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# ned tobin || poetrix | one a day, everyday

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- [Sun Breeze](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2026/07/19/sun-breeze/) - This breeze upon my body Marking my heart with Golden hues of a summer dream Well shaped clouds Floating on a layer Of atmospheric bliss So ready for the taking I've held my breath for a while now Watching swallows float sideways Playing a game I've not learned Freshly trampled grass Mixed with freshly cut
- [At The Waterfalls](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2026/07/01/at-the-waterfalls/) - It was like our first kiss At the waterfalls Big Laurentian rocks All adventure Full of snow flakes And chain links And our first kiss On some dry ground At the waterfalls That we couldn't miss With a city beat Hidden heat In some Mexican After flying in From the Maritimes With my special shoes
- [Is It Guardian](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2026/06/08/is-it-guardian/) - Spirit of the nuanced The Guardian Captures me Subtle breath whisps escaping Amid mornings fresh slumber, Retreating darkness Holding whiskers proud Beyond horizon's line; An unfurling, curling One here, one there Among different sized lobes Each a maze of geometry So uniquely theirs It's a geneological foodbank Each year in passing. Calmness of inanimate objects
- [Humbling](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2026/06/02/humbling/) - Farming is forever humbling Awake into a day that never ends Time forever reminding you That it stops for no one. Death surrounds us That ceaseless burden of seasons At once begun and thus ending Bringing with her death, decay, rot, As well as growth, shoots, greenery Catching and holding on to Each ember of
- [Nobody](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2026/05/29/nobody/) - I've become aware I am nobody If I had any fame, it is lost If I was milk, I'd be spilt If I were a rose, I'd be dried. I am not who I've thought I am; A lone wolf howls in moon's light, A whisper shadows unseeing, A blueprint is missing pages. I do
- [Planting an Orchard](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2026/05/21/planting-an-orchard/) - Six steps Apple tree Compost on top
- [Twice](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2026/05/20/twice/) - I've walked twice through this field The first time was to clear What had taken hold of my empty thoughts The second pass was to remind myself Of each burden I had come to lift, Of all obstacles I have seen come and then go, Of muscles and sinue of my body that has once
- [Upper Field](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2026/05/18/upper-field/) - Each word only spoke to who I used to be Hitting me with sadness I hadn't felt in so long Memory, an idle passtime we cannot live without Like each deep line slowly growing across my body And each sun setting beyond the upper field Pink and golden and blue as it be A feather
- [Wooden Chest](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2026/05/17/wooden-chest/) - My hands of sawdust Leaked thin oil of care A blade beginning to dull Against wood lacking edge Thought I could not hold Escaped my singing lips Towards this mother wisdom Inside my wooden chest.
- [Winds](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2026/05/16/winds/) - Winds so softly blow against Open breath of my morning Definitely Arctic air Lingering in it's breadth Curling around me as if to say You are home, welcome, And good morning to you Sir. For me, it is as an alarm Awake before I'm called A sign I am still early For a fresh day
- [Silence Sail](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2026/05/12/silence-sail/) - I silenced my mind To no prevail A hope That did unrail And awoke myself To orchard grass Slowly loosening my veil Then all at once A rhythm began Slowly filling my sail.
- [The Way You Used To](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2026/05/11/the-way-you-used-to/) - You don't look at me the way you used to Soft eyes, like you were a bit mystified By my approach to life Or maybe it was my life itself That intrigued you. You don't look to me the way you used to Photographs I remember you in A bikini I haven't seen in a
- [Locus on my Mind](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2026/05/09/locus-on-my-mind/) - A locus on my mind; Two dollars and fifty cents While driving slowly in the right hand lane Looking for a parking spot And Grimes on the radio Flapping wings of technicolour Written cleanly upon the sidewalk I am not walking upon. Heaven yoked my thoughts; A golden beam of sunshine Misdirected through bubbling clouds
- [Last Year's](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2025/04/18/last-years/) - Birds have returned Little ones that come and go Just as last year's leaves blow. Little ones with long legs Wandering through puddles Picking at worms I can only guess. Birds swimming as schools of fish would Landing amidst unmarked field Seeds from last year's crop to eat. Big black crows and ravens Messengers flying
- [Weathered Sentinel](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2025/04/17/weathered-sentinel/) - I am not a ghost I am a sentinel Standing tall, proud Weathered as I squint Strong as I brave Even the strongest gales That pass before my flock. My vision is far beyond As stars, far above Twinkle in clear moonlight And I, weathered sentinel Humbly remind mine ever quest.
- [Little Strawberry](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2025/04/14/little-strawberry/) - Little Button Little Strawberry So squeely and happy This joy you do bring To my every day. When you're crawling away So mischievously Your panting excitement All dirty of knees. And when our sweet day Starts waning away Noises of such softness I wish I could keep Remind me gentle Asleep there you lay.
- [Just Fine My Mind](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2025/02/21/just-fine-my-mind/) - If I forever lost my mind I'd be grateful for sweet rest End day's long toil To carry forth my merry Silver dollar within my pocket Jingles, jangles along Through warming morning sun. In the morrow then I'd be a different man A loose spoke in my wheel A dirt road I hate to say
- [Wind Swept Growl](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2024/11/06/wind-swept-growl/) - Loud depth of wind Sending a sliver of the moon Into long blades of grass Bellowing Autumn's warm choice of a day How dare minutes of this season Fall away so effortlessly Like the glimpse of a red lit night sky Following in Sun's same footsteps Test not growing darkness's patience For caught you shall
- [Lost Sun Wolf](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2024/10/11/lost-sun-wolf/) - Land is enough So why do I hold So close to my being This building of plans Future visions Amounting to more stacks Of unread books? To see, to breathe, To smells deeply As I stand patiently Watching grass blow And clouds roll. I try to explain Why wolf culls are horrific, Why medicating healthy
- [By Heart](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2024/10/10/by-heart/) - A note of credible Creative credible Caught in a crossfire Rapid fire with no cease fire. And there she sat For light poured down Upon the holy place she did sit And Gods spoke loudly For light was blinding. All around smoke poured down Glittering against pale memories A scene too fresh to look back
- [Silent Darkness](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2024/08/23/silent-darkness/) - Friggart bore Into silent darkness Death to all Thy left behind Pride and stripped Tunneling Voiceless throats Remain forevermore Gathered strength Clenching teeth Soot and grime Machine will grind Until each burr Buries itself Into dried blood Of all that whore Let it remain Of Gods who speak Leave it forever Of who shall sink
- [Shelter](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2024/08/22/shelter/) - I guess I've been building - Don't call it by name - A shelter to put my hat up And a bed to lay down Though I've never been a gambler S'been too many bad cuts And my pencil's getting short Like a tape stuck on 2 I hear music when I close my eyes
- [Incoherently Surrender](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2024/08/19/incoherently-surrender/) - Whispering incoherently into my ear I lost myself into reverie A world I'd always dreamed of Soaked in sweat of our lust We were alone in our madness Lazy summer breeze through The teepee opening Was this ever our together? Calmness so saturated In lazy sun streams forgetting Each worry on our minds Like watching
- [Dungeon Boulders](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2024/08/18/dungeon-boulders/) - Surely this is a swolen gland of memory Cursing through my body Pinching where I've been hurt before. Should I starve you out? Let you waste away like autumn flowers Suffocating upon the bed you've made? A cry from depths of my unconscious being Let out like lightning bolts Surging through my veins in callous
- [Patching](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2024/08/15/patching/) - So maybe instead of you I seek a me. I fuss about my collar And chop at my hair, Wax off my new boots And make sure I'm not seen With those patched pants on Anymore. Maybe I resist By rewiring. Maybe I divert By running away. Maybe I control My impulses By sending absolutes
- [Twilight Hours](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2024/08/15/twilight-hours/) - Blackness about Silence within Sunrise soon
- [Messages of Life](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2024/08/15/messages-of-life/) - My vision has been blotched, My insides have been influenced By an algorythm I didn't want.. But accepted, Like inflating gas prices At the pump, Along a journey I didn't plan. The algorythm told me What I should have known I had to do, It showed me beautiful photos That directly appealed to my soul
- [Sitting Still With Pain](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2024/08/11/sitting-still-with-pain/) - This sitting still is painful I've lost the nerves and feeling To do so anymore. My urgency and anxiety Makes an awful racket At my closed bedroom door. "Please wait." I respond softly. My body ever sore And lacking desire to remain Amidst stacks of laundry And hairy dust balls. Two fans blow at each
- [Winter's Soul](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2024/02/20/winters-soul/) - Your winter cold Holds me in an escape A reverie of distant Guiding stars So easily visible About this cloudless Waxing gibbous; Cassiopeia now Directly beneath Polaris. A soft hand reaches For the twines of mine chest, Slowly breathing To hold onto each Breaking moment of day And soft light Emenates from the portal That
- [Yesterday](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2024/01/11/yesterday/) - I thought I remembered you yesterday Then I woke and you weren't on my mind In my fury I swallowed hard Thinking of all the time I spent Without your sweet smell beside myself I wasn't hungry like I told you so But my trigger was a lofty chance So I left you and your
- [Working and Frozen](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2024/01/09/working-and-frozen/) - Biting wind Numbing feet Hands slowing down
- [Two Five Three Six](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2024/01/08/two-five-three-six/) - Letters from my ancestors Have each spelled out ten names Two to be used in case of emergency Five for female spawn Three for patriarchal ties And six as shadows of mine own heart. I love each one as any man can I've researched each story true, Chosen from my memory I've drawn each one
- [Secrets](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2023/10/16/secrets/) - Tell me your secrets today. It's raining outside Like my wishes have gone. I don't want sadness much more So I can sleep in the night Without dreaming in symbols Of the dreams I still have. Tell me your secrets tonight When I've had my dessert I'll sit listening intently Awaiting heat to emanate Through
- [Coffee Grinds](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2023/07/26/coffee-grinds/) - Please dont put so much Water on my coffee grinds It just ain't right to be doing Such nasty things to me Please dont put so much Water on my coffee grinds What did I do to your story To deserve this business from you Please dont put so much Water on my coffee grinds
- [Broken Veins](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2023/07/11/broken-veins/) - What road did I drive down again? Path of dusty broken veins Weed choked by falling road dust Dry season on two wheels And a gooseneck straddling dotted lines About a ribbon I've tied across my finger To remember a mannequin I fell in love with. Holy I went left! I took my squirrels medium
- [It Hurt](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2023/05/04/it-hurt/) - Today's coffee reminds me of the day I ripped a six inch long one inch deep hole into the back of my leg. Thirteen years old, maybe I was fourteen at my best friends father's shop he worked a lot with cement and had a big yard with mounds of gravel we'd go up and
- [Slowly into Tea](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2023/03/18/slowly-into-tea/) - I wish I could cry on the good days when my tea is softly spoken and each of my windows have snow lightly dancing, exploring my imagination in waxing crescent arising. So it's said my moon is slowly rising a wind about my sail to calm me as I build up to a moment of
- [Sound/Vision](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2023/02/24/sound-vision/) - Who are you? What is your sound/vision? What guides your call? Deep gulps of morning coffee Flickering sounds An empty wall With little splash marks Years of service gone by. This pen fades The more I write, Like fallen leaves Into enrichened soil Rhythms have lost my voice Telling me of better days.
- [Old Entrance Door](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2023/02/23/old-entrance-door/) - What is wrong with crumbling ground Dirt building up and softening corners As messages to my former youth. I met a truth I should have known Though long ago I had forgotten then Stolen by a bass kick drum. Trim around my old entrance door Has worn a little more since, Stars still there to
- [One](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2023/02/19/one/) - One Oneness The Way A single heart Forest's path is empty Echo is just you Thoughts are all your own Beyond reason.. sure And in good nature, hopefully. One Sun Moon Earth One One Has distant friends And one multiplied by anything Becomes anything One has its beginning A small seed A drop of rain
- [I'm Gone](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2023/02/09/im-gone/) - I'm gone It has taken me a while But I sit here Gone Watching the elongating Aloe vera leaves Reach So far from the road That once brought me here. I'm gone My path long overwritten Slight smile Of downtrodden blades And the omnipresent moss Setting it's tangles Deeper than I can ever watch. I'm
- [Spring Heart](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2023/02/14/spring-heart/) - Spring around the corner Spreading all it's heartfelt warmth Reminds me of your touched embrace Glowing readily, evermore. It reminds me of a melting snowdrift One drop at a time Collecting a little puddle of water Soon to be overflowing Slowly trickling down Small valleys that gather more, Filling up so quickly Like the coming
- [Numbing](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2023/01/13/numbing/) - Snow flies And so shall I fly: Stable but absent; Nose towards sky. White tiger Plays softly nearby Pine tree Getting decorated. I gift each breath The bellow of my chest; Abdomen to rumbling, Seated like stump. I seek nothing And return to nowhere. My wings of a vision Leave me numbing home.
- [Unattended Fire](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2023/01/05/unattended-fire/) - I'm hijacking emotional waves Leaving the strong winds For cracked nuts And a fire, unattended. My teeth hurt And my coffee's gone cold - Toxic lush Even when hot. A game, I'm gone Struck me on the shoulder But hoping for an open minded Lady Who gave a wrinkled Promiscuously acquired Five dollar bill To
- [Lost Wings](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2023/01/03/lost-wings/) - Seperatism loses me It's a lost art Guided by a nobody train And nobody to sing Nobody has sung. I look into your eyes And I see missing I see wallowing sorrow And a stained glass window Echoing a cold statue With angel wings Sainted. We can be friends But I wont ask to meet
- [Black Night](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/12/30/black-night/) - Black night Blackness Darkened entreating Bespoke and misleading Howling Danger Sour Altered vision And missing time.
- [Attitude](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/12/19/attitude/) - This work ethic is work It is not play, Play is different. It resides on the same plane, But is a different vein. Attitude relates the two; Notions of good and well, Interested And seeing life From a perspective of fun. Work ethic is motivated Play is motivated Peace must also be motivated So that
- [At Home](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/12/02/at-home/) - There's a mountain of crows Crawling about my mind. Distant snowy peaks Tall, looming firs And the faint, eerie howl Of the wind Settling through furry boughs. I dont want comfort anymore I want slow, agonizing pain Of cold feet and biting breath. Let darkness fill my voids With only the fire Inside my eyes
- [Upon the Cliffs](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/12/01/upon-the-cliffs/) - Who do you know? Who beckons to you When the waves are too high, When streetlights are few? For in our moment Of memory Sweetness so delicately Ready upon thy tongue, Who do we know? Who shall exalt Our being so readily?
- [Golden Dreams](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/12/01/golden-dreams/) - I cannot remember my golden dreams of yesterday. Will my words be understood tomorrow? Each of these laid with patience Upon flat laid twenty pound unlined and rounded corners Shall surely carry dust until curiosity reveals, But the binary figures carried on electricity Floating lazily upon some unknown bandwidth In a region East of the
- [Inner Bird](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/11/29/inner-bird/) - What is the real reason for my inner voice? Is this ego? Have I whispered so loudly To all Grandfather trees That my echo and sensations Are no longer my own? Has my inner bird Whistled alone In surrounding scenes of chaos, And called home Mother Hen Whom I sit under this great canopy with?;
- [Words of the Universe](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/11/07/words-of-the-universe/) - One cannot sway the Universe Simply with words This merely annoys those who must hear And frustrates those who cannot speak. One can speak to hear one's voice, Or speak-up to be a voice, But to think a voice Can change the world Must take a lot of idle convincing.
- [So Long Ago](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/11/06/so-long-ago/) - What is the hardest thing? A glowing orb at an unending tunnel Flashing lights in otherwise darkness Moments of stillness broken by reality A whisper one still remembers Sun so long ago And a night that must end. But how soft it can often hit Like haze on a full moons glow Orbs opening And
- [Bernie](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/11/06/bernie/) - Laid flat The cat Sat back To count each minute Awaiting his feeding That came never too often. White paws White tail White ears and nose A starking vision Against Autumn browns A house cat hardly saw.
- [Soul](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/11/03/soul/) - What is my voice?How does it come from withinBut it is not of myself?Would I have been wrongTo have heard it?I bring my soul to the earthBoth by sitting upon itBy feeling it within my toesAnd by listening to itSweet songs of assumed innocence.But then if I stayHow long do my thoughts strayWhat ebbs and
- [Morning Drawl](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/11/04/morning-drawl/) - Slow drawl of a morning Crinkling paper And ever building list Of tasks I wanted to remember Last night Trickling in As my coffee Trickles down Bamboo lined pour over Where my awaiting mug, Earth tones of pottery, Catches the mud My memory unearths.
- [Lonely](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/11/03/lonely/) - Lonely Like this ghost I whisper my secret stories Unwilling to chill My nervous twitch. My veins have begun to bulge, My forecast is for rain, My tulips are still A long cold wait away. So this whisper caresses My ghostly remains Turning effortlessly Against swirling wind, And painting my brightness Gray, weathered and stained.
