASqJ20U3H-k_ZlfrAskUzPZEeUB74F659afKjN4JpRth92ag_qEG-qVvoryqk4Vq9er5cy3gu5lEjXXsrtGD46obIrqG-kIJoQZVNnseaNPSx2iQxbZZb1BCeZrc/s400/not+okay.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595695676773212370" border="0" /></a><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Not Okay</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">I want </p> <p class="MsoNormal">so badly</p> <p class="MsoNormal">for you to tell me</p> <p class="MsoNormal">you think I’m</p> <p class="MsoNormal">really okay…</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">… i’m not sure you’re really okay.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Lindsay Riggs Brown</p>Lindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-69184412106516780152011-04-14T23:14:00.000-07:002011-04-14T23:22:53.388-07:00Venus<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq2E6Cb0Z_Y4EJhPlEvbrwNlR4OHMwUcfopdij1SCFJ2uHpq2D0tremLDSzm51kqLSjkbvhKEKI2GKTrHV_q1-Gc63pDUVaPlr5Mzb5N7-gI104_8Z6N3k8RKfJUm9HL1GOfI-FyveYYI/s1600/venus_only.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 164px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq2E6Cb0Z_Y4EJhPlEvbrwNlR4OHMwUcfopdij1SCFJ2uHpq2D0tremLDSzm51kqLSjkbvhKEKI2GKTrHV_q1-Gc63pDUVaPlr5Mzb5N7-gI104_8Z6N3k8RKfJUm9HL1GOfI-FyveYYI/s400/venus_only.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595690938892403970" border="0" /></a><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Venus </b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Open your mouth.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Until the pink inside </p> <p class="MsoNormal">breaks through</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> with piano keys</p> <p class="MsoNormal">tinkling out scales.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">justice will prevail.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Open your mouth.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Speak up.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Shout out</p> <p class="MsoNormal">tell it like you see</p> <p class="MsoNormal">it.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Open your mouth.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Break out of the half shell</p> <p class="MsoNormal">your long red locks</p> <p class="MsoNormal">falling </p> <p class="MsoNormal">over your sex.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Open your mouth.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Stand naked</p> <p class="MsoNormal">in your alabaster skin</p> <p class="MsoNormal">with the strength you </p> <p class="MsoNormal">were born with. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">You are perfection.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">You are an art form.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">You are a woman.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Lindsay Riggs Brown</p>Lindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-30627605409722138262011-03-10T11:54:00.000-08:002011-03-10T12:04:58.381-08:00Silent Thunder<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXMi1Td2Ogx3bC8gQ5Ff7F07U1oln0J0p44jep0LFQDK_Ji10Fv9VOYCV9bOHl8Xgf_PJ9Cucn_-ni5C4lSsKoQdX2k3nWVvLmezZ1amGIxgwO_e_PwTJVSKw9B7QsEaEpMajyD95v1s/s1600/white+baloon.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXMi1Td2Ogx3bC8gQ5Ff7F07U1oln0J0p44jep0LFQDK_Ji10Fv9VOYCV9bOHl8Xgf_PJ9Cucn_-ni5C4lSsKoQdX2k3nWVvLmezZ1amGIxgwO_e_PwTJVSKw9B7QsEaEpMajyD95v1s/s400/white+baloon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582543292003921474" border="0" /></a><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Silent Thunder</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">a deflated balloon </p> <p class="MsoNormal">hangs captive</p> <p class="MsoNormal">its limp dirty cord<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">flapping silver mylar</p> <p class="MsoNormal">against barren tree limb </p> <p class="MsoNormal">its captor</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">rainstorm within</p> <p class="MsoNormal">rainstorm without</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">it is silent here</p> <p class="MsoNormal">if you don’t count</p> <p class="MsoNormal">the howling wind</p> <p class="MsoNormal">screaming sirens</p> <p class="MsoNormal">or my thoughts</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Lindsay Riggs Brown</p>Lindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-89254068668669325162011-03-02T07:29:00.000-08:002011-03-02T07:35:39.978-08:00With Apologies to Poor Will<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFKNTqoQBW2kjXW6rssmg9jTpFHDrnofQeBRYNYwGe5gWcpzlVQxaE_AcaUo_7SV4_DYhe2QYW0v6gj50k_lAJGV8R0S1qqX9SH9vYqT2m1yDy90pPdFJZmR9437ljryFJCKPPIqQLzsU/s1600/William-Shakespeare%25E2%2580%2599s-First-Folio-560x761.