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All Good Rogues

Posted on March 15, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

Birds are balanced on branches, and I run along the rim I am as graceful as I will ever be now, as observant as my mind’s eye could ever hope to see, and the beating of my chest tells me … Continue reading →

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Cymbal & Drum

Posted on March 15, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

Swish and Sizzle, Crash and Splash Tom and Snare, Bass and Ride China and Hang, Hi-hat and Octoban bring me to the outer edge and draw me back in to the center of your sweet, rhythmic soul. Ain’t nothing like … Continue reading →

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Banco de Gaia – Celestine -YouTube

Posted on March 9, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

Until We Dreamed It So?

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Until We Dreamed It So

Posted on March 9, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

I had my eyes closed when I saw it, infinite space darkness so complete in the distance, we were points of light and we were spinning together, the same orbit, the same galaxy. Time was just beginning to burst into … Continue reading →

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Limbs of the Weeping Willow

Posted on March 8, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

“Boy,” he said, with his mustache dampened by corn whiskey and his perfect blue eyes dancing in his head. “Don’t you know you’re a colored boy? We don’t like coloreds ’round here.” Harry dug his slender fingers into the rim … Continue reading →

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The Awaited Book

Posted on March 8, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

Originally posted on Color me in Cyanide and Cherry:
The poetry book of Yves K. Morrow, whome you seen me toot about as the beautiful soul behind blogs mindlovemisery and Curious Flowers, is finally out! Her poetry touched me and…

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Hammer Head

Posted on March 8, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

I know very well how I thunder through all of the magical mirrors and the frighteningly fragile sheets of glass. With my full-on hammer head I am bulky and sulky; my mouth is the oracle of doom the receptacle of … Continue reading →

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this road

Posted on March 2, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

I’d been traveling all by myself, until I met you I was on that shelf looking for trouble and finding it, too, I was lonesome ’till I met you. This road was a rough one, lots of  sudden dips and … Continue reading →

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Cordwainer, Cordwainer

Posted on March 2, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

Bent little Cordwainer, needle in hand, Wax at the ready, your leather is tanned. Make me some shoes to fit my big feet, I’ll drop a shilling so that you might eat. Give me a sole made of solid white … Continue reading →

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The Elbows of Sentries

Posted on March 1, 2014 by theminstrelscitadel

Nothing is soothing about barbed wire. Brand new it may glisten like the cold heart of steel does but it will never be your fuzzy peach, your sycamore tree. Rusted, it stains your fingers – orange like a sun setting … Continue reading →

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