- [Dried Pen](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/07/24/dried-pen/) - My anger soaks me; Leaflets floating to ground With script precisely writ. Daggars fly; Pen dries and is again dipped To lay out my pulsing veins That have taken hold Each cumbersome breath, Each suffocating exhale, And filled my hand with poison. I dare not touch again. Yet yearn I do so much For even
- [Faint Echo](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/07/23/faint-echo/) - Transmission loss is inevitable With such broad spectrum distortion Carrying a candle through darkness Is a miner for gold Or coal Or anything that matters To the lords of the underground. But when I yell It echoes back to me Around the field From the trees From the hill Between the buildings and back, Which
- [Flies](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/05/25/flies/) - After a while the flies find you Sinking into skin Like love letters I'm waiting for. I try my passive eye With a lazy wind Covering my imagination While three ewes Run circles, Their heads down Wishing for longer grass to hide in. But my exhaustion Just watches two blackflies One on each wrist Searching
- [Rejected as Spam](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/05/23/rejected-as-spam/) - I am an open box In a sender policy framework Denied access, Rerouted illegally. I watch the timeline scrawl Prying eyes Hidden agendas Nuanced amongst data points That shouldn't even exist. I lost my delicacy Somewhere over Calgary, Network re-route At a central hub For North America. And now I sit denied, Rejected, Marked as
- [My Suffering](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/05/01/my-suffering/) - I am not a descendantNeither an ancestorI walk onlyUpon land un-ownedI hear voicesThat I may not knowAnd recognize patternsInside my zoneThat don't jiveWith my dreams and goals.So then shall I be reborn?Shall I find within meThe God I shall be?Listening and believingActions and idealsIn perfect synchronicity?My barefeet stumble,My pattern outlayed.But I still step softlyIn spite
- [Alone, Within](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/04/02/alone-within/) - I believed in you more as an Oracle Tongue tied and misery A vision of perfection I could not attain alone. What does it mean to be alone? I have clouds that tell me history's greatest moments, And flowers that share with me great healing. I have sheep that teach me what patience is, And
- [Slave's Still Fight](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/04/25/slaves-still-fight/) - I am immense And stuck And broken in my battle; Giants tearing trees And Titans throwing boulders. How do I convey my meanings When I am unreasonable Living inside a dream Of everyone's meaning well. Does my habit become your habit? Do I lose myself into you? Does my soil sprout many plants? Can I
- [Frozen on the Tundra](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/03/28/frozen-on-the-tundra/) - I gamble in a broken vessel A walk on thin ice Through thorns that rip my shell. Have I known this before? Is this common ground? Station guards interrogate Wild eyes they see Unable to answer simple questions No matter to the body they see. Re-live the past, Carry the burden, Broken heart lay down
- [Rose Petals](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/03/28/rose-petals/) - This is not a trail of broken hearts; Fallen crimson rose petals Reminding me of each cycle Lost and reborn Sun and moon dance. This is a ripening and maturing A ferment and bottle conditioned Led by the golden tears Of Springs fresh showers. A frosty morning With birds calling from branches Yet bearing, And
- [Time Spells by Fragments](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/03/11/time-spells-by-fragments/) - Time has begun to fragment: Lost time, woven time Shared time, alone time. Time better spent, And time well spent. Time's fingers tap My beat And scratch raw Skin beneath my beard, Transfixed upon Scaling multiples Woven as fabric That erases What was written Upon Season' blackboard. Yet still, No time spell has taken My
- [I'm Interested](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/02/27/im-interested/) - I'm interested, like the moon is interested in a ruksack. Take me home, take me there, I want to see where you were made. And I'll bring my spare tire so I don't get stuck along the way, because I know a Legend of Boulders that weigh the most upon the road. But after twilight,
- [Not Spoken](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/03/05/not-spoken/) - I'm not spoken anymore Dried in a bottom of dust Let my soul sing With fire sparks tonight Can't I get along alone For Coyote whispers And Dog whispers back. Forget every song I've written all wrong Glory and frail, Perfect and undone Startling morning sun My breath: heavy hung For Coyote whispers And Dog
- [Fermented Madness](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/02/18/fermented-madness/) - I awoke into my madness Blind, awake Lifeless but my breath And all around me spanned vines Crawling amidst my thoughts Scaling trees Leaving me a gnarled world As if each fruit I picked. Dreaming as I lay awake Of fermented terroir Calmly settling inside the vice A cork upon thy voice. Can sweet time
- [Stoic Beast](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/01/28/stoic-beast/) - I'm not the beast of a nothing place I'm rich in earth And stoic like pine of a thousand years. I don't look you in the eye, I devour your hormone And wax upon each death of your breath. In death, I spy; In wind, I vanish; In grace I am all fingertips Touching sensitive
- [Deepening](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2022/01/06/deepening/) - You wore your hair on an unwritten novel That was bound with your daily drawl Mixed among the thunderstorms Of a lonely prairie home. Cows were milked twice a day And dust blew into your eyes Leaving streaks running diagonal Across your rosy cheeks With an agonizing look You had long put on Prepared for
- [What Is Blessing?](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2021/12/30/what-is-blessing/) - What is blessing? What is blossom? What does hard work Have to do With my faith and trust? How often does govern Intervene with my magic, Causing my inner blessing To be lost in a sea of greed. For my beacon And my bacon Do not get seared Upon the same boiler. I am a
- [Forgiveth](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2021/12/11/forgiveth/) - I am moody I'm the gravel inspiration Of a moonlit breath Standing naked against Each whispering hallow Deep within consciousness, Though cackles be heard. And here I stand, Abreast the fight Holding a heartache That's dazed But still conscious With an armful Of medicine Tunneling out the holes I havent made time To mend yet.
- [Bellows](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2021/12/20/bellows/) - This cold landscape bellows, Blowing endlessly With a high pitched wallow And I am not a voice in it. No animated gust of white dust, No longing wave of seed heads bobbing, No tall tree, naked and exposed Arms wide open Awaiting for the sun. This cold landscape bellows, And I sit in isolation Completely
- [Ohana](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2021/12/11/ohana/) - Take me back there Waterfalls and tropical foliage Reverberating along my spine Soaked with sweat A deep summer hike Wearing my clean eyes And high tides. I jumped Like you jumped Into the deepness there. A riverbend An oceanscape A photograph I'll always take That had my ride In shotgun Prana, Ohana, sun. And on
- [Sincere Moments](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2021/12/04/sincere-moments/) - Sincere stars Like each moment Unnecessary little hearts. Carry in a windswept Memory, Where's my limit? Gone and wrote home Without it. And numbers, Many numbers, That couldn't count on A passion So I lay there In a dreamspace Like a memory; Long glance. In a moment, In a moment My life. When the wind
- [Into the Rain](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2021/11/25/into-the-rain/) - This smoke and mirrors Is my pain As I walk in your memory I fall alone On unspent words My hair, Lifelessly pressed Against the glass. I've learned about my veins That run across My open palms; For too long have I Looked into thee For an answer I cannot find. And so my last
- [A New Mind](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2021/10/19/a-new-mind/) - Windows took my heart And told me to walk slow Down a dusty path That never ended Into the glow. I walked until I stopped Took two deep breaths Of fresh air Saw a raven whisper thoughts I could faintly hear. With all my strength I took a step Leading me away And forth I
- [Write in Blood](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2021/11/02/write-in-blood/) - For this, I shall complain I shall write in blood Each passing thought That whispers at my mind, For it is only in this exalt My beacons of hope shall arise And light my way Away from these depths I have so tread too long.
- [Why Didn't I See Your Eyes](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2021/10/25/why-didnt-i-see-your-eyes/) - Why didn't I see your eyes? Still I tried For this vision I haven't found And your browns, greens, Forever changing As landscape's seasons change And my footsteps Through my soul's golden copse Recapturing. Why didn't I see your eyes? Even though my feet are as tired As cobblestoned history, Gray hair grows upon my
- [Taken](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2021/10/19/taken/) - What takes you away? What brings the lines From bowels to forehead, And understands nothing Of what's seen before you? What holds you Like a scarf on a cold subway Clicking away In a nice rattle Of destination approaching? What holds time so still That a lifetime is lived Experienced Played And given With a
- [Starlit Frost](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2021/10/15/starlit-frost/) - Night holds grace A wish was ever grown upon In elegance and composure Stillness of such starlight. From cassiopeia to Jupiter Horizon stretches in silhouette Basking lay each frosty blade Of grass now nearing frozen. Faint rustling of thou distant river Blends its course with swaying poplars Amidst comes forth a lone coyote call Right
- [Delicate Little Fragments](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2021/10/11/delicate-little-fragments/) - Each one My ancestors words Trying Dying in the middle Of my consternation Accessing only My little breaths Taken From unwritten history pages; A pen So delicate Little fragments Are lost As each letter forms.
- [Ode to Goldenrod](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2021/10/13/ode-to-goldenrod/) - What is your weather? So delicate and sure Sentinal of harvest. What once glowed gold Now delicately so tender, Brown and wilted; Seeds like rain Fall from your mane In one breath of wind Shaken your stand. Of all the ancient history Stored in your very seed, How does each season Keep bringing you to
- [Around](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2021/10/08/around/) - Today I sit as a rock Thick and still Voluntarily receiving From all what's around But remaining unchanged Until at last Cold sets in To await some more.
- [Moon And By Sun](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2021/07/24/moon-and-by-sun/) - I am drained of life Though calming gray Moon Shines full into my vision. My mornings wake With such vast opportunity Yet I slouch my way Into an odyssey; Blurring noises From Nature's highway Busy outside my open window. This tea alerts me It brings my senses Towards the front of my tongue So that
- [Another Vision](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2021/07/02/another-vision/) - I want to take on a new vision One where this doesn't exist None of this exists Everything is different. I sit here in darkness A dream room Slightly out of center Upon a small patch Of well used rug Reminiscing on moments Of movement How it integrates Asking myself what is important So that
- [Forgiven](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2021/07/01/forgiven/) - Forgive this tender Earth It has been here a while Surfacing each destruct With an ancient iron will Of I can heal this, too. Bid not darkening rain clouds A speedy adieu, Nor slithering worms A much deeper tunnel. No, each, just as meaningless Stretches on deeper, meaningful Just as horizons - hidden - Become
- [Gain the Experience](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2021/05/22/gain-the-experience/) - What is my experience Loaded from past perceptions Rhythm Blood is the feeling Dance like a zebra A jungle in the desert Beat ever pounding Inward inward inward Fading out And lost.
- [Full Love](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2021/04/13/full-love/) - Today I choose full love That grapples at my conscious edges My error code Tumbling down dark mode numbered lines, Plainly and painfully Guarding my thought patterns That lead me away from full love Which I choose to keep today In my basket of offline organics Springing to life within me.
- [Legs of a Newborn](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2021/04/12/legs-of-a-newborn/) - Chilling me, my bones; Solar vision of a home. Leave sense alone, For good can be struck Gathered at Legs of a newborn. Forgive this faintest vision: Whelping at green gates, Unable to return this burden To a rusty hand that remains Steadlock, A wooden helm, For sorcery: Electric sounds gurgle on. Mission of lost
- [Key of E Minor](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2021/03/24/key-of-e-minor/) - Enter the Maestro Long silence and little chatter Shiny little black shoes From where I sit Clacking animatedly Excited anticipation Thus begins. Rusting cello strings Played in the lower key of E Minor Pounding but softly on the frets As a window amidst rain Can only feel Agony of the heart Echoing off engineered walls
- [Night(s)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2021/01/15/nights/) - There were nights Candle lit I miss you Romantic deep and long steps Within, longing For a simple breath In such sensitive Delicate transmissions Agonizingly alone Yet fully romantic This was the night There.
- [Deserveth](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/12/28/deserveth/) - For if I got to sail's end Upon the glee of life Should shake the dust From each thy sword To battle, ho! Thy fun! Not of angry blood spilled In trod battlefield, Nor in a race of men, But in thy quest of spiriting Each bone amidst my quest. Shake me, again! For should
- [Seasons](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/12/12/seasons/) - My main emblems Have begun to fade Into a soft glow An aura Of whispers and tilting With wind bending My point of view So that birds land Upon my boughs To which I can take No meaning hidden And softly acknowledge Ancient Gaia's shift As seasons go.
- [Draining Memories](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/12/08/draining-memories/) - Though I fall far from the Pacific's graceful shores I swim with my head held high Through sea-birds and sea-weeds And crabs at my toes. A memory I chose to keep Brings a feather to the ground, The wind high on snowy mountains I can see from the shore With city sprawl developments Slowly creeping
- [Fragments of Meaning](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/12/04/fragments-of-meaning/) - Take my visual fragments And place them at the foot Of an old chedi, For I don't want my queues To scatter my own thoughts Like a back alley I've stood for too long admiring. Take my meaning And lessen it's grip For it crawls And has not yet learned The intricacies of Falling and
- [Beautiful Lines](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/12/03/beautiful-lines/) - Beautiful lines Caress my pages - Align my moments With mysterious sages, Which leaves me sitting Amidst my cages Wondering devilishly Where art thy key?
- [Entrance Room](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/12/03/entrance-room/) - Here is an atmosphere closing in, Here is our synchronicity, Here is a night of Queer as Funk, Here is a global revolution. Short crops and jean shorts, Left hands and unimosity.
- [River](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/12/03/river/) - A I'm a mighty river G Blowin' down today F The sky she seen me G My emptiness so cold So she let er rain All night till I drowned Soaked every tree and shrub Clung to my banks of rock I roar with my head high Every cold, cold black night No need to
- [Walking](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/12/03/walking/) - Though skies sit darkly Reminiscing flatter plains, I woke to a snowflake Covering my name Footsteps hardly criss-crossing This empty expanse of our lane So that magic could work It's betwickled strings Into the heart of my sky.
- [Tonight's Compression](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/11/18/tonights-compression/) - Something beautiful Wishing on me tonight, Lamp light and electric steps Don't forget wishing in the sky Dreaming like you and I, Waves of magic filling These golden eyes That blur at edges Compressing the turmoil silent.
- [Revolutionary Blood](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/11/12/revolutionary-blood/) - My revolution has taken its toll On jagged edges of my soul; I've dawned gloves, Sawn carefully, Yet each gold line I've carefully drawn out - Tracing a route For my skilled cut - Has left an array Of scraps and debris That keeps slicing Each fiber I live by, So that each step I
- [Old Chedi](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/11/02/old-chedi/) - And so spoke the heart song Softy renovating each edge To include a space for memories That helped caress harmony; A state of living That slowed down And remembered to breathe Like the infinite bliss And awakening Found while sitting At the foot of old chedi.
- [Ungracefully Lacking](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/11/02/ungracefully-lacking/) - Insight has lost its worth For it no longer blesses thy journey; It is a burden, a hex, Pointedly accusing And draining all chai. How often does it rain? Even cold grass Does not sprout green For it has lost its vision, Quest departed long ago Sun turned into mold. Gravel roads And sombre trees
- [Healing Is Still](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/10/24/healing-is-still/) - When the streets bleed With vibrating violence We know that only scares the guilty Hanging like The victims they laid Aside in their greed; Healing shall still be far away. When grass grows Over crumbled ruins Abandoned and exposed, Rebels of a forgotten war Who plundered all its worth Relaxing in their misdeeds Shall fever
- [Gold and What's Glistening](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/10/22/gold-and-whats-glistening/) - When I heard softness I knew heartness I crawled and I creeped Dotted lines and peaks Covered the streets Until I found the last Of a thing I had past Which began orobus And did I remain Lost in sweet rain? Softening and listening Gold and what's glistening.
- [Forget](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/10/21/forget/) - Forget If there is anything left For tomorrow It shall be What today Had dreamed of.
- [Wallow](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/10/21/wallow/) - Wallow in my joy Until I can no longer escape The expanse of your forgiveness That opens each door In waves of euphoria And beckons with a coiled finger The turning of the day Into a sphere of love And rotating memory.
- [Spark Awaken](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/10/21/spark-awaken/) - The age of my frustration Subsides as cold My veins grow old. Through darkness a fire Grows my inner vision Alive into sky sparks. Then alive sets in Departed from this weight Horns blowing my mind. Let me love in Desire shall flow Awaken again.
- [Guilt](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/10/21/guilt/) - Forever The guilt of insolence Shall reek Until the bearer Shall forgive Himself, For the brunt To be sure Has been forgotten.
- [Rotten Garden](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/10/21/rotten-garden/) - Rotten tomatoes Rotten garlic Rotten cucumbers and dill Rotten parsley Rotten marigolds Rotten lettuce and spinach Rotten onion Rotten basil Rotten peas and beans Rotten pumpkin Rotten comfrey Rotten sage and tomatillo
- [Eleven Seconds](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/10/20/eleven-seconds/) - Don't install me in an ambient I want kaleidoscope Forgive me in an understanding That I'm yet to come upon This could have been my memory Shaken from the slope Dropping little apple Fallen from the tree Whisper late night And be me and both again For beginning with the smallest cloth I woke up
- [Journey Begins](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/10/20/journey-begins/) - I am off The world awaits The future is mine! Bon vogage. Bag's been packed With toothbrush and shoes Map laid out Water filled Tires checked All feels clean The weathers nice Promising more Passport is ready We'll see you soon.
- [Devilry](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/10/20/devilry/) - I am my own frustrations For there is no seperate What I see I believe And become So lookout. I ride the borealis With wild eyes and spitfire A demon In my heart Runs wild Late at night. Now vegabonds Now miscreants Now misdeeds And devilry Now laughter Now chaos And discover Who we are.
- [Fever](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/10/16/fever/) - When you look at me Like I'm growing thin Edges of my sloping chin I walk amidst my fever ghosts Lost, dark as night. I feel the crown Upon my heart Fuse into my spine That never woke A fevered breath That sounded hoarse as dust. For when the game Of morning light Awakens this
- [Between The Lines](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/10/16/between-the-lines/) - I miss the nights That line up In the new part of an old city Where street lights feel like rain On cooler summer night And my homeward spin Takes me from a warm crowded room Onto cobblestones That echo from my engine Roaring to life In spite the effort I have put Into making
- [Old Growth](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/10/16/old-growth/) - I wont work on your memory Until raindrops fill the sky For in the meadow of our life A stream runs us far and wide So that the summer we both know Can carry our hearts high And help us to build our time Like rings of old growth.
- [Trinkets and Lace](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/10/16/trinkets-and-lace/) - My view is distorted by lace and flowers That have begun to wilt and burn But the lace remains timelessly Arched upon the bow That keeps the clouds, so heavily From my memory And takes me back to a house I knew Down Coppers Lane, remains. I still smell the ancient windowsills So beautifully exposed
- [Inner Heart](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/10/14/inner-heart/) - Cold pangs of my inner heart Have wildly swung amidst this wind Clanging loudly against Metallic edges of home Where doors have been hung. To aid my truth voice In a song of no-mans-land, I've wrapped my steel blades In a leather sheath To keep my quivering hand From starting in a blur. But pangs
- [Cold Fusion of the Mind](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/10/10/cold-fusion-of-the-mind/) - Cold fusion plugging my artery Making its way into my brain Locked in embrace With two swines for dinner Make me a salad if you please. And a winedrop Caressing the glass window Spilled over with a passionate moment Left a gray cloud Hovering closely To the carved portrait on the wall With graceful messages
- [Sweet Moon](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/10/10/sweet-moon/) - From the nights sweet dancing moon Comes ecstasy I cant turn away Emotion of a day well spent Crawling through my veins Distant coyotes call To a pack not far apart And my hand finds yours tonight Sweet embrace I'll always take.
