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it means we made promises

May 31, 2026May 31, 2020 by bonesnsnow

it means you

can still close my eyes with your lips.

Categories photography, poetry Tags anniversaries, family, home, humanity, life, love, marriage, photo, photography, photos, poems, poetry, relationships, self, women 1 Comment

rising

May 31, 2026May 15, 2020 by bonesnsnow

rising
on differently feathered wings

Categories poetry Tags brothers, death, dying, family, home, humanity, life, photography, photos, poems, poetry, relationships 1 Comment

laughter and tears

May 31, 2026November 11, 2019 by bonesnsnow

so little survives
beyond laughter and tears.

Categories photography, poetry Tags fall, family, home, laughter, leaves, life, mountains, nature, photography, photos, poems, poetry, relationships, seasons, self, sunset, tears, trees, winter 2 Comments

Home

June 1, 2026March 9, 2017 by bonesnsnow

…we begin by thinking that love
is something that happens to us
like a bee sting…

Categories poetry Tags children, family, future, home, life, love, parents, photography, poems, poetry, relationships, wedding 2 Comments

the stretch (Detroit ’68)

June 1, 2026October 30, 2016 by bonesnsnow

“how could the skipper leave the kid in the game at a time
like this?”

Categories photography, poetry Tags "detroit tigers", 1968, baseball, boys, childhood, detroit, family, home, imagination, life, loneliness, photos, play, poetry 1 Comment

maybe it began

June 1, 2026January 2, 2014 by bonesnsnow

  maybe it began   maybe it began as a small room in a small house, a blue spread on a bed, a wooden dresser a window, a rug on a wooden floor. home, the place of origin, a place to be from — going out and coming back and going out again. did such … Read more

Categories poetry Tags acceptance, home, house, mother, poetry Leave a comment
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