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFKNTqoQBW2kjXW6rssmg9jTpFHDrnofQeBRYNYwGe5gWcpzlVQxaE_AcaUo_7SV4_DYhe2QYW0v6gj50k_lAJGV8R0S1qqX9SH9vYqT2m1yDy90pPdFJZmR9437ljryFJCKPPIqQLzsU/s400/William-Shakespeare%25E2%2580%2599s-First-Folio-560x761.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579506598085343890" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">With Apologies to Poor Will</span><br /><br />My eyes are nothing like the sun.<br />My lips are neither coral<br />nor are they red.<br />My breast is nowhere near as white as snow<br />and time has all but faded the roses from my cheek.<br /><br />My feet tread heavily upon the ground.<br />And though you say you love my voice,<br />I cannot in truth, carry a tune.<br /><br />And yet by Heaven,<br />this morning,<br />upon waking,<br />you kissed my morning breath,<br />ran your fingers through<br />the black wires that grow on my head,<br />and you called me Goddess.<br /><br />Lindsay Riggs BrownLindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-58677566100639261762011-03-02T07:21:00.000-08:002011-03-02T07:36:17.360-08:00Keeping Time<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZx0WuG1yen3LZMZ9K07f8C7Eo4BwfYps0XlTp-xhzabSctySS5o-Tp0VMkWqFYtuFtdgSpCSTY17ohEJtuV6KQ2HzIgNul8cCuottpC8cJMkI0kmG7cpevq6ojAuRNuGIRF9mY6so2qU/s1600/clock.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZx0WuG1yen3LZMZ9K07f8C7Eo4BwfYps0XlTp-xhzabSctySS5o-Tp0VMkWqFYtuFtdgSpCSTY17ohEJtuV6KQ2HzIgNul8cCuottpC8cJMkI0kmG7cpevq6ojAuRNuGIRF9mY6so2qU/s400/clock.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579504365727018386" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Keeping Time</span><br /><br />In one rare moment<br />Everything came together.<br />July Fourth<br />Exploded outside my shaking windows.<br />Time finally caught up with itself.<br /><br />There was nothing new<br />In that one rare moment.<br />Until everything became<br />Brand new again.<br /><br />Lindsay Riggs BrownLindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-82798480105579588172010-05-07T11:10:00.000-07:002010-05-07T11:13:57.708-07:00Letting Go<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZM0iqEUGh7bT4hevaZTHbYCUigw80NoyQMoBXcY6mbViPN9-Yy7LJ1LNynF8pyx54Bgu-Qpk13Hw8VIN8ggyf8EfZrHRJgNA6bFTWZl_OuKIdpnhmod1AYxbVkwSWYMZcoGumJk-ABI4/s1600/bike1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468592495590580322" style="WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZM0iqEUGh7bT4hevaZTHbYCUigw80NoyQMoBXcY6mbViPN9-Yy7LJ1LNynF8pyx54Bgu-Qpk13Hw8VIN8ggyf8EfZrHRJgNA6bFTWZl_OuKIdpnhmod1AYxbVkwSWYMZcoGumJk-ABI4/s400/bike1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong>Letting Go</strong></div><br /><strong><div></strong></div>On cool, Lilac scented mornings,<br />You ran behind me,<br />holding the back of my seat<br />while I pedaled,<br />Terrified, I screamed,<br />“DON’T LET GO!”<br />and you swore you never would.<br />But you did.<br /><br />In warm summer’s drift,<br />we found<br />Indian arrowheads<br />and shards of cobalt sea glass<br />the color of your eyes.<br />By then I could ride alone.<br /><br />In Indian Summer,<br />somehow, <div>you found a way<br />to let go of;<br />The Boston Red Sox; scotch on the rocks; salted peanuts;<br />and Jazz.<br /><br />Lindsay Riggs Brown </div>Lindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-88187887925796953912010-01-18T06:53:00.000-08:002010-02-06T06:28:02.309-08:00Distanced<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtpyi9HZTHriaGvF4DhxMPf6yH_1bU-lLBcDCyKmuvxlURaGJnQiGvf-jHaJpn3aO0r_V2Axn2MihtEP3v8ChWr_vmKilzdBDK_64t1Ydy55lzaGsQyYDsdqom748r7FrX-IJph4Ap5hk/s1600-h/fish-school.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428095355208139170" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 274px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtpyi9HZTHriaGvF4DhxMPf6yH_1bU-lLBcDCyKmuvxlURaGJnQiGvf-jHaJpn3aO0r_V2Axn2MihtEP3v8ChWr_vmKilzdBDK_64t1Ydy55lzaGsQyYDsdqom748r7FrX-IJph4Ap5hk/s400/fish-school.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Distance</span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">d</span><br /><br />i am never in my dreams<br />or of them<br />they flit away<br />like tiny silver minnows<br />slipping through<br />my netted fingers<br /><br />i am never in my dreams<br />or of them<br />i simply dream<br />distanced<br />from<br />hope or fear<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Lindsay Riggs Brown</span>Lindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-44999283461900645322009-12-14T05:44:00.000-08:002009-12-14T05:50:21.407-08:00Did You Think?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvunqdGcLsOEwdQ8iAjOhpiifpqKquj1nbe3RHClBq1dJFwh6JRjXk8iZUMNkHoQcaGNMjyXS1iJpjhxqwNz4R6Dm6kpirYpyFxfAF66wJps6LDYKvMqXdbG38F0VeVP4aSb-SQcFqhQ/s1600-h/2007-03-28+brain-diagram.