Word Catalyst-December issue

The latest issue of Word Catalyst Magazine is now online
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The Dance

With candles burning slowly as we dance
We slowly leave the room and slip away
Consumed by inner tunes we gaze and prance
With candles burning slowly as we dance
We leave the floor enraptured and entranced
Our eyes intoxicating as we sway
With candles burning slowly as we dance
We slowly leave the room and slip away.

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And They’re Off…

One tired old nag takes the lead from the gate
Two skinny young broads try to alter their fate
Three laps ’round the track find her lagging behind
Four years she’s been running to pay for their wine.
Five children at home with no clothes on their back
Six days of the week Mom is out at the track
Seven summers [...]

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Response to Blogsboro’s Challenge

Enter Billy’s Blogsboro Challenge

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Chasing Miracles

I sat through the sermon
held your cold lifeless hand
as they told you God loves you
and of miracles planned.
I propped up your head
as you listened to hymns
and waited for miracles
to transform your limbs.
I woke you from sleep
to expose you to dreams
you replied with your eyes
“God is busy it seems.”

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Extreme Brevity

Daylight ends
Light escapes
Dusk conceals
Darkness waits
Spiders weave
Moons appear
Life evolves
And disappears.

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Night Song

In restless hours
of the night
I am your flower
bathed in light
in candles’ glow
two shadows dance
two souls engaged
in mindless trance
beyond such things
as place and time
your rhythm sings
in tune with mine.

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Gotta Be Me!

To know the truth and speak it well
to know when not and when to tell.
To hold my tongue when angers strike
and never tell a truth in spite.
To talk of only simple things
wonders of weather, smells of spring.
To never put my feelings down
when others feelings are abound.
To know myself and think of me
as someone who was [...]

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Name Game

Quite obvious
the oversight
empowered by
self serving light
that only knows
one burning need
empowered by
attentive greed.
Too obvious
to say the least
on power does
the ego feast
put out the fire
douse the flame
or burn in hell
pursuing fame.

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Eternity

I’ll come for you
when night is long
and fill your heart
with virgin song
as wings of cherubs
stir up dust
I’ll come for you
in songs of lust
and take you to
my secret lair
where nothing earthly
can compare
and you, my love
will share with me
a longing for
eternity.

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Autumn’s Gift

Colors meld‭
‬as Autumn comes forth
playing with color and light.
A vision to warm us through winter
painting a hope in our hearts
necessary, for
spring to sing.
©shirley allard 2007

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The Last to Fall

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