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Shanna Baldwin Moore, US
 

 

 

 

Shanna's Beat

 

Cinquain

 

Heading for Higher Ground

 

storm watch
survival gear....
two cold packs of coors lite,
a three day pot of pinto beans
warm thoughts

 

 

"Venice West" to West Hawaii

 

gas house
wounded warriors
protest in words and art
the beat and jazz generation
dig it

our muse
called "The Lady"
breezeway's and promenade
the wail of a soprano sax
Venice

painting
a fire dancer
never knowing later
I'd live and write for the lady
Pele

 

 

Painter of salt air and sun

 

plein air
the ocean's waves
the rush, of white water
the flow of life and fire within
surfing

 

 

"To Touch the Face of God"

 

Gas House
paintbrush and pen
wounded banished their pain
brought protest in word and art to....
Venice

 

 

Thanksgiving

 

pumpkin
pie and whip cream
no one will miss that piece
of golden crust on the next piece
yummy

 

 

The First Rapper

 

jive talk
scat man caruthers
as if there was another
communication of the blues
yea man....

 

 

Childhood

 

stones skip
across the flat
ripples upon ripples
reach the other side, tree tops wave
"The Cove"

 

 

A Hawaiian Hero

 

winter
Eddie Aikou
surfing competition
sixty foot faces "he would go!"
surf's up

 

 

Life Cycle

 

algae
iridescent
under a million stars
ripple effect so infinite
rebirth

 

 

Nature on a Roll

 

storm watch
snow in the south
a purification.....
of sin city, what are the odds?
dicey!

 

 

Free Form

 

if you were
to ask of me
a favorite color
it would be
the hues
in a spinning crystal
rainbows on my wall
little bridges
to secret places

 

 

as the soft tendrils

as the soft tendrils
of spanish moss
catch the first light
of day....
on one side
the blue grey breeze
takes away
the night
and the sun shines through
lighting up
my mind...
the coffee kicks in
and the words flow

 

 

Bush needs more shoes

 

all puckered up
to silently whistle
a wall flower...
with no shoes
sent 'em to the bushwhacker
so, okay I dance better in bare feet
more sole
and as always I dance alone
in the shadows
to the beat
of bamboo wind chimes

 

 

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