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CLindsay%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Did You Think?</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Did you think </p> <p class="MsoNormal">I wouldn’t notice,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">or care,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">that you disappeared</p> <p class="MsoNormal">like a puff of smoke?</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Did you think</p> <p class="MsoNormal">you wouldn’t notice, </p> <p class="MsoNormal">or care,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">that you missed me?</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Did you think?</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Lindsay Riggs Brown</p> Lindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-70679100230006545952009-12-08T09:30:00.000-08:002009-12-08T18:15:45.327-08:00Side-Swiped<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUGZ8NFSC-yA0v1Gs2iVj1IRjD7qzcAk4c3sAEOe6SiEQLepY5fEHRCy8glHG4Be7ou8xZ8c_Wnp-4Xoi260-eqCSBtO5DZfGLt3nFCwSDNp8MfbGOXDO4hsvnc8k3IzNFBjV9GVv3FU/s1600-h/side+wiped.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUGZ8NFSC-yA0v1Gs2iVj1IRjD7qzcAk4c3sAEOe6SiEQLepY5fEHRCy8glHG4Be7ou8xZ8c_Wnp-4Xoi260-eqCSBtO5DZfGLt3nFCwSDNp8MfbGOXDO4hsvnc8k3IzNFBjV9GVv3FU/s400/side+wiped.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412919366113669154" border="0" /></a>
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">His story cuts me to the quick.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">secrets told after</p> <p class="MsoNormal">an intimacy shared,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">perhaps too soon.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Voice breaking,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">heart broken</p> <p class="MsoNormal">but spirit strong</p> <p class="MsoNormal">after six</p> <p class="MsoNormal">very short, very long years</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">And I know exactly what he means</p> <p class="MsoNormal">when he tells me</p> <p class="MsoNormal">he lost everything that day.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Everything..</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">After he put down his weapon,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">before he surrendered himself,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">he found his straight edge.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">The piece</p> <p class="MsoNormal">of the puzzle of his life</p> <p class="MsoNormal">that let him </p> <p class="MsoNormal">begin again.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Lindsay Riggs Brown</p> Lindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-46365287241829908062009-12-05T12:42:00.000-08:002009-12-05T12:46:51.171-08:00Consumed<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0xKH2TgxGhs-G95yag-0n2nYoOd_NQgjW0YXNe7Y2hCynkQhw6oWK5hNjMp4BY6Z8y6BOBnSCelkmT1-BZwKNveCA2t6-ESLGIrZ6vrJycIu4P7Ir-JCoDVaVk1_yslz2RnodCTecFE/s1600-h/devoured.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC0xKH2TgxGhs-G95yag-0n2nYoOd_NQgjW0YXNe7Y2hCynkQhw6oWK5hNjMp4BY6Z8y6BOBnSCelkmT1-BZwKNveCA2t6-ESLGIrZ6vrJycIu4P7Ir-JCoDVaVk1_yslz2RnodCTecFE/s400/devoured.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411855733432873202" border="0" /></a>
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<br /><b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“I could just eat you up.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">He tells her,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">in the beginning</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“You are deliciously delectable.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> Sweet and savory”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">He bites her lip;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">nibbles her ear;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">devours her scent;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">suckles her breast;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">and tastes her tongue</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">“I could just eat you up.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">He tells her,</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>in the beginning.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">...and in the end…</p> <p class="MsoNormal">he does.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Lindsay Riggs Brown</p> Lindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-32744460671331919782009-12-05T08:14:00.000-08:002009-12-05T14:25:10.700-08:00Stayover<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXWXRiqofnHdS78unwCtj3JiJUN894TA5HZCJ2dRRo3Y9_szfBIaqAlLzXZZDjD4Y0AhSTyBG8jcOl-vCWKpNU48TR6VM0FsfsKBB31l5F6SRDHg9Eojx3E7fXTV0HghRqlENJxnnpp8Y/s1600-h/Snowfall_Under_Night__s_Sky_by_Atrum_Animus.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXWXRiqofnHdS78unwCtj3JiJUN894TA5HZCJ2dRRo3Y9_szfBIaqAlLzXZZDjD4Y0AhSTyBG8jcOl-vCWKpNU48TR6VM0FsfsKBB31l5F6SRDHg9Eojx3E7fXTV0HghRqlENJxnnpp8Y/s400/Snowfall_Under_Night__s_Sky_by_Atrum_Animus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411793868210787138" border="0" /></a>
