My Dreams Move Slowly (2010!11!23)

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My Dreams Move SlowlyMy Dreams Move SlowlyMy Dreams Move SlowlyMy Dreams Move Slowlymicropoetry by Roary Williams

if you think my poems are wordswatch them crawling

on your screen

@CoyoteSings

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in the tallest tree

singing the most soulful songwith the smallest voice

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wherever birds gowhen the sun burns into

embers of stars

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I take my meaning

not from electronic thingsbut small birds singing

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as small as a whyas sad as a nevermindas gone as a mouse

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blurred outlineagainst the sky

hummingbirdraces twilight

home

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the bad dogs of wordsnever coming when you call

knowing the way home

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in the plazapigeons

reading a newspaper

dogdirecting traffic

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at the pianohe sat there, not playing

listening to birds

~with my pocket knife

I cut a haiku openand shake the words out

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frogssleeping under sheets

of rain

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hearing what green thinksif I am quiet enough

watching the weeds grow

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hummingbird pausesand for a split second

we are eye to eye

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chalk marks on the walksparrows take turns at hopscotch

after the bus leaves

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moving branch to branchthe portable souls of trees

singing to the sun

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imaginationjust an answer with flowers

for a shy question

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in my backyardquietly watching Godpaint wildflowers

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ravished by the windroses tap on my window

begging to come in

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this memoryfloating away

yellow and beautiful

as I hold the empty stemagainst my lips

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once again, Im sixwatching green stars

floating at my fingertips

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flash of redbetween branches

a robinplays tag

with sunrise

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all the sparrowsstop chattering

for just a moment

as the first dropsof rain falls

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as I walk I pretendthat each new sparrow

is the same one

and we talk about nothingtree to tree

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tonightI walked with the clouds

even thoughthey didnt say much..

at first

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no mooncloudsdo taiji

waitingfor starise

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as the door slamsthe crickets stop

for just a moment

to make sure its methen continue

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insidecables out

high-definition snow

outsideI watch the green channel

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alwaysstaring..clouds

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flowerssaying the same thing

over and over

poetswrite everything down

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third dayon the windowsillwithout moving

moth has found the lightanother way

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my love of rosesis not in the bloom

but in the green pointsthat protect her

until she does

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little boyfinds out

the hard way

that he cannot unfolda rosebud

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before I cut the grassI notice

her standing there

all the dandelionsbunched in her hand

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God, tired of silencewhispers a song

into the crickets ears

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so foolish...

I amalways

looking throughglass

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without sayinganything

the windslams the door

and leaves

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I promisethe night

I will not be lonely

it promises menothing...

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finding a worlddeep in the woods

frog pond

everything aliveespecially me

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warm stoneI carry the sun

in my hand

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first rainlittle girl

tears in her eyes

bends downto pick up pieces of clouds

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daydreamingyour eyesinto stars

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open windowbreeze turns the curtains

into silent windchimes

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I writein words

but the sunwrites poetry

in light

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from way up hereI watch

the big dipper

pour starson the city

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starsskinny-dippingin the lake

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orangeand gold

all the colorssummer

didnt want

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I leavethe weeds

knowingwhat little time

we both have left

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no discernmentbetween tree and sky

I watch the sparrowsand have all the wings

I need

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I throwmy troubles

into a pile of leaves

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I open and closemy eyes

watchingthe same

different clouds

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afternoon so quietI can hear

the loneliness

fallingfrom trees

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crows glidingon the edgeof the mesa

I watch the nightcoming

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deserted roadjust me and the stars

I stand in the middleand for a minute

its all mine

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I watch the raindrip from the roof

and for a few minutesI forgetit will stop

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a simple manblack and white..

but he lovedin overcast grey

with all the rain in the sky

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I standperfectly still

and listen to the starstwinkling

in my eyes

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I kick a stoneI walked past

a thousand times

tomorrowI will put it in my pocket

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so thinthis thing

that holds us to the tree

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early morningthe whispered conversations

of fallen leaves

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broken glassthis sun

that shines through you

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outsidethe sound of Mozart

coming from each tree

I take offmy headphones

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on the branchhe sings me a story

and leaves me a feather

so I will rememberhow it ends

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two leavesjealous wind...

one leaf

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all crickets sleepingI hum

the rest of the song

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crescent moonhalf my heart

in the sky

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never fartherthan three songs

away

promisedall the sparrows

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a year of sunsetscovering the ground

beneath the maple tree

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I could notfind the words

so silencefound them

for me

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the dark morningkeeps me company

as I walk

scent of firewoodkeeps me warm

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woke upthis morning

my thoughts had feathersand sat

on power lines

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the trailto the woods

where I used to play

permanently cutthrough my mind

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I trade sparrowsbirdseed

for company

and leftoversongs

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if I werethe last leafon the tree

I would beg youto be the wind

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the sunferal orange cat

sleeping on my roof

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robinsits on the sunset

to keep warm

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the windmaking

cloud animals

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where to sleepwithout you

I stare at cloudssoft

and deep

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just enoughstarlight

to seewhat you

are thinking

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todayI designate

the entire outdoorsas a temple

for sparrows

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todayI will walk right into heaven

and it will onlytake mefive lines

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watching daylightshut down

one by onestars

on auxiliary power

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all the starsnumbered

while jackrabbitssleep under them

with no names

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windchimesthe soundof waiting

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dirt in my shoesthe earth

walks with me

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the winda thousand cats

on my roof

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I am so much closerthan those starsyou wished on

and youare so much further

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I keep throwingthe night outside

the catkeeps dragging it

back in

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outsideI hear Decemberclearing his throat

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first frostall the stars

the night left on my lawn

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this moonmeeting mehalfway

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old barnheld together

by beams of light

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I blow out the candleso the nightcan find me

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snowflakes, stars...I have learned to wish

while falling

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row upon rowof young pine treesalmost tall enough

still underreal stars

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insidestars hanging on trees

outsidetrees hanging on stars

everywhere, silent night

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the sky wants me

but the earthhas me

by the feetand wont let go

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I walkdeep into the woods

where it is cold enoughand dark enough

to hear snow falling

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blue sunriseat 5am

two crows leaving contrails

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I watchlater that afternoon become

earlier that night

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crowturns on

the streetlight

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inaudible starsbehind snow clouds

a blue sunrisemurmuring

winter comes quietly

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the morningis outside

playing with the birds

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I go outsidesearching for poemsalways hiding in trees

or behind cloudsor snickering under leaves

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sometimessparrows fly out of my poems

and I have to chase them downand put them

into another poem

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crawling through the skylike overcast banks of rainmy dreams move slowly...

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Micropoetry in the forms of haiku, senryu, and gogyohkaby Roary Williams / @CoyoteSings on Twitter

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