- [Inside Cobwebs](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/09/28/inside-cobwebs/) - I awoke with steam Overtaking my barely opened eye Stretched cobwebs holding My eyelids In a foggy embrace That reminded me of fishnets In tunnel vision Locked in sweaty fantasies Of a late night low light Where forbidden And forgotten Are both flickers of imagination And soft light Of a golden new day Controlled my
- [Early Morning Hour](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/09/24/early-morning-hour/) - In the early morning hour Wind seems to lay down Rising sun sets out to warm Every frosty blade of grass And when my horse is saddled up I mount my trusty steed to roam Every bit of our home range To find my cows and learn the land For my life I'm setting out
- [Take](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/09/19/take/) - Take what you want Need nothing more For remembering For singing song There was no audience No standing pride Call of the monkey Song of coyote When the willow Grows over your head Look to the weather Summer's soon over Find me in The falling weather Temperature dropping Frost is coming Always remember Take what
- [Fighting For A Softer Edge](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/09/12/fighting-for-a-softer-edge/) - If you give me a softer edge I will believe in your touch For in the grasp Of a summer day I remember all these dreams And I can hear the buzz Of the honey bee Singing in my ear. But if the edge continues to hone I'll find my sharpness cutting knots Deep within
- [Breathing Grand](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/09/10/breathing-grand/) - It has been hard to admit That my words have lost meaning. Even the breath That inhales to explain Where my full self has departed to Has lost its strength; Faintly attached With two softly drawn cords Like a spider web In early morning dew (Too delicate and lost To be trecherous and hard), Whispers
- [Cutting Hay in a Field (day 3224)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/28/cutting-hay-in-a-field-day-3224/) - Three days of sun Blade depth Amidst in field
- [Distance of an Ancient Mariner (day 3223)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/27/distance-of-an-ancient-mariner-day-3223/) - I have not forgotten about you You were there And so was I We watched as the imaginary boats Drifted in from an ancient time Carrying modern culture and spices. I wore leather soles And dreamed of a once was place That took my breath away With life. I don't know If I'll ever be
- [Morning Butterfly (day 3222)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/26/morning-butterfly-day-3222/) - Don't go Fluttering butterfly In this morning glow of sun I've only just noticed you And I'd like to see you more It reminds me of a summer shore. I know your mission Is to float away so quick Off to find another spot In softness of this wind You go and come again.
- [Tracks On The Road (day 3221)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/25/tracks-on-the-road-day-3221/) - The laneway smells of sweet clover Overrun by long timothy That soaks toes in morning's walk Back and forth we go. Dampness holds its structure Amidst low hanging overcast clouds That have lifted only slightly Since twilight broke them off. Calmness awaits Imagination creeps in Day's plans unfold Tracks on the road.
- [Collected Page (day 3220)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/24/collected-page-day-3220/) - My page is not full The lateral movement Convulsing into jagged lurches As inspiration Tangles its heavy hand On each seam it finds to bend. So this wind will blow Until fresh songs Dance around tempting, Gravity and reason Forcing their hearts Into a dance That my mind will swing And remember A collection can
- [Ladder Maze (day 3219)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/23/ladder-maze-day-3219/) - I was stuck in a ladder maze Six feet tall and rising My mind woke up in two parts Scaffold and retired Along came surprises That laid secrets Amidst the gossiping Queen Who told me to back down To find my way out.
- [Tears Over A Sickle Bar (day 3218)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/22/tears-over-a-sickle-bar-day-3218/) - I tried to love you With your broken ways Spent the hours Repairing your fractures And took the time To slow down Listening to your hum As you rocked back and forth In the long sun Struggling away At cutting Grass into hay. But your fractures Broke into cracks And left me lurching Struggling away
- [Materialize (day 3217)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/21/materialize-day-3217/) - The nay-sayer spoke In his un-safe tongue That scared the mothers Who scolded their babies And banished the fearless And awoke hysteria That ripped the hearts From youth and bold Who began their plotting Behind closed doors Until a collective vision Cleared their minds And they awoke Materialized.
- [In Our Light/Eyes (day 3216)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/20/in-our-light-eyes-day-3216/) - Remember that the brights of your eyes Are the way we realize That the answer is all around That the truth is the sweetest sound. For in our misunderstanding Lost in digital confoundry, Is a lesson we can learn Of the value we each share. Physical and presence bring to bear So we can see
- [Garlic (day 3215)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/19/garlic-day-3215/) - Graft me to a garlic bulb So I can be the first one up in Spring Aroma for a fine cuisine Tastier than soupine And when the season's over and done Hang me from the rafter So I can be saved away To remember Summer's sway.
- [Another One (day 3214)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/18/another-one-day-3214/) - Working like a dog Since Ive been meaning to go home And my good woman Who I left there Has the patience of a Queen. Every day the sweat leaves me Too tired to go on, But sun again rises high Sending me off into the fields. I smile out there To the whole expanse,
- [In The Heart (day 3213)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/17/in-the-heart-day-3213/) - I realize my game has lost momentum No longer playing with Neptune and Mars But hormones and galaxies Wise words and future revelations. I watch grass blow in the wind And robins search unending For a game no longer visible But in the heart, always remains What momentum's friendly name.
- [Choose (day 3212)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/16/choose-day-3212/) - In the Gods We can hold our faith We can rewrite our paths And align our virtues Set our guiding stars To make our vision Ever-strong. Instead of the false idols Immortal souls We idolize today, The led astray And imperfect visions That accept faults Within Without effort to change Nor grandiose to endure. We
- [Little Old Lion (day 3211)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/15/little-old-lion-day-3211/) - Little old lion That sits on a brick Looking as though a guard What respite doth bring Such sentinel a beast In the hour Of a deep felt freeze?
- [Goodnight (day 3210)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/14/goodnight-day-3210/) - My star awoke And let shine Amidst a valley of grass That sat silently As midnight would Sending me a goodnight.
- [My Name (day 3209)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/13/my-name-day-3209/) - Don't ask my name anymore It hurts me too much in my soul My feet have begun to blister And my eyes don't like to open. What day has taken my mind Lost amidst the wind For clouds have come and woven their way Amidst the mustard seed sour. Chaos and slumber collide into A
- [Begin (day 3208)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/12/begin-day-3208/) - I awoke And remembered All that could have been said And held Onto the gift That lay next to me For I was lucky To share A breath amongst Wild flowers and grasses With a lifeline That lifted To let the sun Begin.
- [Idle Hands (day 3205)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/09/idle-hands-day-3205/) - This idleness This treachery This cannot happen For is has spoken Aloud And worked its arms Inside vices Against terror Wrapped around Unspoken melodies Yet it grew Dirt pile And grave dangers Arose From idle hands At play Upon the wheel.
- [Resting (day 3207)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/11/resting-day-3207/) - This is the feeling of broken again The one that rest inside And cannot find words to share Because the words that come Are accusations Frustrations Words that will take us nowhere A fight I no longer have the breath To take an inhale for. So I will close my eyes And rest my deepest
- [Palms (day 3204)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/08/palms-day-3204/) - What brings the soul of a man Deep within the palm of his hand? For I have seen two men astray Neither I tried to save. In the grace of our Gods We stand before each war we fought Did we strike the hammer strong Or lose out before our lungs Belted loud our souls
- [Whisper (day 3206)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/10/whisper-day-3206/) - This hurts and I'm not sure And I don't want to guess anymore. So I clap both my hands To suggest who I am. Not for a way, Not for a guess, Not for a little bit, Not for the end. And I whisper Into the death of my vision So I may not know
- [For Tomorrow (Broken Arrow) (day 3203)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/07/for-tomorrow-broken-arrow-day-3203/) - I chose the path of a broken arrow Bent and fragmented In the soil I grow For once I was mad With hate so hot Spent life speeding From spot to target With venemous fuel. I was long and straight, I fought a great battle Now I'm bent And given away My grace and beauty
- [Reworking (day 3202)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/06/reworking-day-3202/) - I've roamed here before Last years summer heat Lazing about the full grass Cautioning the flies That swell when the breeze dies down. These cows they look familiar But the birds, they're all new They have a shrill That reminds me of chicks Taking flight for the first time. I'll watch the leaves blow Flashing
- [Drying Mounds of Dirt (day 3201)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/05/drying-mounds-of-dirt-day-3201/) - Hardness crumbling Polytonality Movable yet immovable
- [Itchy Memories (3200)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/04/itchy-memories-3200/) - Inspiration has laid waste To a plethora of heart songs And itchy memories, Each of which stands tall On the distant horizon Glimmering in a sea of illusion That makes it hard to look back at. For the sun beats down so strong, And ghosts most definitely do Walk here amongst us. There will never
- [Spring and Summer Came (day 3199)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/03/spring-and-summer-came-day-3199/) - She was a vision I couldn't rid my mind Took a walk around Saw her everywhere Made her up a gift Took it from my heart Couldn't find her again She had deserted me So I climbed the mountain Took a great survey Spoke two words in peace With my Eagle soul Clear as day
- [To Yoke (day 3198)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/02/to-yoke-day-3198/) - Still I sat Closing my eyes With a smile inside For it was you So close to me Orchid on my mind A new time To yoke So that my eyes Were your being And the reach Of your touch Was the work That I could do.
- [Difference (day 3197)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/03/01/difference-day-3197/) - Land wore gloves For the first time And didn't fit right There was no breath No inhale Just exhale and sweat. A pause broke the noise So softly As the butterfly Inaudibly Sat down to rest.
- [That (day 3196)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/29/that-day-3196/) - For you have gone But did you forget Like the rest It wasn't passed And then it came Like never before And that was that.
- [Peaceful Protest (day 3195)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/28/peaceful-protest-day-3195/) - It wasn't long before the crowd decided to gather It was as if they had somewhere to be Anxious and outbursts of anger Flamethrowers from each their eyes. They sang songs together of hope, They sang the chorus in colour The sang songs of hatred and peace That scared the gathering police And soon the
- [Gates (day 3194)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/27/gates-day-3194/) - No longer could the gates be closed No longer were they present Abandoned For when the sky Turned its evil red A wind swept in Opening the holes Receding each memory Until desolation took hold And all was washed White with time Which left no one To collect Fragments of dust Standing guard At the
- [For a Lost One (day 3193)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/26/for-a-lost-one-day-3193/) - Winter came Now the storm has passed But your touch No longer here But in our hearts Your soul lives strong Forever so close So dear That when I close My eyes I hear How loudly Your soul Did shine
- [So It Came (part XIX) (day 3191)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/24/so-it-came-part-xix-day-3191/) - (part XVIII) There began ever increasing Social codes Codes of conduct Policed by each other Isolating the dissenters And promoting the followers Cults began their rapid ascension Hate cults Fear cults Separation cults Control cults And secrecy grew As honesty was lost For it was Fear who said Honesty could not be shared. (part XX)
- [So It Came (part XX) (day 3192)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/25/so-it-came-part-xx-day-3192/) - (part XIX) And so it came This massive reordering Of minds of living Some believing Some knowing Some inside Some losing faith And some finding new associations To reorder their life towards And some far away Beyond. (fin)
- [So It Came (part XVIII) (day 3190)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/23/so-it-came-part-xviii-day-3190/) - (part XVII) New words like quarantine Self isolation Social distancing Became the normal. They became sayings Slogans worn on t-shirts And those within Safety zone Knew what they meant. When they were spoken Safe people knew how to react Almost as if it was A secret handshake And it became practiced Every night before prayers
- [So It Came (part XVII) (day 3189)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/22/so-it-came-part-xvii-day-3189/) - (part XVI) Inside the walls Within Safety Culture began to believe In the Gods Who used words like Science To spread their propaganda They spoke half truths Withheld full truths In their subtle manipulation That was calculated And projected And timed And crafted. (part XVIII)
- [So It Came (part XVI) (day 3188)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/21/so-it-came-part-xvi-day-3188/) - (part XV) They grew there hair long And were happy being dirty They didn't bathe themselves After every excursion out of Temperature controlled environments And they didn't die They didn't suffer sickness They didn't develop terminal illnesses They were wild They were free. (part XVII)
- [So It Came (part XV) (day 3187)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/20/so-it-came-part-xv-day-3187/) - (part XIV) But there were still people Who roamed outside of Safety. They were the sinners The witches The vegabonds The immoral They were hunted And killed upon sight For it was Fearful To look them in them in the eye. They existed as people had existed Long before Fear had set in To the
- [So It Came (part XIV) (day 3186)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/19/so-it-came-part-xiv-day-3186/) - (part XIII) Outside the walls It was very unsafe. Natural wild beasts roamed Lurking just beyond vision In the darkness In the wildness In the forests That were unsafe. Because most of the Fearful Had moved to Safety Much of what had existed Outside the walls of Safety Was given to ruin Lost and forgotten
- [So It Came (part XIII) (day 3185)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/18/so-it-came-part-xiii-day-3185/) - (part XII) Inside the walls Became safer and safer So that food Was no longer unsafely natural It came in small packages Properly balanced For full health benefits And longer life span. Laws were no longer questioned For they were made With safety in mind. Rules were not broken For the unsafe were strictly punished
- [So It Came (part XII) (day 3184)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/17/so-it-came-part-xii-day-3184/) - (part XI) Slowly a great divide Began to make its way Into the hearts of the world. Because Fear had begun To be passe, A term spoke about Only in dark rooms Behind closed doors, The divide became known As Safety. There were those Who stood well within The comfortable walls of Safety's home And
- [So It Came (part XI) (day 3183)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/16/so-it-came-part-xi-day-3183/) - (part X) When people smiled They were unsure if it was safe to smile When people gathered They were unsure if it was safe to gather When people talked They were unsure whether it was safe To hear the very words Their neighbour was saying. They started to look for ways That their neighbour wasn't
- [So It Came (part X) (day 3182)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/15/so-it-came-part-x-day-3182/) - (part IX) A cloud lifted And Spring was sprung The children sang And the dogs were frisky With little bones Their owners tossed them Who they themselves Had picked till dry. But there was something different Than usual Something awry. At first it was hard to notice But then people began To notice it more
- [So It Came (part IX) (day 3181)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/14/so-it-came-part-ix-day-3181/) - (part VIII) National Banks printed more money To give to their friends That was backed by the Government Who guaranteed the debt Of a failing business A shifting economy. So the democratic government With capitalistic inclinations Overruled the citizens voice And saved bloated businesses From serving their own ruin. And this made the citizens happy
- [So It Came (part I) (day 3174)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/06/so-it-came-part-i-day-3174/) - At the start it was subtle Hardly really a word about it Except for far off, distant news What an unbelievable event They all said From their comfy chairs And LED thrones. And then soon it came Soon it was there As if by fire It had been carried Across the globe. Its most omnipresent
- [So It Came (part II) (day 3175)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/07/so-it-came-part-ii-day-3175/) - (part I) Fear is the real danger Leader of all The most death in the world Fear drives wars, Hate crimes, Abundant stress, That zaps the will to live Out of any who harbour him. And Fear was let in Welcomed in As if being a responsible human Was letting Fear Into our homes Just
- [So It Came (part III) (day 3176)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/08/so-it-came-part-iii-day-3176/) - (part II) With Fear was brought in An entourage Of hangers on. Inside of the homes They began to use chemicals Of every shape and form To try and rid themselves To feed the Fear For they had deep inside Allowed Fear Their most private conversations. They stopped touching things Tactile senses were given A
- [So It Came (part IV) (day 3176)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/09/so-it-came-part-iv-day-3176/) - (part III) When the Doctors spoke up The Government stepped in One, Two, Three Soon all of them Inevitably Began to speak up For their subjects (With Fear in their mouths For it was Fear speaking) An unknown Hidden deep in their voices Unsure and against everybody. It was at this time The Government Of
- [So It Came (part V) (day 3177)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/10/so-it-came-part-v-day-3177/) - (part IV) Schools were cancelled That had been built to inform. Laws that had been fought to uphold Were stripped away again. Borders between provinces And states of America Were once again Erected and electrified By the Democratic State. And policing was a fever Who were handed A gun and their bullets As if to
- [So It Came (part VI) (day 3178)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/11/so-it-came-part-vi-day-3178/) - (part V) As the Fear sunk in They were told to avoid touching Avoid hugging Avoid interactions With other humans. They were told And they listened. A handshake was no longer allowed Personal space was strictly enforced Not only by their Government's police But by company police, by employees By a strange suspicion That even
- [So It Came (part VII) (day 3179)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/12/so-it-came-part-vii-day-3179/) - (part VI) And at this very moment With Fear so alive In the hearts of all present In the urban forums The urban cityscapes With communication between humans cut off With mis-information, Propaganda everywhere The Anti-Fear, the Brave Could not be heard. They were in fact shunned They were told to stay home They were
- [So It Came (part VIII) (day 3180)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/13/so-it-came-part-viii-day-3180/) - (part VII) So then began the great shift Where the governing body Began to change their tone From Fear To security, safety, comfort. They began to have solutions To the Fear they had hired Vaccinations were sold That were un-tested And mostly placebo. Government decided To begin giving bribes What they called bail-outs To failing
- [Wild Game (day 3173)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/05/wild-game-day-3173/) - This cannot continue for too long An ending shall develop To which all will lapse from And then reborn Like Spring of an ancient rhythm Moment in time Reflecting on the sweet sound Of a trickling creek Joined by two trails That are worn by wild game.
- [Leftover Grass (day 3172)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/04/leftover-grass-day-3172/) - Today I watched a piece of grass Leftover from last Autumn Blow about its stalky stout In early morning Wind, As it had so clearly done Manys a time before. It bent at its very base Roots that held it strong, Coupled there to the Earth Untrained and unsung.
- [Passing Giving (day 3171)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/03/passing-giving-day-3171/) - Dont let the feeling of our lives Get in the way of you Like cloudy skies And rainbow sunrise A fleeting vision of right now Passing moments of our tune Stand, bending in the breeze, And open up our giving vessel To channel any way.
- [Rotting Extinction (day 3170)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/02/rotting-extinction-day-3170/) - There were no more ways for the buffalo to roam Fences stopped their grazing and wild land migration Farmers began to cultivate their food with chemicals And soon they became desired by man for their very skin That kept them warm through the winter Leaving the only thing they couldn't be robbed of Their soul,
- [Smiling Observation (day 3168)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/31/smiling-observation-day-3168/) - I never noticed your smiles at me Though I'm sure they were there They trickle down from a memory Often bringing a smile to my own face. I wonder if I do that in my own right now, I'm of an age where I am no longer youngest No longer subject to freedoms of fancy.
- [About Stars (day 3169)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/02/01/about-stars-day-3169/) - It was written for you At first, simply But after much attention It became elaborate Delicate Comforting And filled With the things we love About stars.