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<br /><b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I call<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">for direction.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">don’t lose me here;<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">not now.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">a cold discarded penny<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">on wet pavement.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">The phone smells<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">like other people’s voices.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Snow’s falling<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">across a silver, steel span<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">called the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Brooklyn</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Bridge</st1:placetype></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">
<br /></st1:place></st1:city></p><p class="MsoNormal"><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Manhattan</st1:place></st1:city> calls<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">but I’ve no destination<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">on an empty night.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">If I could,<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I would make time crawl<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">to me on its hands and knees<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">and you would love me again.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Lindsay Riggs Brown</span><b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></p> Lindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-25197846749595380962009-09-18T12:33:00.000-07:002009-09-18T12:39:53.575-07:00Man-Made Roses<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdZBz_y92a7m-xf25nVJ5RKyFMEBmrBYOzWXbIz1a1WiB8aMWx4ZBI9FOqzw9T5fIYn5cLPbaQdxnQ6fUL92mHlLiVSEPcdO8gbGJ9HQjTIO1GyhiORpKqRkI82Y3TKE9G1_jY9oqUiw/s1600-h/wild_pink_rose_bud.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdZBz_y92a7m-xf25nVJ5RKyFMEBmrBYOzWXbIz1a1WiB8aMWx4ZBI9FOqzw9T5fIYn5cLPbaQdxnQ6fUL92mHlLiVSEPcdO8gbGJ9HQjTIO1GyhiORpKqRkI82Y3TKE9G1_jY9oqUiw/s400/wild_pink_rose_bud.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382893889711303986" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CLindsay%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Man-Made Roses</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Slice your</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>thumbnail through </p> <p class="MsoNormal">a tender green </p> <p class="MsoNormal">tightly-closed </p> <p class="MsoNormal">rosebud,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">stripping back </p> <p class="MsoNormal">to petiole</p> <p class="MsoNormal">revealing </p> <p class="MsoNormal">fleshy </p> <p class="MsoNormal">pale, pink, petals.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Pull apart</p> <p class="MsoNormal">pastel pleats</p> <p class="MsoNormal">with pollinated fingers</p> <p class="MsoNormal">pushing and prodding into place….</p> <p class="MsoNormal">then…</p> <p class="MsoNormal">stand back,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">admire your masterpiece,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">and say,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">“there now, </p> <p class="MsoNormal">that almost </p> <p class="MsoNormal">resembles a rose.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<br />Lindsay Riggs Brown<img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Lindsay/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" />Lindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-16050124425418217832009-09-16T21:36:00.000-07:002009-09-17T06:55:12.258-07:00Fall-ing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmn_8SVKsLtCym_9Sh3Q7BvgRta3kL2ysjOuNiuJyPOsFJH3M3bFOUKcUAcnIsEdl8zxfG2oPvSRh9pn-lRJlzo7QAFA0JCkijikiROLQxBD4_dBCRuOK1HltYwiEjGy5gECs9EsQpMQ/s1600-h/horse+chestnut.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmn_8SVKsLtCym_9Sh3Q7BvgRta3kL2ysjOuNiuJyPOsFJH3M3bFOUKcUAcnIsEdl8zxfG2oPvSRh9pn-lRJlzo7QAFA0JCkijikiROLQxBD4_dBCRuOK1HltYwiEjGy5gECs9EsQpMQ/s400/horse+chestnut.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382291942318198354" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CLindsay%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style="">Fall-<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style=""> </span>-ing</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style="">
