» Blush by mark justice hinton

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My Virtual Chapbook - 2011

Unhinged Mon 04/04/11
Wind Makes Crazy Tue 04/05/11
Whispering, "Rain!" Wed 04/06/11
Graze Thu 04/07/11
Cold Lang Syne Fri 04/08/11
Merri! Sat 04/09/11
Blush Sun 04/10/11
Sharp Mon 04/11/11
Going Home Tue 04/12/11
Choke Wed 04/13/11
some lesser poet Thu 04/14/11
bask Fri 04/15/11
tuck Sat 04/16/11
flea Sun 04/17/11
Dickey Mon 04/18/11
The Heaven of Animals Tue 04/19/11
The Bright Side Wed 04/20/11
Slumber Thu 04/21/11
waiting for the tide Fri 04/22/11
Relentless Sat 04/23/11
Icarus Sun 04/24/11
at this very moment Mon 04/25/11
101° Tue 04/26/11
the cure Wed 04/27/11
up in the middle of the night Thu 04/28/11
Songdogs Fri 04/29/11
Seek Alternate Route Sat 04/30/11
this simple truth Sun 05/01/11

Themes (larger size indicates more poems):
age, birds, breath, death, dogs, dreams, falling, flying, heaven, Icarus, illness, landscape, macro, misc, moon, mountains, nature, ocean, poetica, poetry, poets, singing, sleep, sunset, unbooked, water, wildlife, wings, wolves, writing

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Blush

Sun 04/10/11 at 10:47 pm

Look East
to watch the setting sun
reach across the miles
to brush the mountains pink
with one last caress farewell
as they blush
rose red at nightfall
and sink into gray
waiting for the moon to say
“Hush, be still now.
I am with you til the dawn.” mjh

2/9/06

(with a tip of the hat to Jon Knudsen)

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