- [Let the Hearts (day 3167)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/30/let-the-hearts-day-3167/) - Let the hearts of ten thousand warriors Fighting for their very food Fill your glowing heart And bring you the saintly touch To heal every broken wound. Let the hearts of a Spring sparrow Be the outlook worn upon your sleeve Bringing your every breath a song That coos you into peace. Let the heart
- [Late Spring Snow (day 3166)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/29/late-spring-snow-day-3166/) - Sprouts Anxiously awaiting Frozen
- [Tune of Love (day 3165)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/28/tune-of-love-day-3165/) - I wanna make love to you. Not the love that races to the end But the love that fills the sky At dusk, Or that dwells deep within the hearts Of Canadian geese in flight. I want to make love to you Like the lazy sunshine That kisses with closed eyes In the middle of
- [Storm (day 3164)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/27/storm-day-3164/) - Today the storm came It rushed in with winds Barreling right down On the home It tore open the gates And released the chickens It upended the coltsfood And sent the peas all flying.
- [Let Stars (day 3163)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/26/let-stars-day-3163/) - Let's flash the stars In morse code Let them know the news Let them become the guardians Whom we bestow our trust. Let our days become lust filled hours Awaiting tonight's darkness Where every single twinkling Is a message sent home to us.
- [In Times Like These (day 3162)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/25/in-times-like-these-day-3162/) - In times like these It's good to go A little bit Away from here. In times like these Ask yourself What liberties You can't do without. In times like these We've begun to see How easily We're led astray. In times like these We must see each day As opportunity To make our way.
- [Remember (day 3161)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/24/remember-day-3161/) - I was scared and cried And let it all out And wrote it into my book Crushed and rushed Into my heart Floated on down the river And there I stopped Let it sink in And whispered to a ghost Who roused a joy Hiding deep inside Saying: "Remember your trust."
- [You're Not Far (day 3160)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/23/youre-not-far-day-3160/) - You won't bury the lead Your flag will remain Like the pride we stand for Memories will live In the hearts we've given you. You won't lose the making Of providence you've afforded Your examples have led us In every way Through our tribulations and scorn To our victories and glee. You won't be gone
- [Step Traces (day 3159)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/22/step-traces-day-3159/) - When we walk Let thy steps be so profound That oceans will rise And fall Upon your inhale Exhale And when we walk Let thy steps be so soft That we shall leave No trace Behind.
- [Messages in the Forest (day 3158)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/21/messages-in-the-forest-day-3158/) - Gamble like a forest dweller Footsteps upon leaves Hear that call of morning dove Gratitude fills thy soul Step over each splintered log Laying about thy meander For upon the brow of each critter Sits the message gone unheard.
- [Forgotten (day 3157)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/20/forgotten-day-3157/) - Forgotten Like rotten apples waiting for mouse Misunderstood by weather patterns Shaken and jostled And tossed aside To be Forgotten
- [In Calling (day 3156)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/19/in-calling-day-3156/) - The Devil came to the house today He knocked with three raps at the door A long cold shudder filled the room All knowing the impending doom. We looked each other in the eye Not sure which of us was to answer, So finally I stood up to go Amicably respond upon the threshold. Each
- [Jungle Buffalo (day 3155)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/18/jungle-buffalo-day-3155/) - Running through the jungle softly Footsteps over bare roots Caught a glimpse of bright feathers Flutter deep says the heart. Spider webs and sticky vines Leading through an ancient path Wondering which local animals do use Which beasts could one ever hope to see? Wild pigs roam here, so vicious they Could tear this fluttering
- [Selene (day 3154)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/17/selene-day-3154/) - Watch this energy From our moon Rise and fall again She comes and goes Wiles and whims, Which cycle is she in? Look towards evening sky Might you not see her tonight? For she cycles Twelve hours and twenty five minutes To pull our bones In gravity Selene of our mind.
- [Sunflower (day 3153)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/16/sunflower-day-3153/) - You woke up in a sunshine day So brightly in the field Born among crop grasses and herbs You rose above the rest. And now each morning You rise awake East your morning face, Track sun through day lit sky And say goodnight To Western sunset Sweetly for the night.
- [Gus Weiss (day 3152)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/15/gus-weiss-day-3152/) - Master deceiver With no certain name to be Soviets and their coding In a massive espionage Farewell's dossier concealed From their uncovering eyes But still impending doom From Cold War era gloom. Weiss had his wording Trickery at heart Deep within his scheming Game theory so well played Who could ever know What happened or
- [Philosopher's Edge (day 3151)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/14/philosophers-edge-day-3151/) - I've stored you in my heart Born here in chance Riding a white horse Making it dance So good is your heart that Breaks down each piece That crumbles at your feet My last stone Of philosophers edge.
- [Warm Shoulder Tenderness (day 3150)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/13/warm-shoulder-tenderness-day-3150/) - Early one morning I was out banging rocks I saw a young lady, she looked long and lost I asked her her name That's when she cried Into my warm shoulder her sorrowful thoughts. There's the blue skies to look at, The trees to go in, The birds always calling To give you a friend,
- [Summer Distraction (day 3149)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/12/summer-distraction-day-3149/) - She lay next to him Like summer grass in the pasture. Each scent Of sweet honey flowers Filled his senses With lust Only a lover could do. And there was no time Finding its way Into their hearts In urgency, Just a bee Distracted and drunk.
- [Bleeding Memory (day 3148)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/11/bleeding-memory-day-3148/) - Born to bleed a memory Of some unlawful sin Takes me down On a run-away A road I hold within Let me go Let me loose Let me live this angle out For I am never ending In depths I'm calling in.
- [Anger (day 3146)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/09/anger-day-3146/) - A new law Taken for granted No perceived choice.
- [Sombre Howling (day 3147)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/10/sombre-howling-day-3147/) - There's a cool cloud Hovering around today It's sinking in with a density That fogs the brain Into thinking darkness And hardness Is the souls responsibility To bare time out here Like a grown man And in the cool whisps of mist The rifle cackle Of a far off mystery Stirs the dogs Into a
- [Growth vs. Growth (day 3145)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/08/growth-vs-growth-day-3145/) - For what used to be technology - Figments of built up society - Has fallen down, By our own will Freedom seems such a funny phrase. But then to look Upon the birds Returning from the South, Weaving and spinning Joyeous beginning Of Spring is in the air. All could change All can change Of
- [Lost River (day 3144)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/07/lost-river-day-3144/) - For what should not Like the greens in Spring Vines creeping Up the sides of your leg Moss involved in lineage. Memory was lost With blue-black baskets That bobbed unevenly About hands of ancient grain Settling into the hallows. And River flowed With anonymous voices That reached the trees And clouds, boulders, and lichen, And
- [The New Normal (day 3143)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/06/the-new-normal-day-3143/) - This is the new normal No handshake, no smile. This is the new normal Lineups with seperation And stickers on the ground Telling me which way to walk Where to stand. This is the new normal Where by law We are no longer able To gather in groups More than fingers on my hand. This
- [For You, My Dear (day 3142)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/05/for-you-my-dear-day-3142/) - I want you to be here So I can feel your breath Shared with me. I want you to be here So I can feel you quiver Against the cold. When the moon rises And lingers closely There's a space waiting For you, my dear. When I stop a moment In the wildest forest There's
- [Time (re)Learning (day 3141)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/04/time-relearning-day-3141/) - Yesterday was a day to be soft Be broken and be heard Be calm and be reborn into consciousness. Today is a day to be angry Expose injustices, bloody untruths And spit venom in the face of fear. Tomorrow will be time to rebuild Each and every institution that has fallen For what can newly
- [Gates (day 3136)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/30/gates-day-3136/) - You guarded the gate Like Sphynx afar Stoned and vacant And mighty imposing Like a thundering Lord With a wish for more Yet slowly people Fell away As bricks built upon A ragged foundation Of imposed rules And stolen goods Will always crumble Until at last It broke Hinges and all Leaving each pebble In
- [Dragon River (day 3135)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/29/dragon-river-day-3135/) - Would you cross Dragon river For an ancient vision? A world so wild It seems chaos, Nothing we can comprehend. But over there The drink is good So freely handed out, And Horses sit At card tables Betting all or nothing again. The Trees are big - So gorgeously big - They take up most
- [Demon Vixen (day 3134)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/28/demon-vixen-day-3134/) - Demon eyes are quadruple sized Vixen and her Slayers Born again into right time Champion at the stables. And like the Lion So lives the Vixen - Boxom in her breath - Squarely risen From the depths, Cobra on her shoulder.
- [Sombre Howling (day 3133)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/27/sombre-howling-day-3133/) - There's a cool cloud Hovering around today. It's sinking in with a density That fogs the brain Into thinking darkness And hardness Is the souls responsibility To bare time out here... Like a grown man. And in the cool whisps of mist The rifle cackle Of a far off mystery Stirs the dogs Into sombre
- [Blinded Worship (day 3132)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/26/blinded-worship-day-3132/) - Worship at the state of alter For each breath reconciles Lost wages at the gates of infirm. And at dawn, Ghosts shall bowl their syrup Onto lawns of placid velvet That feel unusually comfortable In the absence of relativity. Here it shall be That gates no longer shine For eyes used to the dark; The
- [Urgent Glow (day 3140)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/03/urgent-glow-day-3140/) - Could you reach out to me With even just one shred of urgency? Pain, desire Some kind of emotion That speaks to me of your tune So acutely set to the vibration Of your heart. Draws havoc Across the desired pages of my mind. Keeping me awake and suffering As my candles burn down low,
- [Broken Arrow Peddler (day 3139)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/02/broken-arrow-peddler-day-3139/) - Ten shades of a broken arrow Stretched across the sky Moon and sun both couldn't hide So they raged, no dawn, no dusk. A peddler man came walking down In a suit quite unknown in that world, Had two tones of gravity Two handfuls of pure dirt. In each promise the hook was set Deeper
- [Un-Changed (day 3138)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2020/01/01/un-changed-day-3138/) - When the wild worlds awoke A thunderous cackling was heard Mystics remained calm But civilians, no they ruptured Into the great wide open hands Of the Gods they revered. Some, well, some squandered their money Buying useless diplomas and Servitude obligations. Some fell to darkness with devices Emitting radioactive lights And chaotic beeping. Some fell
- [Whisper of Elephants (day 3137)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/31/whisper-of-elephants-day-3137/) - And the whisper of tides keep rolling That makes the engine hardly slowing In a growing pain of knowing For all elephants have gone blind. In an innocent game she was glowing Until a judge became the one blowing Lost in depths of spiraling The end was all she could find. Then all at once
- [Be A Lover (day 3131)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/25/be-a-lover-day-3131/) - Be a lover, Be the greasy spin Of mind in madness, Spiral and sway Of clouds and trees. Be the cheap section Of a good time song list, And missing strings On a good sounding guitar. Be a warm evening As buzzing whips of Crackling cans opening, And a creaky lawn chair Hopes for strength.
- [Peaceful Descent (day 3130)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/24/peaceful-descent-day-3130/) - Could it be denied? The Golden Lotus Of a peaceful descent From limb to earth Upon an autumn clear.
- [Whisper Call (day 3129)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/23/whisper-call-day-3129/) - Don't go calling on a whisper, Worn out in an icebox Left behind with gravel Torn bits of a working past. Don't leave it there For it will fade until forgotten And cease to mean What it once meant to be. Its function will go away, And its form and vigor Will become used car
- [Forget (day 3128)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/22/forget-day-3128/) - Forget the wishes Forget each day Forget the words Laid away. Forget the birds Singing gay Forget each want, Needs at bay. Forget the sadness Forget the rain Forget the ground Forget to stay.
- [Moonscape (Slight Return) (day 3127)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/21/moonscape-slight-return-day-3127/) - This has not lost the love That faces each dawn Of pre-existing metamorphisis, It calms each mind And inflates the salt So that each lick tastes As cunning as an advance should taste. Each realm of unforseen Crackles in the evening fire As weapons of speech Flicker off the far wall Of the darkening cavernous
- [Welcomed (day 3126)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/20/welcomed-day-3126/) - Wish for the flowing The guiding principle Flourishing wildly Over stones and through reeds. Look for the budding The guide, the gift Expressing itself Throughout, within. Feel as it builds Coming about Not lost in abundance Welcomed as one.
- [Wild Edges of Death (day 3125)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/19/wild-edges-of-death-day-3125/) - Let me feel the messy you The one with old sweatpants That show wild edges of your soul. Let me smell the rancid death Of the achings deep inside, And the cosmic galaxy that lies Expelled, each pore of your skin So deeply sensed within my own A redness on my mind. Let me hear
- [Glowing (day 3124)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/18/glowing-day-3124/) - I am a glowing ember A garden of love Transposed into light Fixating on your mind And gently reminding you How the sun rises every day And each Spring How the blossoms erupt And the bees return To bring you honey.
- [Fences (day 3124)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/18/fences-day-3124/) - It would have made more sense Had the locks been undone But the height of the fence Resisted the direction begun. So the height was evaluated Prospects were gathered Witnesses were brought in And a document was then signed. Reduced then to tears The paper found it's owner Lost in a myriad of fears And
- [Snowy Vista (day 3123)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/17/snowy-vista-day-3123/) - I awoke to find the land had changed A gentle blanket had settled down Covering what I could see Sleeping in the trees. Clouds had moved away and off Left the day with a blue sky One that reflected white; Brightness hard to see. So far there were no footsteps Hiding all that humans had
- [Fear (day 3122)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/16/fear-day-3122/) - Fear falls into our laps When we least recognize it, It slips in like a setting sun Sweetly and securely And filled with promises. Fear walks away When we most recognize it, When we call it out by name And look it in the eye And say: 'Stay.'
- [Path (day 3121)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/15/path-day-3121/) - Did you think about the path That took your shoes From there to here? Pebbles and roots That touched your feet And gave you Little messages That reminded you of a dream. I woke today With my clear dream Where I watched The ball of your foot Circulate through The forest so calm And every
- [Wild Eagle (day 3120)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/14/wild-eagle-day-3120/) - I am for the soaring Eagle Bulletin, forward then, Criss-crossing sky paths Drop my heart and feel it gone Swooping in vermin found Call out in the wild! Hurah! Enthralled return To the nest far away High up in the sky Falling down, golden tail Return again to sky.
- [Would We Dance (day 3119)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/13/would-we-dance-day-3119/) - Would we dance? As the night became our minds Setting in Gelatin For my hand would be outstretched For yours, calmly by Like the pedestal Spectacle On my mind Singularity Would we dance?
- [Wild Breath (day 3118)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/12/wild-breath-day-3118/) - There is an animal that crosses the void It's path is not straight It's nose is it's beacon It knows and is not afraid And justifiably conversely Afraid when it does not know Just like every other Living organism. It crosses the void And stares into the eye of darkness Tangled with streams of light
- [Soon Spring (day 3117)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/11/soon-spring-day-3117/) - The weather is confused right now. Gray skies are followed by white lies That melt away into the pools, And trees look like they've begun To shoot their buds and grow. But freezing weather makes every step Across the yard treacherous, And winds howl with such gusto Makes one think it'll never be Spring again!
- [Daily Reminder (day 3116)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/10/daily-reminder-day-3116/) - Thus remark I have inner patience So I cannot Grieve each instance
- [Frozen And Walking Without Gloves (day 3115)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/09/frozen-and-walking-without-gloves-day-3115/) - Rotating pockets With hands Squinting
- [Big Wheel (day 3114)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/08/big-wheel-day-3114/) - Forever I am stuck Inside a big wheel Spinning Like a magnetic false Vaporizing in mist Clouding my foresight Wisdom And around To see again Without ever forgetting But losing all hope.
- [Patient Pen (day 3112)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/06/patient-pen-day-3112/) - My worth grows And I shall remain patient Foreclose the bank And sail the wind For I have a gust That is like the pen Silent as itself Torrent with all rain.
- [Pious People (day 3113)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/07/pious-people-day-3113/) - Oh, let the pious people be Let them be They can carry the song Let me free And in the information rich I shall love the respite I shall crawl away And gain the ground I've never seen For in the end And underneath A crawling seasoned spire Shall carry on As the last song
- [Suffering (day 3110)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/04/suffering-day-3110/) - Worry left me As I sat and pondered What suffering Shall I have If all shall Be gone?
- [The Anticipation of Spring (day 3109)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/03/the-anticipation-of-spring-day-3109/) - Droplets Bare ground Frozen fingers
- [Release (day 3107)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/02/release-day-3107/) - So I floated In glass And coccoon Released From all Toxins That had Begun to gather
- [Sail Away (day 3106)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/30/sail-away-day-3106/) - Once and a while To hear the birds Sweetest reprise Morning sunrise. Once and a while With tulip in bloom Caught in the moon Sail away my gloom.
- [Nigh (day 3108)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/01/nigh-day-3108/) - Forgive me If it is not in my name I cannot blame the moon Nor can I blame the season I cannot source my troubles From elsewhere in the land For I am me, this being, Standing and worn And it is I Who hath lost all That receives me Into my good nature.
- [A Dream (day 3111)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/12/05/a-dream-day-3111/) - I worked Against the bugs Against the winds Against the offices Calling my names And stole my time Against the setting sun So I could watch Another Spring Sprouting up
- [Given Name (day 3105)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/29/given-name-day-3105/) - I slept on the bear That woke up my name And reached for the honeybee hive. I staggered and shook And stepped back three steps And spoke my name backwards Three times. Then from my breast Awoke a lone loon Who sang as though Fluttering butterfly, But my loon dove deep To find my name's
- [Deep (day 3104)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/28/deep-day-3104/) - Let me loose Gimme Gumchee The river is long Tides are turning Each breaker I can see up ahead Rolls like wind Grasps at stars And plummets To depths below I can't see.
- [Come Close (day 3103)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/27/come-close-day-3103/) - I don't know how to tell you I love you anymore For every way I know of has been told. There's no light I haven't seen you amicably in, No space I haven't felt your soul in, No memory I haven't found Where I'd thought you don't belong And my song's always filled with your
- [Great Gong (day 3101)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/25/great-gong-day-3101/) - But the Cowboys shared song And the Wrestlers argued But sat in Lotus pose For Buddha's great gong And the Dope Smokers relaxed In a cloudy haze Frozen by mysteries No Mortal Man could comprehend And Ballerinas spun Till the Moon sang to the Sun Letting tears fall From the closing blinds And Jugglers threw
- [Brown Grass in Winter (day 3100)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/24/brown-grass-in-winter-day-3100/) - Waving Seed pods and stalk Resistance
- [Deception (day 3099)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/23/deception-day-3099/) - My only extension Roared of hypocracy Idling in a low gear Sunlight and one tear. Yet the meaning rebounded Off greying walls That were held on by nails No chance for escape. But slowly it seeped in With melting droplets That rivers are made of And deception is lost.
- [Escape (day 3102)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/26/escape-day-3102/) - Let it hold me Dear, my only sadness Again in the heart Strawberry wine For I was an Angel Weightless Desiring a purpose And my riddles No longer carried me Though sadness, Sadness was my slave And I caught an escape.