<br /></b></span></p><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CLindsay%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">Aesculus </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Hippocastanum</p> <p class="MsoNormal">like </p> <p class="MsoNormal">little,
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">shiny,
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">brown-helmeted
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">kamikazi</p><p class="MsoNormal">pilots</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">G<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">E<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">R<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">O<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">N<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">I<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">M<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">O</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">
<br /></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Buckeyes</p> <p class="MsoNormal">falling </p> <p class="MsoNormal">on </p> <p class="MsoNormal">the</p> <p class="MsoNormal">hood</p> <p class="MsoNormal">of</p> <p class="MsoNormal">my</p> <p class="MsoNormal">car</p> <p class="MsoNormal">make </p> <p class="MsoNormal">me </p> <p class="MsoNormal">laugh</p><p class="MsoNormal">out</p><p class="MsoNormal">loud
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">when </p> <p class="MsoNormal">I’m</p> <p class="MsoNormal">alone.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Lindsay Riggs Brown</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<br />Lindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-36383859037120473482009-09-09T15:48:00.000-07:002009-09-10T05:59:44.995-07:00I'm Writing Again ( For Bruce McMillan)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxFMuxkk3NSUSq9nAT4ziMxfp4xUJkXkp92vEKNg6id6daOHWP2tK1pl4l1zm4BPELY-E5iwPJM3PUVvfIIm-nUK9KYUs8XfB_llEDPzXuPtcSN8YxOLbzbDXb1tLfSDoTRlIzTxWbn1o/s1600-h/big-red-nose.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 349px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxFMuxkk3NSUSq9nAT4ziMxfp4xUJkXkp92vEKNg6id6daOHWP2tK1pl4l1zm4BPELY-E5iwPJM3PUVvfIIm-nUK9KYUs8XfB_llEDPzXuPtcSN8YxOLbzbDXb1tLfSDoTRlIzTxWbn1o/s400/big-red-nose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379604118091226802" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I'm Writing Again <span style="font-style: italic;">( For Bruce McMillan)</span></span><br /><br />Noses are red<br />Noses are blew...<br />I'm worried that maybe<br />you might have the flu!<br /><br />Lindsay Riggs BrownLindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-44202518396800692492009-08-28T22:10:00.000-07:002009-09-03T05:05:26.295-07:00Aesthetics<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoA00AtBOh0PFTRgZIGJYZvkCQ0NNPoZkT6xVW4Z33QY5BjkIO2qGL29z6_w_gqR5ngTAHO10o9dC_5XC5HDa7sClfD7KN1b2_y212CVzBD527Me7Y-Im5D14T5_Bgph0DlVfNyo730H0/s1600-h/wentworth.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoA00AtBOh0PFTRgZIGJYZvkCQ0NNPoZkT6xVW4Z33QY5BjkIO2qGL29z6_w_gqR5ngTAHO10o9dC_5XC5HDa7sClfD7KN1b2_y212CVzBD527Me7Y-Im5D14T5_Bgph0DlVfNyo730H0/s400/wentworth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375249725428197954" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Aesthetics</span><br /><br />“Sorry”,<br />you said.<br /> “you lost me”.<br />and I was<br />cleansed<br />of sin<br /> too many years<br /> too late.<br /><br />“Good-bye”<br /> bitter fury<br />left to haunt<br />a winds-wept, seaside garden<br /> with lavender love tools;<br />jagged rocks;<br />crooked trees<br /> buried within<br /> hiding places<br />that you go on<br />tending<br />without<br />me.<br /><br />Lindsay Riggs BrownLindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-9415988509276376552009-08-22T20:44:00.000-07:002009-08-28T21:32:43.495-07:00Width and Color<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIu2DNp0s3ps-8me_GhHtTf4fuq0fH_AiEZv690dPS9uG2No03ePd5XasCk3ZyNkKmeGuYRiOaGPp2gLRoXdH6OBnQt2hNpMEWldF8QSOWWkPFXuqmq7bSzcMzG_Zv3S8XUBOl_go93w0/s1600-h/paint+cans.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIu2DNp0s3ps-8me_GhHtTf4fuq0fH_AiEZv690dPS9uG2No03ePd5XasCk3ZyNkKmeGuYRiOaGPp2gLRoXdH6OBnQt2hNpMEWldF8QSOWWkPFXuqmq7bSzcMzG_Zv3S8XUBOl_go93w0/s400/paint+cans.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373001038851840658" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CLindsay%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></p><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CLindsay%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><span style="font-weight: bold;">Width and Color