- [Wind (day 3098)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/22/wind-day-3098/) - I believe you are the heaviest Ounce upon my memory Gold and glue can wear me down But heaven within your eyes Shall be my wind.
- [Eagle of Thunder (day 3097)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/21/eagle-of-thunder-day-3097/) - Days like this take me away Floating on a memory Thought that I had never come Like a loom, a forever weave. On a cold winter day Swept up in a breeze Frozen and exhausted I Little crunching flakes. Eagle of thunder My holiest of unions Breathe into me desire Upon wings I'm no martyr.
- [Eagle & Me (day 3096)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/20/eagle-me-day-3096/) - Callused and painful I've lost Eagle Blown in the wind It went so high Into the sky Upon a new mission, Found a gliding wing And left me here; Eagle gone free. It found me on One cold night In Northern Ontario Blew in on a cold gale Upon the torn up and buggered banks
- [Dryden Town & Country Motel (day 3095)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/19/dryden-town-country-motel-day-3095/) - Socked feet Trucks asleep Speedbump and me
- [A Sore Hand (day 3094)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/18/a-sore-hand-day-3094/) - Grip and tighten Elbow to knuckle Ricochet my thoughts.
- [Little Paw (day 3093)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/17/little-paw-day-3093/) - I wondered lonely as a dog Tail alert And pointing to the stars. A clump of grass That has a faint scent Now been marked By my descent. A marking of A wild animal Caused me to stay A little while. Rarely did I find a path So straightened that I did not tarry, Zig
- [I Was There (day 3092)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/16/i-was-there-day-3092/) - I was there I walked that plank I nodded and sang And tipped my hat To the crew that crept Along the bank I held the door And held the hand And held the keys And met the man.
- [From Afar (day 3091)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/15/from-afar-day-3091/) - Little blackbird little blackbird You sit there so lonely Your friends along the line Not away, not too far. I see you agitated Worried and lonesome Watching them get along Where you sit, from afar. Why don't you start singing To the day through the air, To the sunshine that hits you, To Spring coming
- [Misleadingly Cold (day 3090)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/14/misleadingly-cold-day-3090/) - Blinding sun Reflecting snow Cloudless sky
- [Absence (day 3089)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/13/absence-day-3089/) - With windows I walked to my ledge Found out inside What depth I could hide Too late Too long. With flowers I held out for more At the brink of each thought So that seers could smell No more No right. With sky I woke into day An open escape Eyes of an eagle So
- [Motion Soundtrack (3088)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/12/motion-soundtrack-3088/) - Like a joke I have been replaying a soundtrack Flickering through my brain, Like still grass Clear for me, Better than most, But still untrue Amidst all that blue Canopy of daylight. Forgetting these distractions Made a tear fall For my ideals Had become enveloped And unjustly packed Just as reverb plays me Through a
- [City Streets (day 3087)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/11/city-streets-day-3087/) - Clouded footsteps Grocery bags Minimalism
- [Valley Knight (day 3086)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/10/valley-knight-day-3086/) - Morning breath of Saturday glory Blinding in its sight Focused on a path of tomorrow For today is inescaped. And far above on Midnight's hill Rode a tall and lanky Knight Who dreamt of far off Damsels Who wore bright flowers of ancient pattern. Down they swooped and lush they bled For their heart was
- [Embers of Your Heart (day 3085)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/09/embers-of-your-heart-day-3085/) - I wanted to climb into the embers of your heart so badly That I wrote your name in ink ten times And spoke to the Gods the colour of your eyes. Your hair bound me in embrace, And when I took my breath back inside my soul It was your braided hair with its loose
- [Racket In My Brain (day 3081)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/05/racket-in-my-brain-day-3081/) - There's a racket in my brain That's been gone for so long That makes all the mess: Chicklets on the table, And memories of messages Written in block On beige walls of the cold school Eluding so many. This, as so, Has taken up my mind And left me unguarded To the whims of the
- [Tender Choice (day 3082)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/06/tender-choice-day-3082/) - I'm resting in a pool of blood Taken my very veins No longer am the man I was Lost and listless thus I lay. Once I had dreams so high Freedom wasn't just a word But way of life we embraced truly From choices we made every day And a mindspace free of ads. We
- [Consumed Precious (day 3083)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/07/consumed-precious-day-3083/) - Your preciousness I do not want to take. I do not want to change Each pure thoughts of your mind. For in the end What could become Of each indelicacy I had laid Upon your brow To lead you there? And in the dance Or necromance I'd steal your deepest soul Tattoo you With six
- [Snow (day 3084)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/08/snow-day-3084/) - I've fallen in love With a white angel Who falls so tenderly, Floating like a falling leaf Memory departs from me. Sensation descends upon my brow So fanciful of dreams, So calming in nature's way That has a depth and crunch below My wandering toes they go.
- [Sun Beat (day 3080)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/04/sun-beat-day-3080/) - It is not for the beat of my drum It is for the beating of the sun Cooked in red/yellow rays Reminding me of an old letter That came in the mail Holding three dried rose petals And one single ring Caressed in my worn hands Like a mother would On the day that love
- [Guided Effort (day 3079)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/03/guided-effort-day-3079/) - Each bound of this effort Shall be guided by an ethic Thick and strong And learned from teachers Who have passed the cosmic test Of ethically moraly taut strings That have tested each suitor Teetering on the brink Of life's precipice In an act so noble So filled with gravitas So acutely aware and attentive
- [Resting Letters (day 3078)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/02/resting-letters-day-3078/) - The decorum of my heart Washed away what little worries Came to mind, For deep within the bowels Of this tanned and weathered soul Rests an old dog Reading a novel Satisfied with the new leaf Of time That spreads its cape Over the letters of you and I.
- [Ode to a Red Tail (day 3077)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/11/01/ode-to-a-red-tail-day-3077/) - In a screeching halt The red tail swept in Wings flashing Gray and black And a golden brown Of its vibrant tail Left me speechless As I watched. So mysterious, So close to home, So brave in its approach. Then just as quick Off in flight Those big wings began to wave Elegant and smooth
- [Distinct Jumps of the Mind (day 3076)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/31/distinct-jumps-of-the-mind-day-3076/) - My mind wanders around The curves of your soul So that it jumps and jetters Like a rusted automobile Lurching and squeaking, Solid and heavy With a distinct perseverance Against the constant decay Time always tests. But it always returns To the same parking spot, Slightly encroached upon By the wild weeds of nature Also
- [Thy Mount (day 3075)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/30/thy-mount-day-3075/) - My beacon holds the glow That once stood atop the mount, A formal cry of devilry No subject left unexplored. Thunderous and magnified By the distant mounts so tall, Open and expansive I felt forever I could soar. Now, suffice to say I have left the peaks so high To stumble as I make my
- [Snowblowing On A Snowy Day (day 3072)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/26/snowblowing-on-a-snowy-day-day-3072/) - Reverse Slow slow Changing wind
- [Defiantly Apart (day 3074)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/28/defiantly-apart-day-3074/) - Do you know that I'm here? I want to know that you're here I want to feel your breath Upon my naked shoulder Staying strong For the burden I do lay So that I can be your man. I want my bed to feel accompanied By your bones that thump into me, I want to
- [Mind Rumors (day 3073)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/27/mind-rumors-day-3073/) - I want to hold you now - But I am stricken Though I do not know Why I must depart and wait. Thus my breath deflates, And the ghost asks: "What blows against your soul?" But I do not know, And I do not speak to it For it spreads rumors And my heart cannot
- [So Goes and Wind (day 3071)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/25/so-goes-and-wind-day-3071/) - With my wind I have fallen in With little tufts of grass Whom stand so brave and tall Against the snow, so cold. I have blown across the whitescape As light shades of brown As dirt and ice that rip apart The crisp memory of sun. So goes the traces of my finger Deep within
- [Be Then As It's Gone (day 3070)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/24/be-then-as-its-gone-day-3070/) - Blow me away. Take me down a wild river To let me float free And with my branch Through windy peaks, Let the snow Be upon my heart As we move about the Alps. Let me rock and sway and fall Tumble as a dried up weed, Feel me, lifeless, Slip away from grip So
- [Angry Jam (day 3069)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/23/angry-jam-day-3069/) - My angry jam Rushes headlong Into traffic Feral Meaningful Erupted And leaving no one Untouched For I am loud
- [Building Strength (day 3068)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/22/building-strength-day-3068/) - Would you follow me Into depths of wonder; A lion slowly looking back Before entering its den. And like the fanning feathers Of an egret, Would you care to my aging aims, Darkened by time's toil Against that which is bad? For my gravity is open, My heart beats pure In a bloom for your
- [Ode To My Favourite Pen (day 3067)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/21/ode-to-my-favourite-pen-day-3067/) - I found you down a darkened road Construction and rainy smells Inside an old historic building In to what felt like a historic store. The walls were lined With countless pens And items supporting pens, All illuminated so eloquently Showcasing the finest specimens Any penman could want. In here I walked back and forth, And
- [Speaking of the Great Guest (day 3066)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/20/speaking-of-the-great-guest-day-3066/) - This speaks to my soul. It wrenches me away from my Remedial tasks, Though they still linger As if towed by my line. But for me, It is not the end I wish to be speaking of, But rather The it is the Great Guest That enters into my generosity Who challenges my inner momentum
- [Desire (day 3065)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/19/desire-day-3065/) - No longer could I hesitate No longer could I dare Inside was a venom fire Active and aware. I wore my sweater That hemmed me in Kept my outside warm, Through my fire My insides warmed For upon this landscape I toiled.
- [Dreamer (day 3064)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/18/dreamer-day-3064/) - I am a late night dreamer. I walk the streets With parallel universes On repeat amidst my thoughts, So that each turn I make Runs parallel to my intentions On a highway of bright lights Though sun has long been down. Yet I roam here With eyes baked in sugar That envision it all, Right
- [Become (day 3063)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/17/become-day-3063/) - Thus I swing Ripping strings That reach from mind to action Heaving metal With gravity, Pendulum, And muscle. A force That I become.
- [Closed Feelings (day 3062)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/16/closed-feelings-day-3062/) - This is my closed feeling And I want to race I want to hurry and blur Each time I hear the call With an exclamation point That rumors of peace. But not a grace peace, A peace made of flowers And ocean air hitting hot sand Where I'm closing my eyes To all but my
- [Robot Spam (day 3061)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/15/robot-spam-day-3061/) - Overwhelming evidence suggests We are no longer in the truth Messages we receive No longer from a voice of reason, But instead the voice of treason Set upon the stage so signed In passwords and avatars And like counts held high. No longer is the news set straight, Lies compounding lies That echo in the
- [Ode to My Future Dog (day 3060)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/14/ode-to-my-future-dog-day-3060/) - You little rascal, You little gem, Thanks for turning around for me. Thanks for spending your waking hours Nipping at my heals, For your companionship, Your loving nature, Your time each day as we watch the sun Folds away the mysteries That work their way inside our heads Like the folds of skin so stretching
- [Gold Tear (day 3057)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/11/gold-tear-day-3057/) - I cried gold tears I had come to know No more secrets inside this heart Pure intention overcame my thought A long lost truth and a button loose On the esplanade of my everglade. Growing reasons to never shade All this time that has sped away, So the tears they come and fold my day
- [Red Tail (day 3056)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/10/red-tail-day-3056/) - So the wind blew And I crouched To look at not the sun Blinding And one Red Tail hawk I watched cross the sky.
- [Blueberry (day 3055)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/09/blueberry-day-3055/) - Blueberry, my Blueberry, She blew away today Hidden in a tumbleweed She rolled herself away I looked and saw the dust storm grow Watched the trees bend halfway down Even saw the clouds go by Faster than crows fly. All I saw was a dust imprint Where her blue suitcase had been And my sweet
- [Solitary Sadness (day 3054)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/08/solitary-sadness-day-3054/) - I am sad For I have not closed my door, I have left it open to the world That climbs and claws To its desired height. And my skin has begun to bleed Where once it was supple In rash and scale, Blueberry wine. I am sad And my glasses haven't fit Since I sat
- [Working Hard in Anger (day 3053)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/07/working-hard-in-anger-day-3053/) - Thunderous roar Lightening crash Moment had finally begun Inner madness Screaming out Rage set to thine foe Callus in the hand of toil Wrinkle in thy brow Understanding mud as earth Pounding under foot.
- [In This Moment (day 3059)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/13/in-this-moment-day-3059/) - I've unlocked the post of my field The damn bookend that holds the seal Has gone away with the morning hues of red. I walked out into the winter storm To feed the animals inside of me A broken button healed my heart And two burners boiled my water. So just as my ticker has
- [Singing (day 3058)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/12/singing-day-3058/) - I am trying to get it to sing to me Willing it with my mind And even as I sit here calm I wonder how long it will remain. No sound do I dare make For fear that it should be startled On its mind, no doubt instinctual Hunting for its food. I listen to
- [Wander To Withdraw (day 3049)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/03/wander-to-withdraw-day-3049/) - I wandered here as if lost One eye on the path The other asking my Gods What makes a Man a Man. I saw sunlight between the boughs I saw spiders in their webs I saw the great Fir's bark So cavernous and traversed. I felt deep inside my heart The partridge that took flight;
- [Shoulder Right and Shoulder Left (day 3048)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/02/shoulder-right-and-shoulder-left-day-3048/) - My arrow has found its definite dream Betwixt shoulder left and shoulder right A smile so big I knew at once I could hide in here for more I knew the depth had only dipped Into still, shallow shores So much more I felt I knew I read it in the stars That filled my
- [Driving (day 3047)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/01/driving-day-3047/) - Dashboard Low hum Blinkers and roadsigns
- [A Stamp That Became Postmarked (day 3052)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/06/a-stamp-that-became-postmarked-day-3052/) - I wrote your name on an envelope That closed and sealed with my mark Long, long, short, two dots and two curves A stamp that became postmarked. I wondered there how long it would take To find its way into your hands, Would it arrive bent, curled? Stained from a leak in a roller? I
- [Glowing (day 3051)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/05/glowing-day-3051/) - Glowing I walked my steps into my future kingdom Faltering not Ellipsing my vision Like a great Bald Eagle Narrowing its vision Through a gust of wind Whence brought him here.
- [Ode to a Snow Bird (day 3050)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/10/04/ode-to-a-snow-bird-day-3050/) - For you, little snow bird Wings and flight so white I watch you fly amidst your flock So jagged yet so spry May your Winter be met with warmth A nest so tenderly Laid To find your spring so enchanting As life begins again.
- [Calling Home (day 3046)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/30/calling-home-day-3046/) - I wrote a letter calling home From 2000 kilometers away Wishing all that read out loud A happy day as well. For I was writing from a home I'd found out on the road With a companion I knew by name She smiled at me knowing so. She wished me a goodnight each night Just
- [On A Horse (day 3045)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/29/on-a-horse-day-3045/) - From there I watched her on her horse (I watched her trot around) So deeply connected I knew I saw Trust understanding more. It was an outcrop In the mountainside; A landscape so proud, So rocky and full of trees That made each step a wonder of Landscape yet unseen. My eager eyes That watched
- [Unattended Campsite (day 3044)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/28/unattended-campsite-day-3044/) - Knock knock Slowly explore Found an empty flat site
- [Weight of the World (day 3043)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/27/weight-of-the-world-day-3043/) - How do you manage the weight of the world When the weight of the world is too much? When the birds are all sent to the sky, flying By the dinosaur bones floating through the air? How do the trees that lived for ten thousand years Live for thirty years rotting in a house? How
- [Toulouse (day 3042)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/26/toulouse-day-3042/) - Toulouse, my dream of maiden, Fabric of life, Seams of Sunshine meeting Flowers, Crescent of the arcing Moon. Feel the landscape of Blossom Flowering as a wish, For the light downy Feathers That claim each mistake Fall lightly beneath the big Oak tree That protect each fair call Like dew drops made from Gods.
- [Dirt and the Saints (day 3041)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/25/dirt-and-the-saints-day-3041/) - I sat there understanding nothing No question to my mind Yet sorted out was a figment Lost in a region I wouldn't dare enter again For I had fought that battle Recklessly I had lain that flying Dragon down With my Sword I had wielded mighty Patiently sitting Understanding nothing And staving off the thoughts
- [Winds (day 3040)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/24/winds-day-3040/) - I've spoken to the winds That called out your name Land beyond now Clouds in the sky And seagulls spread out on Distant parkade Rustling leaves And grass that waves.
- [Galaxy and the Sea (day 3039)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/23/galaxy-and-the-sea-day-3039/) - When I take a moment to look Into your being I see What nothing can explain to me Wonder and serenity For lost in your movements Reflecting in your highlights I see the ocean I've ever swam The snake I've ever charmed Curled right here, next to me To lose a moment to memory Galaxy
- [A Dance Too Good For Life (day 3038)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/22/a-dance-too-good-for-life-day-3038/) - As if the earth could ever see Darwinian modes of ease To see a leaf upon a tree Blowing about the stem Back and forth with every grace A dance I could never trace Delicate as a flower in bloom Tough as nails that close a tomb To anchor a setting sun Upon the branch
- [Current System (day 3037)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/21/current-system-day-3037/) - How is this not over? Fear - struggling - madness; Recovering from a big hangover. The ball has dropped Catapulting darker and darker Into the realms of ancient sworn secrets And magic necromancy. We have left the game Forgotten the password Emptied our sins Into a madness of enslaved. And for what gain? That's exactly
- [Upon This Spot (day 3039)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/23/upon-this-spot-day-3039/) - Here, my dear Let us take to rest, Let us close our eyes and listen To distant gulls and wind blowing In the air so clear it's effervescent As we lay upon this grass Freshly cut just so. I wonder how, in times of y'or, Two lovers could walk a path Taking them to a
- [Bedroom Windows (day 3038)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/22/bedroom-windows-day-3038/) - In Summer we wore our open Heart So carelessly and free You in your two piece Dancing in front of me At night we tore apart the sheets Like two lovers with an unmarked destiny And in the hours of early Morning We drank our love in Wine Then as Dawn began to wake Our
- [Grace (day 3037)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/21/grace-day-3037/) - Cash was at the bottom of the barrel Wading through a misty mess Growling at the moon. Sunk my teeth into what became Two giant hands, leathery skin, Forcing me to hold onto A metal bar that froze my grip That I had only just begun To listen to, inside voice As bubbles floated In
- [So It Was There (day 3036)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/20/so-it-was-there-day-3036/) - I lost you in a golden moonlight That took both of my arms And let rise above my broken skull, Trickling the very blush That held together their sign. And when the tone struck An hour that hadn't been decided, I lost you in the golden lamplight That reflected off wet cobblestones, Making my feeling
- [Looking For This (day 3035)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/19/looking-for-this-day-3035/) - I am looking for this. All of my efforts and truths Are running in parallel with my actions. I am calling to my inner self, Feeling my bones rumble At each swing I make, Splitting my observations into fragments That live long in the hearts of men Who come and sit and talk. Yet this
- [Lost Cause (day 3034)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/18/lost-cause-day-3034/) - I feel upset The photos have all been captured In ten thousand different ways. No matter what the thought is It's gone on and had its way. The angle is found The lens is used The camera is easily within reach The model is tired The couch is worn out And I'm upset Without my
- [Two (day 3033)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/17/two-day-3033/) - My memory woke me up; Two dollars and loose strings Attached to each of my morals Dangling cheaply To the tune of a Tom Waits album On repeat. I've gone over the top again, My finger jammed Into some random container Taking up space On my single seated table. Two young girls Giggled in the
- [Fever (day 3032)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/16/fever-day-3032/) - Whisper in my ear tonight I am fever all over Locked inside a cage and screaming My mind is all made up. Without your scratch Drawing blood from my veins I have no mercy in my heart Thunderous is my every start. The clouds have opened, The Gods have yelled, Ground has shaken underneath, Here
- [Sweetheart, Don't Rush Me (day 3031)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/15/sweetheart-dont-rush-me-day-3031/) - Don't rush me My sweetheart For I am softly speaking today In a bed of reminiscence. I am here for your vision And for your light touches Delicate ripples That have found their thoughts Leaving indentations Around my daring And whispering for a more serene scene Where my clasps Fumble.