<br />
<br /></span><p class="MsoNormal">I changed everything;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">the width </p> <p class="MsoNormal">and color of my walls.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">remodeled;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">re-papered,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">re-plastered,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">re-planed,</p><p class="MsoNormal">repainted,
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">repented…</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I changed everything;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">the walls</p> <p class="MsoNormal">and color of my width.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Lindsay Riggs Brown</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<br />Lindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-13255569392352750072009-05-18T16:18:00.000-07:002009-06-03T12:00:32.233-07:00Opposites<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXVPHwswI_f3uy2WJpMnppRg_k9_FWlKaQfxbtWUo9eTVVN7TeWwULC0GINPnRKJflkFcBS2YnJweUw_h6vbQtTxdWo1rFnizM5VY8UftfBAlOsTtseO-ANW88XhwauH2BSC675PFhzk/s1600-h/2557766101_08e6c90059.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXVPHwswI_f3uy2WJpMnppRg_k9_FWlKaQfxbtWUo9eTVVN7TeWwULC0GINPnRKJflkFcBS2YnJweUw_h6vbQtTxdWo1rFnizM5VY8UftfBAlOsTtseO-ANW88XhwauH2BSC675PFhzk/s400/2557766101_08e6c90059.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337308760168216546" border="0" /></a>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Opposites</span>
<br /><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Cerulean sky from
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">an Italian painting</p> <p class="MsoNormal">beams on my</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Chestnut tree;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">a gold flash</p> <p class="MsoNormal">after </p> <p class="MsoNormal">angry </p> <p class="MsoNormal">rain.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Too warm; too cold</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Something </p> <p class="MsoNormal">always aches.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Too empty; too full</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Something </p> <p class="MsoNormal">always breaks.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Lindsay Riggs Brown</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> Lindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-32591854424604715792009-03-28T13:19:00.000-07:002009-03-28T13:32:38.736-07:00 Return<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivTS7YklR_vDNfL3PB7PN1SGwSnJRQfbM0UyhYtkdKF4Gs9yEDBODEqmzZ6S8AjYY0RAVoPv0MEGOBwShtJ5t4iellGAVr5LQeUxAI2EgXVvPZYRxPMQvVHnPSDat2SnpbMWSSslV6u2Q/s1600-h/return.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivTS7YklR_vDNfL3PB7PN1SGwSnJRQfbM0UyhYtkdKF4Gs9yEDBODEqmzZ6S8AjYY0RAVoPv0MEGOBwShtJ5t4iellGAVr5LQeUxAI2EgXVvPZYRxPMQvVHnPSDat2SnpbMWSSslV6u2Q/s400/return.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318337435048461618" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CLindsay%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CLindsay%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal">Return
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">You’re back again</p> <p class="MsoNormal">from your warm southern climes.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I’ve been waiting</p> <p class="MsoNormal">an eternity</p> <p class="MsoNormal">for your return.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I looked up</p> <p class="MsoNormal">and there you were</p> <p class="MsoNormal">an harbinger </p> <p class="MsoNormal">of the melting warmth to come.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Let me just look at you;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">soak you in.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">You haven’t changed at all.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">So welcome,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">you have brought home, home.