- [Hammers (day 3030)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/14/hammers-day-3030/) - This is how I am moved here For it is running within my heartbeat Pavement friction Carrying the lobes of my soul Along the dangerous road Clicking in tune With the hammers of my piano
- [Run (day 3029)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/13/run-day-3029/) - I woke my memory to a fall: Into a vision I'd lost. No amount of recollect Could mimic what I had left, So in the absence of all fear I effortlessly bound forth, Gathering my wit and truth. I sloped for easy ground, Harvesting each neuron For the dear escaped moon To where I left
- [Precious Life (day 3027)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/11/precious-life-day-3027/) - What is the sadness we have in our life? Work begun and living story; A moment lost in peeling paint, Lost as sand that blows. When rhythm runs straight through thy soul, Collapsing each fear in its spot. Center my state around the pinnacle Of rusting nail so beaten, Cry again some sweet gold tears
- [Work Begun (day 3026)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/10/work-begun-day-3026/) - This is my work that I've begun Raspy hands and sore back Set the tone for my inner heart Mending this land as best I learn. Wood's been slung Blocked and chopped Stacked all up for winter's dry Cows are fed, so too the goats That call out now to greet my cheer. So then
- [In Faith (day 3028)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/12/in-faith-day-3028/) - And with that instance I have faith to believe That you forever astound Each so liquid crystals Running my core being free And a heart That limits no boundary Accompanying no symphony - Though music shrouds all around - Given the magnitude And settled At the base of this rainbow In full faith And a
- [Gray Angel (day 3024)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/08/gray-angel-day-3024/) - I am not an angel. My wings broke, And the sky laughed While sun spit pink Upon both edges Of the letting horizon, And just as trees Bagan to bend Like wings of a crow Moving again, My two feet So placed Into thick layers Of mud, unfolding, Began to tremble And quake Further losing
- [Soul Against Heart (day 3025)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/09/soul-against-heart-day-3025/) - I pressed your Heart against my Soul; Two tear drops fell to the Earth. I picked them up into my grasp They became for my growth; Like lightening bolts sent from the Gods I awoke early to see the frost. What had always been inside Now flourished across wide expanse, And as I inhaled, I
- [Really Mean It (day 3023)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/07/really-mean-it-day-3023/) - What is it that I'm hoping to find Dust paths? Snowy footprints? A home? Tar in my lungs? Wary bones I feel the pull And carry on Towards that feeling So that I can Say that I tried And really mean it.
- [At A Point (day 3022)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/06/at-a-point-day-3022/) - My soreness is my body Ten thousand years of toil Rolled around in consciousness Left unto the rain Heavens sent a tender note Calling me goodnight There I rest my eyes asleep Wake me when I'm ready
- [Clouded Awake (day 3021)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/05/clouded-awake-day-3021/) - This is not a rain suit This is a cloudy mess Of insanity Flooding onto the streets And washing away the dirt Drug here from those leaving From where we are from There are no marks that turn around We have not begun We leave the traces of our hearts Laying in the bed Falling
- [Arc Beams Vision (day 3020)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/04/arc-beams-vision-day-3020/) - I have a vision Been coming stronger Sitting in the middle Of a wooden floor Carpets laying around Neatly arranged Raw browns and orange And fringe And a comfortable Record spinning Easy for my heart With a friend Who's looking into my eyes To find a vision With the smell of herbs Floating into our
- [Hurricane (day 3019)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/03/hurricane-day-3019/) - He blew us sideways From here to the end With wisps of raindrops Pounding in And all of which Kissed dearly to the skin So that thy eyes Squinting and slim Could barely make out Five feet beyond Jacket torn and stretched Fighting as if angry devils Were trying to take you in And hardly
- [Source (day 3018)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/09/02/source-day-3018/) - I followed down the mighty river To the end of its beginning Here a source so small and feeble Trickled on and away Growing from amidst the ferns To valleys and gulleys below I hiked here to find my peace Instead I found a source And here I'll sit and watch it begin To rest
- [Splitting Wood (day 3017)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/01/splitting-wood-day-3017/) - Heavy strain Chopping block Flow and muscles
- [A Path (day 3016)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/31/a-path-day-3016/) - I wish for you to empty out Each basket holding you back So that the path from you to me Could speedily find you at. Not tangled like a natures saunter; Not alarming like a highway; Tender like a flower garden A single track runs through Worn raw to expose the soil Frequent use and
- [It's Not A Job (day 3015)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/30/its-not-a-job-day-3015/) - I've been sad lately, Sad or introspective It's sometimes hard to tell What the difference is, Isn't it? Trying to decide what is better: Sunset or sunrise. You know me, I've always been a sunset Kind of person. It's like I'm seeing the end And not wanting it to end, Or perhaps it's The overwhelming
- [The Maul (day 3014)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/29/the-maul-day-3014/) - Heavy steel Grasped into thine clutch Familiar tool Ancient use Simple head Steel wedge Attached to a long handle The maul Breaks like thunder Sinews of bucked timber Flung Upon the frozen ground It once lived within Collected and stacked Awaiting.
- [Spirals (day 3014)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/28/spirals-day-3014/) - This is fine This spine The Earth descends And dances it's secret Towards the ancient seed That glows And sows It's endless womb Encircling the mess That crawls and creeps That slime That whine And soon enough Memory fades to clouds And then before The door What more? Creaking of the hinge That leaks a
- [Trodden (day 3012)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/26/trodden-day-3012/) - What have I lost here? I see snow laid down Tufts of grass escaping But blowing madly, violently. Moments ago it felt complete As sun's low and golden hues Touched my trodden face. Closed in by enemies I had forgot to invite The game of envy inside Had I known the weather Would be beating
- [Ending Sky (day 3013)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/27/ending-sky-day-3013/) - This is how I cried within, But there was no trail to follow So I held my breath With open eyes, And still goodbye came too soon In my never ending sky. A love letter unmarked; I never found the start Of the train I had so always yearned, Watching dullening lines down My mirrored
- [Ghost Path (day 3011)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/25/ghost-path-day-3011/) - I want to believe that I'm the ghost Walking through the woods; One small cackle, A broken branch, An index of places been before. I collapse And am the definition of un-sturdy For my limbs are limp, My eyes deep blue pale, My skin, the colour of Ten thousand sins Washed with a rectangular bar
- [Anti (day 3010)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/24/anti-day-3010/) - I spoke to you before the call came Before wind swept the landscape As barren as the cold snow felt. I listened to you inside my soul Open hands and an open heart Hearing your words, Your doubly whispered thoughts Detailed glances And hands that held a universe of emotions. I waited for your touch
- [Beside Me (day 3009)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/23/beside-me-day-3009/) - I took the worms That had begun to gather around; Flesh eating Blood suckers, Lost in red velvet feelings. I took them to mass Where we prayed for health Like sordid strangers Walking along Black and white city streets. I took them with me For I had begun To understand them As they wriggled Turned
- [These Gods (day 3008)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/22/9028/) - Who are the Gods I've begun to believe in? What makes them speak? If I were to close my eyes Would they still be helping me? Could I run far Without them on my mind? If they were not so mighty Would they still be Grand? And if my Gods Found other Gods that opposed
- [Old Hound (day 3007)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/21/old-hound-day-3007/) - There's an old hound been hollerin' Just outside my back door Don't got nothin' for it For I just ate my last meal Cooked my beans on an open fire That keeps sufferin' to keep me warm. Mighty hard to keep me warm If I had more sense about me I'd have opened up my
- [Rock on a Stick (day 3006)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/20/rock-on-a-stick-day-3006/) - There it was Just sitting there Rock on a stick Memory and future Like a sentinel Bearing in the frost Reminding thy breath How uncovered it gets And how simple Answer's truth doth lay.
- [We Loved (day 3005)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/19/we-loved-day-3005/) - It's snow falling To the ground Big and little flakes Catching my eyes Falling effortlessly Whimsically And then disappearing Into the great white That's been slowly descending Upon the green And varying degrees Of yellowing decay We loved in Autumn.
- [Revival (day 3004)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/18/revival-day-3004/) - The end is not the end We think we know it is; Skinny knees lost in the breeze Flowing through the heart. - An awful start - - And dust came - Into the very spot I had come to like so well, And a special stop To regain what remains... For it is not
- [Heavy Hallow (day 3001)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/15/heavy-hallow-day-3001/) - Let me fall away - Snowflake from the sky - For my hallow has torn What breath that once bellowed From the depths Of my heavy soul. I will wash here To embrace such a feeling That can resemble My reflections That have become shattered, And here I have bent To account for the Mistakes
- [Apex Predator (day 3003)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/17/apex-predator-day-3003/) - If only I had the sense to be Like Tiger stalking prey: Focused and with eyes alert, I am the predator. I have full attention to Every sound alerting me, Minute changes I can see Smell, sense, and feel. Never hungry, growing family At the top of my game I am an Apex predator This
- [Saint (day 3002)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/16/saint-day-3002/) - I want to be the Saint that took you there Walk along the sea, tightly held Memories for me at the edge Grand opening of what I want to become. There's a secret you've shared with me Uncommon in its every breath And I can hold you amidst Setting sun and morning rise. Make it
- [Tomorrow (The Double by Dostoevsky) (day 3000)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/14/tomorrow-the-double-by-dostoevsky-day-3000/) - Tomorrow's another day Broken off and delayed For a ghost has passed on through, Spoken for a few. And memory cannot pursue What slanders overgrew Like a lion amidst the chaos He shall find the torn cloth. What's spoken could be mistaken To proud to pass away Unseen and unheard Distance to a blockard Dastardly
- [Awoken (day 2999)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/13/awoken-day-2999/) - So I loved a merriment Sought it in my deepest hour Closed my eyes and remembered Caught a glimpse and surrendered. I awoke in sentiment Blown away by agreement Sent away by angelic amusement Giving the sense of bewilderment And a condition to be wary of, For the glow was everywhere; To be accounted for,
- [Summoning (day 2998)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/12/summoning-day-2998/) - Grown again in a bewilderment The scene set itself for a moment Faintest of light enlivening Our Hero, pure at heart, For inside the locale That each now stood Awoke a deepening murmur That rustled the very coattails Of all those passers-by. Calmly, coolly, saintly, Our Hero began to outstretch His all encompassing gratitude In
- [Sweetest Song (day 2997)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/11/sweetest-song-day-2997/) - Sing to me your sweetest song I heard you singing over there Append to that a touch of heart I crave for, like morning to start. Should each new day Bring me your so-sung song I should fall into eternal reverie At once awoke and set so free. Long ago I wondered if A bird's
- [Bite Sized (day 2996)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/10/bite-sized-day-2996/) - I am a bite sized piece A momentum of contemplate Long and slow Not desperate but calculate Envisioned Whilst remaining A bitter enemy Of the elaborately ornate, Consumed and consumer, Wasted by a miracle Of engineered ingenious And needlessly desired.
- [Be With You (day 2995)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/09/be-with-you-day-2995/) - I miss you So I should undertake to write you Believe in you To forever remind you It is at longest lasting Remembrance of you That tickles edges of my memory To bring you ever closer Like the touch you reach out to me When our hearts do finally embrace And bring me fire To
- [At Our Last (day 2994)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/08/at-our-last-day-2994/) - I protest So should I remain un-standing Deceived By the gloriest of scandals Indebted to those Enslaved by the system Employed To disgrace Our last ethic Outstanding And scarce.
- [Moments (day 2993)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/07/moments-day-2993/) - When you're at the tip I hear you there Gently stirring in my ear For you to be a smile in me Letters on my heart.
- [Amidst (day 2992)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/06/amidst-day-2992/) - I feel the river never ends; Long winding staircases Of mossy rocks and exposed roots, Craigs and juts and ferns so full, Over and around it goes. I feel the distance is all the same; Each step a galaxy Lost into mycelium Softened by depth of lichen, A tangle of Gaia's webbing. I feel the
- [Accompanying Nature (day 2991)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/05/accompanying-nature-day-2991/) - I took a step into the forest So wild and carefully Paying attention to my every breath And my ever so lightly step I heard the sounds of a singing bird One that wasn't afraid of me I heard the songs of swaying trees Gently cackling at me As I moved my view became Biased
- [Flying (day 2990)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/04/flying-day-2990/) - A game against the marshy stars Took me here to revel in patience For in the stars beats many hearts Long forgotten and passed away. But to my open heart they pass No longer grasping at the past But into a moment of peace They look for what they've sought. Can you run, can you
- [So I Dare (day 2989)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/03/so-i-dare-day-2989/) - Take me to another level Where I walk about in bliss Holding hands with fate unhinged; A call amidst the wild Where wonder holds the gift One could only dare to take.
- [Exposed (day 2988)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/02/exposed-day-2988/) - So there it was Gaping and exposed Wondering when So as to prepare And leave the wronged To fight for their lives That left none empty Save for their loss Again, once a shock.
- [Moving (day 2987)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/08/01/moving-day-2987/) - Cardboard boxes Limited space Strategically placed
- [Momentum (day 2986)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/31/momentum-day-2986/) - Momentum came and called my name Whispered three rules to follow suit I heard each one that echoed deep Settled with a gnawing sting. Trusting you is like trusting sin Each and every time within Glowing embers of this heart So balance my very claws. Thus when the clock struck An unruly hour, so late,
- [Untold (day 2985)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/30/untold-day-2985/) - Goodness grew up in a holiday town A victim of circumstance Faltered at the spinning wheel Chance and fate could abide no more. One million little pindrops That held hands with knees that knelt; Cannon for the triumph call Of a Nation that goes unarmed, Yet fights so mercilessly at Windows of every vacant lot,
- [Growth (day 2984)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/29/growth-day-2984/) - I wondered as you gazed afar - A vision none but you could see - At last some freedom in your eyes The rest of us could feel. Like lightening bolts towards your fantasy - A mammoth deep inside - All was served to devour Your tree that grew so proud.
- [Golden Eyes (day 2983)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/28/golden-eyes-day-2983/) - Feline looking back at me Eyes as golden slits White as snow could hope to be Puffed lips that cleverly pursue Delights to lick upon. Inside those eyes a softness Always an open thought looking back, Tenderness in each step When good company is there, present, But when the night's hour Ticks down another day
- [Tune (day 2980)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/25/tune-day-2980/) - Rainbows caught me smiling a tune Ruthless and vicious grumbling moon Habits and rituals that cast spells Rituals upon my inner walls Calling out I glean my love And scrape it down my leg So there it is, my whisper, my tune Which I can declare out loud Standing humbly here.
- [Under & Beneath (day 2981)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/26/under-beneath-day-2981/) - I am breaking down the walls That once covered my attire, Sentences formed inside my mind Unspoken and at once: demand. The shift happens deep inside Amidst same conversations had That crawl away and hide beneath Blues under the head.
- [The Aftermath (day 2982)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/27/the-aftermath/) - Madness is my rawness A cool wind trickling in Through the carelessly Awkwardly Blindless blinds in a breeze. Through my heart I sense exposure A germinated seed standing tall With dandilions and sweet summer grass; An attic vent left unkempt. Longing for Sun to strike A moment I've anticipated on the wall But each of
- [Rock and Roll (day 2979)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/24/rock-and-roll-day-2979/) - Working at midnight Laughing for free Never enough Of too much a good thing Highways and sidestreets Focusing beets Rebels and cowboys Louder than me There ain't an ounce of goodness Let over from sin Lovers and earthquakes Diamonds and greed.
- [Moving (day 2978)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/23/moving-day-2978/) - Most of my waking life Spent in a box I never packed Holding on Closing up And an empty truck Going. When the moon was high I felt the light Sold it all Marked it down And finished paying rent Three bedrooms apart.
- [Hard Rain Late at Night (day 2977)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/22/hard-rain-late-at-night-day-2977/) - Tormenting onslaught Deepest of dark Blindness and wet
- [Speak to Me (day 2976)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/21/speak-to-me-day-2976/) - Speak to me Brush aside my wisdom For I am open to your heart I call Red But listen in Brown and Gray And there shall be no mistake For I am here So speak to me
- [Wrong (day 2975)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/20/wrong-day-2975/) - Arise questions for my soul How the hell to get off of here? I left a hole in my deepest thought Condemned and forced Into buckets swimming the sea My Angel sang my song So I sat down at the closest perch Hold my hand and dark Mother Earth I'm not alone, though I'm crying
- [To Not Feel (day 2974)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/19/to-not-feel-day-2974/) - Why am I condemned to something I cannot feel I cannot arise For in gold there erodes depths of cast My hands have dried and begun to fade. There is something that has grown Not allowed to pursue A lingering touch held too long. Without light Day at once ends Cold sets in Song remains
- [Golden Sunrise (day 2973)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/18/golden-sunrise-day-2973/) - Golden sunrise Crossed my eyes Spoke to me in a language I've only heard Amidst the trees. When my vision Reached its peak Audible and tangible I knew my day Had just begun. So as the crow flies Back and forth I wobbled through my daily mirth Stuck inside my sunrise With soup and spoon
- [Window / Brainwork (day 2972)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/17/window-brainwork-day-2972/) - Windows rush into my brain Crying for no pain Then as release comes alive A target of surprise Moments shift into a view Causing shifts into wind And slowly what was a gold tree Looses its leaves in sly Shut and closed for weather seal Locked for another season
- [Woman (day 2971)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/16/woman-day-2971/) - I don't know how to tell you That I see stars inside your eyes. Every time I watch those stars A galaxy opens up for me That spins and whirls And ignites with life; Burning orbs in orbit. And in those eyes I'm met with joy Such that astounds my every moment Like a little
- [Seedlings (day 2970)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/15/seedlings-day-2970/) - And all at once The day arises Seedlings come to life Play the role Of Great Giver Sustenance of life Blossoms shoot, Eagles cry, Sun casts shadows so sharp And bustling in To little burrows A rabbit uses its nose.
- [Window Eyes (day 2969)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/14/window-eyes-day-2969/) - Windows wash away the pain And the Dust settles And my Gods lay their hands Onto my sunken shoulders And say: "My son, my son." And like the letters That fade away At the end of bent pages, These eyes begin to close And this chapter finds its end.
- [Let Me Wail (day 2968)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/13/let-me-wail-day-2968/) - Lose me Please forgive me Lay me low And let me wail Resurrect me Specialize my little mind Count the blossoms On my branches And the needles In my spine Let the puddles Gather around My tender ankles Until I sense Coming daylight Take my very breath away.
- [Sore Hands (day 2967)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/12/sore-hands-day-2967/) - Seventeen cuts Peeled back fingernails Blisters 'midst palms
- [So Plain (day 2965)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/10/so-plain-day-2965/) - I wandered in my disarray How could it be? Then, busted Out of the clear madness Did I stumble upon a seed That racked my brain Tormented my soul Callused all my pain And sent me on my merry way Life but now so plain.
- [Mastery (day 2964)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/09/mastery-day-2964/) - Witnessed And abruptly shot Ministry of pain And society of lust Consumed and obeyed Falling evermore for trust Reason and Science Brothers made from different dust Elevation And a mastery of art Anger and confusion To each to gather as they must
- [Orbs (day 2966)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/11/orbs-day-2966/) - I've been wondering what could come of me For I've lost my will to give Alone out here outside of light Forgotten down the road. Yet every time I form the words My answer comes alive Taking me to the deepest roads Where at once I come to make A drop into my pond of
- [Simply Fire (day 2962)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/07/simply-fire-day-2962/) - As I woke My mind became aware Simply fire Heightened allure
- [Frightful Moon (day 2963)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/08/frightful-moon-day-2963/) - I woke up in a frightful moon Glowing against the night Forgotten where I had come from Horizon on my mind Spoke three words That came to mind Left no trace of my passing Then, without much further warning Snuck off into night.
- [Stress (day 2961)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/06/stress-day-2961/) - Quickened pulse Sweaty feet Breath becoming short
- [Highway Signs (day 2960)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/05/highway-signs-day-2960/) - It pains me that I cannot unleash my soul And that it sits here, adoring and alive. It rocks back and forth with comforting movement Yet lost. Purple and blue blinking lights Reminding me of life late at night That is more or less lost On a highway road with dull signs Still too far
- [Delight So (day 2959)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/04/delight-so-day-2959/) - I want to feel you For in the feeling A sense of depth Shakes my shell And calms my nerves That in a steaming Cup of tea Rolls my delight So inside of you.
- [Shadows of Midnight (day 2958)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/03/shadows-of-midnight-day-2958/) - What spoke at me had not begun yet: Shadows of midnight, Forgotten years of destruction, Long lineups of that which you can. Into the light of gobsmack, Can you be my midnight If the Angel could alight? Lost souls of yet spoken madness. Be my witnessed sentry Gallon of blood tonight.
- [Awaiting (day 2957)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/02/awaiting-day-2957/) - Alone I awaited Like a ghost I could see I knew I wore colours I needed And embraced My worn vision Pale, vanishing Twilight Smokestack feelings Carrying my wind tunnel Like a Gypsy traveler Upon my bent back And singing my silence.
- [Delicate (day 2956)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/07/01/delicate-day-2956/) - Little steps On broken promises Timid Scared Viola in the garden
- [Little Letter (day 2955)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/30/little-letter-day-2955/) - She awoke and set her limits No longer wishing, praying Betting on lust over magic For her pressure was magic And lust was present Betwixt forefinger and thumb Madness and numb Flutter and bang Hollywood and Georgia And with one long step Knee high and leather Lust's little letter Dropped in to visit.
- [Bushel (day 2954)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/29/bushel-day-2954/) - This is not the answer nor should it be left misunderstood Gods carefully listened but none took action Forgotten and dead lay the bushel of corn Raspy, hoarse, brown Thickening day lay low And Divine Interpretation was a plan that could not be laid For dead leaves had fallen and no new growth was expected
- [Golden Moonlight (day 2953)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/28/golden-moonlight-day-2953/) - In the moonlight That claims us all the same I want to touch you So tender Lonesome I am a spoken dove Two wings to fly so high Golden wishes Expired beside my written name
- [I Want to Feel You (day 2952)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/27/i-want-to-feel-you-day-2952/) - I want to feel you Until the lonesome bubbles Fade away from my open eyes, Huddled in the darkness; Wooden chair holding My scissors and notebook. I want to feel you So the open pages I haven't found to mark Stay to the light Forever low Outside your door; Knocking my heart Ceases, overwhelmed by
- [Hill (day 2951)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/26/hill-day-2951/) - And so I came to the hill Wrapped in all things Left here to dry, to weep and cry To spell out long letters To those last glimpses of my truth Who have left the last marks Ravaging the little beasts Smoking atop the hill so crested. And then it began to drip down Along
- [Telegraphy (day 2950)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/25/telegraphy-day-2950/) - I found you in the golden era of telegraphy Long you swept, hard you clicked We always, forever, kept quite a line That bounced us as if ever worn Ever tried, ever sent and ever received. I waited, listened, you spoke and I heard We danced to the tune of crispy crackles Little quips And
- [Dunes (day 2949)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/24/dunes-day-2949/) - I have withered in my seams A coldness I knew that grew A steady drop, a loud kerplunk Awoken from my slump Yet even in my deepest throngs A gap that loosened up Trajectory and motivate Scraggley weeds at the dunes
- [Coldness (day 2948)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/23/coldness-day-2948/) - There is a coldness in my knees That you have taken as your pain Three roses in a clear glass vase Four fingers slender and delicate Married and mixed in my sun spotted desk Floating bits of life's decay Piano music to my center.
- [Stopping (day 2945)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/20/stopping-day-2945/) - My leaving held me to a candle Where I swore but could not be heard Callused, I learned a mannered derision Falling slowly while walking Heart worn and still spending Danger amidst comfort Finding I was working like a man Field and the ploughs Dark soil in each finger's nail And a candle to my
- [Sock (day 2946)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/21/sock-day-2946/) - I've lost the faith like my ancient sock Fallen and gambling Delayed and betrayed Tied to the system but still struggling on Finding a meaning in spite opposition Trying as if it was on my mind To be the only one left standing As if alone on the wall would be perfect You know the
- [Handkerchiefs (day 2947)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/22/handkerchiefs-day-2947/) - You be my Haiku And I'll be your Stanza Stretched and bent Water lines made of old straw Known by a seamstress Who knit all her handkerchiefs And stitched them with a heart Sultan my gospel Fig tree in my heart song Your sweet mouth To my interpunct.
- [Forever (day 2944)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/19/forever-day-2944/) - You'd better not steal the show Before the guests leave the room Lost and confused Like red in the eye Of Three happy youngsters Who married the feeling That covered their sadness Locked in two rusty fences Six days till November And their faces all fallen Cold in their bones singing What mud cannot speak
- [Empty and Deep (day 2943)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/18/empty-and-deep-day-2943/) - When I sung the rhythm I had heard When I awoke to what my soul knew I damaged my ending that grew so tall Deepness I had lost so well Closed a window, let go my hold. When I walked so heavy footsteps I yelled my name in vain I sunk my teeth into giant
- [Softly Star (day 2942)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/17/softly-star-day-2942/) - I awoke into a starry night And asked the voices singing me Hold my hand, I am softly sentient Delicate in harmony, Floating on a midnight mist. Open me to solve this mystery So longing at my tender chest, Your touch here upon my heart Flutters for me so peacefully. Then, just as gently as
- [Colours of Autumn (day 2941)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/16/colours-of-autumn-day-2941/) - Green, yellow, brown Orange, lime Gray, black
- [Seed (day 2940)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/15/seed-day-2940/) - Welcome to an ancient seed Lost into a diagram Sold into a paradigm That missed one houndred marks. So then the ancient seed becomes Lost into translation, A whisper of diagnosis Spread out onto sheets. Then when all is lost, When all notes are acquired Seed will grow, continually, No matter stretch of road.
- [Sunlight (day 2939)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/14/sunlight-day-2939/) - I love the sunlight that spoke to me So often as I woke Rambling in a state of focus Steadily into the sun. I heard bees that buzzed happily Back and forth through trees, I heard dear Roosters happily Announce its delight in day. And all for me to teach myself To watch this very
- [Brown (day 2938)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/13/brown-day-2938/) - The winter womb enshrined in me: Closed it's gnarled old hands, Whispered to me dirty nothings - Coffee soaked and stained. Leaves fell all around my shoes, Lost against the wind And grass that grew Began to blow A lighter shade of brown.
- [Fever (day 2937)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/12/fever-day-2937/) - I work now with a fever; One single moment with my eyes closed Produces an entire universe That flickers before me, Four seasons ten fold, And a crystal blue sky That wakes me with a smile To tell me that I'm not alone today. My nimble hands twist, Grip, Dance, And tighten around the wet
- [Lovers and the Fools (day 2936)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/11/lovers-and-the-fools-day-2936/) - You dont scare me anymore Like you did when I used to work At the Army store I count my time by setting sun No longer the closing time Hours loitered My beautiful found function That waltzed with me across the floor Hand in hand Cosmic information overload Scatterd in my brain Like dry roasted
- [My Dog, My Pal (day 2935)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/10/my-dog-my-pal-day-2935/) - I felt you in the rain Streaming down my cold face Remembering how you cried. We had always spoken Every morning and every night How time passes what now feels. It wasn't there that I lost you, Nor could I have held you tight, It was the night that I remember I looked into your
- [Truth (day 2934)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/09/truth-day-2934/) - I am opening my water hole Into another sea Fortune favours me I closed my eyes and prayed Mother said I was true Heard each bird calling Laid away every weapon Fought with my own sword.
- [Alive (day 2933)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/08/alive-day-2933/) - What defines the being of a man A lesson learned A sacrifice A dollar in the bank Which none of them Could ever be Since none of them alive So everyone Bows down to Gods That none of Man The same.
- [Pieces (day 2932)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/07/pieces-day-2932/) - Do you care if my soul comes in pieces? A string attached to spine Rolling around in a messy wash Of leftover nails and splinters Gathered here in my left hand From a botched carpentry project. I shot straight, I climbed high, I read the books on ethics, And there beyond my grasp was hidden
- [How? (day 2931)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/06/how-day-2931/) - For I have seen the thunder roll around And shaken my diamond soul To ask my deepest memory "What claims your open heart?" For there could be no other purchase About my 'pinioned mind Lost in a salary taken by choice Denoted by the letter A. Gathered here, then, stood three tall Aghast from winter's
- [When I Was a Soldier (day 2930)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/05/when-i-was-a-soldier-day-2930/) - For when I was a soldier I stood here strong and brave Cooled my hands with artillery Fired into the sky Lasers ate my memory So fondness was my past Peace was my marching orders As death lay all around Calmly I took each order Followed to the mark And every night I lay my
- [Shut Down (day 2929)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/04/shut-down-day-2929/) - It is hard to know When to shut down, When to turn away From this machine. One becomes All consumed, All stuck on the tool. But then, At long last, A little inkling Draws one on away, Like warming of a fire To take to rest To take to work To take the mind To
- [Dogs (day 2928)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/03/dogs-day-2928/) - I'm going to crawl out sideways Like I'm carrying a hard edge My rhythms backbit the scene So I was ongoing madness descended No matter the words that I spoke Two syllables released my mouth Gravelling and loosening With a steel shovel reminding me That a cold soup is awaiting my return And a method
- [Shared (day 2927)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/02/shared-day-2927/) - You have listened to my words I have spoken now twice Clearly, slowly, concisely, too With hopes I can bring you Closer to my open mind Closer to our connection That brings us growth in tune To a respectful harmony. I have listened to your words Once spoke, twice shared In the way you best
- [Replaying (day 2926)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/06/01/replaying-day-2926/) - Thank you for this story I hadn't heard it before. No, that's a lie This has been replaying on my screen In flickers that resemble each other A narrative played out Teamed up Well partnered Associated To such am extent Neither author nor creator Knows the other's handshake. This tribe is grown This message is
- [Lost and Blurred (day 2925)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/31/lost-and-blurred-day-2925/) - The road lost me here Too many turns And too many good songs Singing to me Through four speakers And four tweeters. Windows rolled down To Day's hot wind, Never able to escape Sun's firey glare. My eyes dazed On Highway's glaze, And your arms Never quite let go As I looked on, after you
- [Algorythms (day 2924)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/30/algorythms-day-2924/) - I'm growing tired of algorythms Code points that leave me diluted Into a content delivered feed I don't really care to have. What Devil in me led me here? We all may have taken leaps of ignorance Turning blind eyes Against the matrix Leading us here. No thanks.
- [Darkness Again (day 2923)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/29/darkness-again-day-2923/) - Darkness is my brethren Seeped in delicate china Slithering like a snake. My cold cold ice Cracking this heart; Tasse and blood And an apéritif. For my darkness likes gloom, And I've now left the room And closed all the blinds To remind me of when I have been there again.
- [Delicate Hand (day 2922)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/28/delicate-hand-day-2922/) - With you I have floated through time To be touched Rainbow and shine So long With a sweet embrace No longer Dare I leave this space Harmony crawling Hand in hand Delicate stance.
- [Desperation (day 2921)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/27/desperation-day-2921/) - Desperation never sold So the Fair was abandoned What went wrong with the night? Holiday in a seabed of weeds Natural sunlight What's so wrong with our age? How could we see what we wore? Uncomfortable and undecided Singing our song Dirty water and pooling at the bottom
- [Collection Box (day 2920)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/26/collection-box-day-2920/) - In envelopes of my collection box My heartache rests beside my lover's hair Rusted pins and unused pens Worn well and never used. Could opening be the end? I drove a long night Through windy roads Of Scotland's y'Or Great Bras d'Or, And long wild grass on feral land: Swan song I'll sing again. Head
- [Madness Passing (day 2919)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/25/madness-passing-day-2919/) - Without eyes passing vision How speaks the mind to soul Flapping lips and no one cares Passing judgement uninformed Mind is lost Reign supreme Democracy Vote for me Life without a leader In every spotlight searching Calmly walk the gangway Calmly herd a memory So that digital flips Can recollect A madness uninvented.
- [Crow (day 2918)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/24/crow-day-2918/) - Restless and crow Through eyes of Black Long hair and a ruksack With endless in tune Trees in the night sky Bridge by firelight Morning in song Murdered and wrong Trying again to make friends Crow and eleven Mind here big step Forward and lurching.
- [Tongues (day 2917)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/23/tongues-day-2917/) - Wind flows through My ancient memory One I cannot see One so deeply inside of me It speaks in tongues I only feel And ever so sofly I see the curve That closes my eyes And halts my breath Raising me up again Like the hand of Heracles That flexes as if In memory And
- [Art of War (day 2916)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/22/art-of-war-day-2916/) - I made love in a hurricane I tied shoes to a running bull I sang songs in a cemetery I drank beers underground I walked on rope over running water I flew high then had to come down I raced fast on a singletrack I woke up in the dead of night But I never
- [Symmetrical Truth (day 2915)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/21/symmetrical-truth-day-2915/) - Questions become: What about truth? Along with an acre of pasture There are moments of rain That twist down the spine Of Kentucky Bluegrass. Deserted and alone The ghosts run sordidly Through shadows that come at dusk. Follow the windrows Carry each bundle lightly With an eye for each special Symmetrical glimpse.
- [Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (day 2914)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/20/israel-kamakawiwoole-day-2914/) - Dancing melody Softest touch Trickling water
- [Sideways and Twisted (day 2913)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/19/sideways-and-twisted-day-2913/) - She was ratcheting herself To the tune of my beat A goal and a dream Sideways and twisted And in the tangles Amongst the flowers A smile about her lips As her fingers grasped tighter.
- [Golden (day 2912)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/18/golden-day-2912/) - She was everything I had opened Expecting and recovering Wild flowers and green seaside High above I saw her eyes And the jungle began to swim Swinging here in a garden night Low light and pleasant song Innermost said me to me Lucky man, lucky day Lucky sun came up for me So there I
- [My Salt (day 2911)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/17/my-salt-day-2911/) - My salt has worn off by the tongue of your frequent lick Pressed against my open window I have cleaned my worn out gloves Taken my inner barrier And longed for another song To take me half way to there So I could spend my time alone Preparing for your energy Like I would a
- [Big Limbed Tree (day 2910)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/16/big-limbed-tree-day-2910/) - My love never walked away Woke up and began to sing Wild wild we're holding hands With a honey bee and a cherry tree Singing songs on a sunny day Merrier than a holiday We're here in joy with an alibi To take another round on a paddle boat And climb away into the big
- [Wax (day 2909)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/15/wax-day-2909/) - I am nothing For this is changing. My knowledge has been, My journey long gone, Sense of self abandoned And the lizards Have begun to infest Each broken hallow, Each arching pain That has dropped And begun no start For I am nothing Like candles run wax.