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Lindsay Riggs Brown</p> Lindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-51940232105811524602009-02-01T14:43:00.000-08:002009-02-01T15:06:47.828-08:00Taking Planet Earth for a Spin<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDLJtWwGHnMjnIrYS-juU8ngvBvYouqgkD08-zT88XaOYzCYbBXD1X0z9Xzr1HNJHdS6D9DeSZVLKBOfEMMDVgSwNzHwxi3liJgAODGV2D2NjBPoeNsUJQVUybbG9VcqkBfDRvZU6OFs/s1600-h/03.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDLJtWwGHnMjnIrYS-juU8ngvBvYouqgkD08-zT88XaOYzCYbBXD1X0z9Xzr1HNJHdS6D9DeSZVLKBOfEMMDVgSwNzHwxi3liJgAODGV2D2NjBPoeNsUJQVUybbG9VcqkBfDRvZU6OFs/s400/03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297963919785370658" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CLindsay%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Taking Planet Earth for a Spin</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /><b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Come on my good friend, come on, get in; </p> <p class="MsoNormal">For your own safety sake, buckle your belt;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We'll take planet Earth out for a spin;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Let's travel so fast the Polar Caps melt!</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We’ll make it a day; it’ll be really rad!</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Let's swing by the Milky Way; drink it all up.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Come now, drink up…why should we feel bad?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">It’s an endless cup!</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Then let’s leave trash all over Mars</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Is there, or isn’t there, life in the stars;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Who cares if there is…</p> <p class="MsoNormal">their lives’ are not ours.</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Let’s release gas emissions all over the place</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Oh, the fun we will have, Oh, the smog we will make.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Clean air’s overrated, we won’t leave a trace</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Why do we need air for goodness sake?</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">When our trip’s finished</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We’ll laugh and we’ll say,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">“We’re so very sorry,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">But, that’s just our way.”</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Lindsay Riggs Brown</p> Lindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-73750086156098001542009-02-01T07:46:00.001-08:002009-02-01T07:51:51.120-08:00This Absent Thing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxxebAfb7FJ09lLdnIFPZEEG-Wq38KnkS_aBJDcaJqN3wt9jiRGVPxXJcqqXXMucsDID8ky3QPuZY5yBlN2mkI4-hoLLfhlE85gOuW0fXBP8K859Od19VTeF5dAVGNNA6imqBSH4FaxZw/s1600-h/800px-Piper-Orchard-Old-apple-tree-3372.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxxebAfb7FJ09lLdnIFPZEEG-Wq38KnkS_aBJDcaJqN3wt9jiRGVPxXJcqqXXMucsDID8ky3QPuZY5yBlN2mkI4-hoLLfhlE85gOuW0fXBP8K859Od19VTeF5dAVGNNA6imqBSH4FaxZw/s400/800px-Piper-Orchard-Old-apple-tree-3372.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297856813936144466" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">This Absent Thing</span><br /><br />This absent thing<br />withers on the vine<br />never materializes<br />merely expectation.<br /><br /><br />Seeds of change<br />don’t germinate<br />they terminate<br />an infinite lack of gestation.<br /><br /><br />Green leaves<br />never the burst of fruit<br />on the tongue<br />nothing more than anticipation.<br /><br /><br />Lindsay Riggs BrownLindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-37861054322282833962008-12-25T19:22:00.000-08:002009-02-01T08:11:54.374-08:00Trouble with Tenacity<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv40DzmkN9TWc7oYAyexABHy0Y4kwmwPdbQxsGz1Fr5wtKYW8YGvXR2eoYd5Yy77lC222iyIPIKDMi9asChoNJ4iRxL80RVOtLQN0au8B4Oh0G97Px_zo5nEZCVB2FrcxMICmLE_JfJqE/s1600-h/chain.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv40DzmkN9TWc7oYAyexABHy0Y4kwmwPdbQxsGz1Fr5wtKYW8YGvXR2eoYd5Yy77lC222iyIPIKDMi9asChoNJ4iRxL80RVOtLQN0au8B4Oh0G97Px_zo5nEZCVB2FrcxMICmLE_JfJqE/s400/chain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283934306366048594" border="0" /></a><br /><b style="">Trouble with Tenacity</b><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p> trouble with tenacity is;<br />it’s tameless;<br />talkative;<br />takes you to task;<br />and it<br /><span style=""> </span>trumps everything; <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>trouble with tenacity is;<br />it tears with its talons;<br />taunts with its teeth;<br />taints everything;<br />and it<br /><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>takes every bit of your time. <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>trouble with tenacity is;<br />it’s tediously intangible;<br />taxes intuition;<br />and it<br /><span style=""> </span>tortures the heart. <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>trouble with tenacity is;<br />it’s terribly tumultuous;<br />tremendously irritating;<br />and it's<br /><span style=""> </span>tyrannically tempestuous. <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>trouble with tenacity is;<br />it tangles the tapestry;<br /><span style=""> </span>and it<br /><span style=""> </span>tarnishes everything <span style=""> </span>it touches. <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Lindsay Riggs Brown<br /></span></span></p>Lindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-8415777326567143212008-11-25T18:48:00.000-08:002008-11-25T18:58:15.975-08:00cryptic soup<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN9kdFHkAFjkkIyt_ZUMjquQI5fa6cEFWQlMP5qSIxEhLGrVi1yUizeGe6B4RAdbXT4J8iXqL_5_pP7anbSbClwmsMcjAwAm4hABXKMbFH9GGdhypms2Fu7KN-1UB0eVNL7NP7tGHxGrI/s1600-h/23277896.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272795132801217122" style="WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 165px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN9kdFHkAFjkkIyt_ZUMjquQI5fa6cEFWQlMP5qSIxEhLGrVi1yUizeGe6B4RAdbXT4J8iXqL_5_pP7anbSbClwmsMcjAwAm4hABXKMbFH9GGdhypms2Fu7KN-1UB0eVNL7NP7tGHxGrI/s400/23277896.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong></strong></div><br /><div><strong>cryptic soup<br /></strong><br />there’s a poem<br />in my soup<br />that won’t let me be<br />and though cryptic<br />says something to me<br /><br />a message to me<br />in the leaves of my tea<br />whose meaning I see<br />is my own<br /><br />a word that you said<br />swimming round in my head<br />and it just<br />will not leave me alone<br /><br />Lindsay Riggs Brown</div>Lindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-77680701100875064272008-10-02T16:45:00.000-07:002008-10-02T17:20:25.460-07:00Words of Wisdom/ A Bumper Year for Mushrooms<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJahqB7DH_a9JYXiRTLK4q1zIePqnTtrs459JUhjOiLGGhLCuNqu_R0_BiF9fwIEcR3pHq1ctx1zt4Zou3BW8l7u97Sq0H8HnBE1X-XDAQikpHjjl94V6ufLrFG66ZFbLqmPpsbmCEwQ/s1600-h/UnidentifiedMushroom(possi.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252708241447792338" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJahqB7DH_a9JYXiRTLK4q1zIePqnTtrs459JUhjOiLGGhLCuNqu_R0_BiF9fwIEcR3pHq1ctx1zt4Zou3BW8l7u97Sq0H8HnBE1X-XDAQikpHjjl94V6ufLrFG66ZFbLqmPpsbmCEwQ/s400/UnidentifiedMushroom(possi.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Words of Wisdom / A Bumper Year for Mushrooms</strong><br />For <em>Robyn</em><br /><br />“I’m tired”, I cried. “I need a husband.<br />Someone to take out the trash,<br />dry the dishes after dinner,<br />and help with the dirty laundry.”<br /><br />“I’ve got one”, she told me.<br />“One that I love.<br />And I’ve got twice as much laundry,<br />twice as many dirty dishes piled up,<br />and he never remembers to take out the trash.”<br /><br />“I can’t stand any more rain!” I said.<br />“Well, there has been a lot of rain this September.”<br />My sister said.<br />“But, it’s been a bumper year for mushrooms.<br /><br />Lindsay Riggs BrownLindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7731214244023922709.post-35303486100721922252008-05-26T17:59:00.000-07:002008-05-26T18:34:40.137-07:00Spring-Loaded<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL6F1Mj2UE0gHUkdYPU1ze39b9Cf8Is15RkksI7Wrbmds_1B45e1UTwLPW6XmhG2MBrLi35KhtznHO5gSlLH33XADrrv-HxEsK_z_MTrMUxebr9Fa3mKGo6xIJ_iXFNvKEb_F11gq0Bc4/s1600-h/redgeraniums.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204862187306717202" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL6F1Mj2UE0gHUkdYPU1ze39b9Cf8Is15RkksI7Wrbmds_1B45e1UTwLPW6XmhG2MBrLi35KhtznHO5gSlLH33XADrrv-HxEsK_z_MTrMUxebr9Fa3mKGo6xIJ_iXFNvKEb_F11gq0Bc4/s400/redgeraniums.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong></strong></div><br /><div><strong>Spring-Loaded</strong><br /><br />When spring came again,<br />I asked, </div><div>“How can I bear to smell the rain on warm pavement,<br />watch the Horse-Chestnut stretch,<br />and see your red Geraniums bloom in their flower-box?” </div><div><br /></div><div>But, the rain perfumed a different world this year,<br />the Horse-Chestnut doesn’t look like the same tree,<br />and you didn't plant any red Geraniums.<br /><br />Lindsay Riggs Brown</div>Lindsay Riggs Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335492001037939958noreply@blogger.com0