- [Overseeing (day 2908)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/14/overseeing-day-2908/) - What laid me here atop this mountain so : A collection of thoughts Reared of only my dreams. What beauty drove me to season's edge : Climbed ever higher To divine what I knew cried. What left me open : Observing, witnessing, counting Driving my layers of skepticism. Why did I not hold my here
- [Awoke (day 2907)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/14/awoke-day-2907/) - You awoke me. Motionless I stood there Agape for your heart. I sank my teeth Into the sinue of your breath, Waiting for no signal: All had been spent. My Self unfurled At the gates of your openness. Your divine tenderness Whispered sweetly Into the microphone of my soul, And the tune That rested within
- [Precious and Threadbare (day 2906)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/13/precious-and-threadbare-day-2906/) - Precious is the value of things Laying down in silk Folding each crease between your fingers As the light summer wind blows lazily On the floral window blinds. An old tuned radio floats in, Blending with traffic That beeps and yells and screeches Intermittently, unsymetrically And my smile reaches across The ancient carpeted room, Parts
- [Field of Enjoyment (day 2905)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/12/field-of-enjoyment-day-2905/) - I am slipping into a field of enjoyment Clouds filled with brown eyed susans Heat waves on the horizon Dance with the butterflies While my morning songs waft softly Over the dewy tips of wild flowers. Hello, my dear, I am home.
- [Bed of Roses (day 2904)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/11/bed-of-roses-day-2904/) - I woke into a bed of roses Alone and bleeding out my heart Dark glass shattered all around How would I ever learn? Slipping over a raincloud Pouring into my open mouth Yearning for a graceful death pose Arched spine my sorrow lover A road forgotten now Spitting out a bitter taste Into howling winds
- [Stuffing Dance (day 2903)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/10/stuffing-dance-day-2903/) - I'm getting tired of this dance Stuffing our faces With experiences We dont know if we enjoy. Who designed our minds? Who gave us this style inprint That requires consistent change? Updating, renewing, regulating... There is no end game It's just a consume point, Many consume points That filter me Based on my character profile
- [Riverboat (day 2902)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/09/riverboat-day-2902/) - Riverboat took away my heart Big wheel and a little curl Standing at the edge of water Rolled away with the setting sun. Lost my heart to a riverboat She found a man and took my gun Off she went, another hurt Left me here and now she's gone. Riverboat stole away my girl Said
- [Tenderness (day 2901)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/08/tenderness-day-2901/) - You are the tenderness As I move in this world Sunlight Hitting every curl You are the sweetness In every touch So that when I hit the dirt I feel its every moment Into my bones Calling me home Like the kingdom inside You are on the edge (You are of this stone)
- [Jagged Edge (day 2900)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/07/jagged-edge-day-2900/) - I unrolled my jagged edge Splaying all my spine Wondering if cool sunshine Would wear away my points To which I laughed the cruelest laugh That echoed off the rocks So then I took out my stone Sharpening again Resting much more assured Cutting edge evermore.
- [Wondering (day 2899)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/06/wondering-day-2899/) - I wondered how many stars could align How many mistakes I could ever make I wondered if there was any way in the world I could ever make sense of what I could not learn. I wondered if there was beautiful symmetry In the colours that lay upon Bumble Bees back I wondered if Tree
- [Rural Mistake (day 2898)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/05/rural-mistake-day-2898/) - A rural mistake Guarded by bats Unconsciously sniveling At the raw oysters Sitting on the table One spoke a word That called out in a jest: "How dare you speak Of trash in such a tone!" So the mail was gathered Street was paved Lawn was mowed And the car was deiven Straight off the
- [Madly In Love (day 2897)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/04/madly-in-love-day-2897/) - I am madly in love with you I forget what I've said Because every day Is a new devotion To the woman you are The woman you have always been The woman you hide behind The woman who scares you. I wake up each morning Whispering your name to the Gods They call back to
- [Tomorrow (day 2896)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/03/tomorrow-day-2896/) - I'm sorry I missed you I woke up too late My usual alarm didn't wake I choked down my tea And ran out the door Forgetting my phone To let you know I'd be a little late Maybe you missed me too Maybe you didn't go Maybe I wasn't meant to meet On today Tomorrow?
- [Flora (day 2895)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/02/flora-day-2895/) - I finally lost it Dying embers of a blue hidden sun Closing in on the gypsy caravan Callused and tired Sweat perspiring in long streaks Nostrils flairing Slight rustling of nearby poplar trees And the echo of every footstep Beating out of tune with thy heartbeat. One last moment Erased the pain No longer present
- [Buzzing Noises (day 2894)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/05/01/buzzing-noises-day-2894/) - Curious shocks arose from the devilish landlocks Arrogance broke me A whirling, buzzing noise Whispered to my inner brain As if the cockroaches Were ticking time bombs Ignoring every asset that took steam From the bedroom window That never twisted, Though the two lovers did try And the moon did shine And the gray faintness
- [Singing Bowl (day 2893)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/30/singing-bowl-day-2893/) - I cannot shake the essence of unlimited Grand gestures that flow Almost gutteral From the moments I find twilight Reaching around my corners To awaken what beast I sing my songs with. My bones rattle, My mind expands, My very being seems to float Like vibrating melodies Floating upward From deep bowels of a singing
- [First Frost (day 2892)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/29/first-frost-day-2892/) - Vegetables Windows Autumn
- [Grip (day 2891)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/28/grip-day-2891/) - I want to rain down Like the Gods I've always admired Spiral my madness Deeper into Mortal Souls And laugh as Time Emits no stress on my psyche And lays barren No emotions I have once had For it is my breath That drives me forward Undescribeably powerful And taken by a grip.
- [Come and Stay (day 2890)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/27/come-and-stay-day-2890/) - I'm done waiting Now I'm demanding. I'm writing in bold (As my message lets on) Standing on this chair Writing out my cause With intention. And now I've sent away So she'll come and stay.
- [Charged (day 2889)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/26/charged-day-2889/) - Inside of you was fully charged Steel rods of conductiveness High voltage was your energy Electrons flowing inside of me I felt you coming through my lines Copper in my veins Tickling my very spine Capacitor of fame I deduced every little cell Of my lithium battery pack Calculating all its worth Until I had
- [Riverboat (day 2888)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/25/riverboat-day-2888/) - When the winds keep blowing What does it look like outside your window? Clashing hearts wrecking What lonely clouds could share And a one eyed ghost singing ballads Heard down at the local bar That kept on crying In spite ten thousand broken hearts Laying open on the dirty floor So that in one blissful
- [Deeper Distances (day 2886)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/23/deeper-distances-day-2886/) - Would you remember What you said If we rehashed our past? Would you shutter Like every night Awake, alone, cold And forgotten Like a tossed rock Into a icy lake Deeper than The distance now.
- [Untied (day 2887)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/24/untied-day-2887/) - You speak And I shudder You walk And I scowel You work And I move past You panic And I settle For in this day I shall not behave Like you do For I am untied
- [Hide and Seek (day 2885)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/22/hide-and-seek-day-2885/) - What did you do When the mountain found you Rolling over the field Like dust in the wind Gone in pure sin Said the tree in the copse For the gorge that uproared Cleared it's throat In a waterfall And clamered all down to the pond Jumped up the bank To hide in a den
- [Not Lost (day 2884)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/21/not-lost-day-2884/) - I don't want to be lost at sea My memory has drawn me In more than mohagony So talk to me like harmony Sweetest voice I'm cheerily Making my way, landed sweetpea Underscore to punctuate thee Drawn tape and ripped cd Catapult legends we see And then wearily Echoes of our hearts reveal Landed ground,
- [Warrior's Pole (day 2883)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/20/warriors-pole-day-2883/) - For in this day There has been no wane No dreadful thought of woe So all the better Seek no refuge Just lay one's hat atop Warrior's pole Again for more Tomorrow.
- [Evening Scene (day 2882)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/19/evening-scene-day-2882/) - Goose calls as Sun sets Neither making its way or stressed Smell of Grass finds Wind's fine lines Amongst the fields That wave goodnight While Clouds roll into a blanket To wish Gaia a good sleep.
- [Better Tune (day 2881)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/18/better-tune-day-2881/) - With my eyes closed I have held down Each complaint I have had So that my soul sings A tune I know better And as that tune bellows I shall move my heart forward So that I become A better man.
- [In Thought (day 2880)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/17/in-thought-day-2880/) - My mind has become jagged A Cliff with one soaring Eagle Circling around and around Just beyond eyesight. Little plants grow here Barely hanging onto life Grasping what little Soil Has fallen between the Rocks. Barely does a Thought stay For it's brother begs attention Ruthlessly asking for my step Dare I not pass his
- [Remembering Me (day 2879)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/16/remembering-me-day-2879/) - For what I shall not remember here I shall lay these grasses aside I shall divide my remaining seeds And plant my memory So that in ten thousand days I can outline my path Each softening step along the way That grew me into self Until I reach the place I'm trying to lead myself
- [Sunlight Found Me Here (day 2878)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/15/sunlight-found-me-here-day-2878/) - I'm trying to understand the Magic I've seen in your eyes The way the Sunlight dances across, unknowing Whispering in a daydream all the things I've tried to And then all the things I've not been able to Since my tongue is tied at every corner I find within your being I sit down and
- [Day Tripping (day 2877)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/14/day-tripping-day-2877/) - I awoke into a dream of dreams One I knew had come alive All around was growth and charm Birds so loudly sang Carefully the trip was planned Organized and laid aside Commencing a new way of life One amidst the land
- [Bird Sounds (day 2876)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/13/bird-sounds-day-2876/) - Cry for me Dear sweet bird For your sounds So delightful Enchant me A world amongst the trees Wildness and freedom too Layers of the forest Echoing back to me A world I dare to dream.
- [A New Day (day 2875)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/12/a-new-day-day-2875/) - There awoke the beast Ruffled and grizzled Spiked and grumpy Lost and disoriented Stretching a big stretch Muttering to himself And slowly forming thoughts To lead the day away That will not pause for a beast Entering a new day
- [Path (day 2874)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/11/path-day-2874/) - I didn't open up the pages To find you dying alone here I woke my warrior In day steps, dreamily Dancing to a beat Of ten thousand drums Upon my back and shoulders Remind me of my ancestors Who never had a chance Reminding me of my heritage That grew up too quick Reminding me
- [Rock Picking (day 2873)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/10/rock-picking-day-2873/) - We scowered fresh cut grass For uncovered rocks to pick Hidden boulders 'midst the ruff Half sunken in disguise Some so deep, so gargantuan More than 5/6 buried hard That one must scratch and dig To get a good firm hold And then with all one's greatest might Pull and pull some more So that
- [Backwards Memory (day 2872)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/09/backwards-memory-day-2872/) - I awoke into a dream That had me backwards memory Two and two made half is 1 Double meant I'd run Crossed my fingers And crossed the bridge Danced a jig to celebrate With a bear who spoke my name While two wise men Who carried a bag Came up to me to say "God,
- [Daisy (day 2871)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/08/daisy-day-2871/) - Inside the daisy There spoke a new world That lazily Awoke embers Alive sang their song Alert their dancing legs Two hold hands And remembering distant lands Two suns were their orbit Sun One and Sun Two Yellow golden hue Inside the daisy
- [Every Day (day 2870)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/07/every-day-day-2870/) - Tonight's sunset Reminded me How little time I have To remind you Every day Is how I want to be With you
- [Spine (day 2869)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/06/spine-day-2869/) - I didn't want to wait I told you that As I waited My heart knowing My desires Would wait I didn't want to be apart For the strings Binding our hearts Stretched beyond my comfort Leaving a pain Behind my heart Beside my spine That waited.
- [Window (day 2868)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/05/window-day-2868/) - Your window changed my sunset No longer do I look for more I sit here, quite content, With your presence glowing softly In my growing heart of acceptance To make my each day well spent From my hearth to your sweet window.
- [For Certain (day 2867)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/04/for-certain-day-2867/) - I dream of your smell Though it has been too long To know for certain I still know And your long hair As it feels in my hand Knowing you're submitted Caressing and enjoying; Your murmur soothing us both. I can feel a part of me Waiting inside of you Not knowing fully As I
- [End/Begin (day 2866)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/03/end-begin-day-2866/) - Compression is an alibi; Dense earth puddling And flowers suffering For there is no space to grow Until Worm makes its way Casting its gold Into trueness of soil With no damage plan Becoming the end of the road.
- [Distract Me (day 2865)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/02/distract-me-day-2865/) - I am distracted and disgusted Trapped inside a ritual I never knew I'd slipped into. I woke alarmed, Spoke slowly, Yet saw no change becometh. Then there I was: forgotten, Within myself: outwardly, Expecting another to change, Or not to be, Or be completely.. And I had nothing for my pain For it was all
- [Changes (day 2864)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/04/01/changes-day-2864/) - Fires woke and excited the beast Roaring in a blaze. Night curling around dark poles Eyes intently gazed. Lips so pure; an Angel descended Lightly touching down Afraid of nothing, no need to be As day broke all around. Visions of a playful glen Peaceful animals, babbling stream Walking with a certain gait Midsummer's healthiest
- [That Was Then (day 2863)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/31/that-was-then-day-2863/) - If that was then Then this is by no means the end, Two wheels rolling And clouds so clear Even birds faintly pass between them. A dollar is gone. Was it an even game? A hand that served up Delicious things, unnamed. An engine that roared As it began. Lucky is every lost soul traveling
- [Reality (day 2862)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/30/reality-day-2862/) - Sky has turned on me I awoke to a burning red Dazzling my imagination As fire so transfixes thoughts. Then Rain began Challenging my scales Peaceful summer breeze Turned torrential squeeze. I closed the book of a window To still my worried mind Losing my touch With Reality's closest neighbour.
- [Nee (day 2861)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/29/nee-day-2861/) - Jewels become more for those Who see within their souls; A heart fused to silver skilled, Diamond amidst the bangles. True alchemy of the highest order Around hands and necks so bare Handled by the jem of jems Nee, elemental rare.
- [No Love (day 2860)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/28/no-love-day-2860/) - There had been no love In each open space Found on the cobblestones. No, each open space Found on the cobblestones Was toxic Spit and debris Dust and grime That transcribed its years Onto the closeness to my nose That I could always see Though my eyes were held afar.
- [Refused Blood (day 2859)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/27/refused-blood-day-2859/) - When I was torn away I held my sheltered self Until this blood refused to circulate Beyond each bend in my arms. I was left struggling Rummaging, Though each tick Felt good against my skin And the blood Spoiled my heartbeat As Sun caressed thy pulse.
- [Friday Night (day 2858)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/26/friday-night-day-2858/) - Well spent Warmth Celebrate
- [Beyond My Morning Window (day 2857)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/25/beyond-my-morning-window-day-2857/) - I'm not sure how this thing Time has passed It seems like I just awoke With little birds singing harmony To the morning's sky, so red. Hardly had I time to think About the tasks awaiting, Hardly had I recited my praise For ever blooming life Unfolding it's very wings Right beyond my window.
- [Bender Sidenote (day 2856)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/24/bender-sidenote-day-2856/) - Bender with a sidenote of caffeine Holiday mind On a cool summer day Watching air balloons migrate Sideways in silence Distant murmurs Flicker as lightning Through my ever present Thought patterns Desiring an escape Into the wild unknown.
- [Sidenotes (day 2855)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/23/sidenotes-day-2855/) - I wish I wrote sidenotes In pages of books I've read The dusty ones I tried to identify smells in. Messy sidenotes, Illegible Upside down Sideways Grammatically incorrect Timeless. Meanings they'd project To change an entire trajectory Of the book being read; A side thought To my sidenote. Clever, but not obtuse. Maybe a little
- [Saddened Parts (day 2854)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/22/saddened-parts-day-2854/) - Each saddened part of me that looses you Slowly falls to the ground; Anarchy amongst my body parts, One for one is what it's called. There are no cryptic memories, Just scribbled pages of a book Bent at the corners and stained oily grey That clearly show a worn use Only my friendly pair of
- [Root of Man (day 2853)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/21/root-of-man-day-2853/) - The root of man shall be no different Then the root of every tree Growing wildly as advantageous Over rocks upon the ground. Each mystery of a turn Formation of a bud Callus of a wound, deep Shimmering in the sun. As seasons take their tide Summer turns to Autumn Transformational energy Harvest moon howls
- [Tea Leaves (day 2852)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/20/tea-leaves-day-2852/) - I came here to find you So I wouldn't be left alone By the distance I had been to. I watched the trees blow, Long grass learning it's vibe And a bee finding it's way To another flower safe. I came here to find you alone But I didn't expect to find you, Since my
- [Edges (day 2851)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/19/edges-day-2851/) - It's not enough to hear your name - Flicker of hope in my eyes - I want to consume your name So each letter feels my tongue Amidst a mouthful of visions. I want to hold you to my pressure points So the forging of our steel Will create the finest edge Any blacksmith has
- [Agreeing To Be Depth (day 2850)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/18/agreeing-to-be-depth-day-2850/) - I am awoke by change No longer mind frame A Chancellor of fate Calling to his wild. Gods are word-spells Agreeing to be depth, For this shall - and will not - Be a poster boy for stagnate. Lessons are ritual, Observation a practice, Mind-spend: currency, And Gaia a dotted map For discovering a new
- [Roses (day 2849)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/17/roses-day-2849/) - I smelt roses every morning Since I left my window open Morning air carried longer Freshest scent of care Where dutiful fingers tended Each thorny branch, so sharp Up along my window's ledge Down into my heart.
- [Winter Depths (day 2848)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/16/winter-depths-day-2848/) - I found you in the winter depths Of my forgotten heart, so bare That lost me in an avalanche Succumbed to all buried hurt To slide away and wait. Then one cold morning As I sat alone by my fire Hardly warming my frozen soul I heard a voice so low That whispered to me
- [Throat of Life (day 2847)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/15/throat-of-life-day-2847/) - Wind is howling through this house Like inescapable tombs of our past Flesh biting flesh Wrapped with fabric so dusty it crumbles. Yet in open webs I can still see through Nostalgia hits an ancient bone That even her subtle breath of wind Finds it hard to escape duty of. Slowly eyelids close as raspy
- [Walk Past (day 2846)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/14/walk-past-day-2846/) - A seed holds the makeup That many have tried to be No matter what each's need Fallacy, differences of a breakup That holds within: a shakeup A life well lived can see Is it not in each's creed? Oh Devil! Dare not to stand up! For it shall be the path Not thy evil trickery
- [Awash Memory (day 2845)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/13/awash-memory-day-2845/) - I no longer remember how it used to feel Which I cannot decide about, Whether it is a good thing or bad.. For I can only hope for desire That becometh to mine name So vibrant as I used to think it once was. Nay, it was so! My mind does not deceive, Nor has
- [Blackflies in the Forest (day 2844)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/12/blackflies-in-the-forest-day-2844/) - Swarmed Crawling Unseen bites
- [A Claim (day 2843)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/11/a-claim-day-2843/) - It was not my claim, Not could it ever have been To be lost with controlled madness On a motorcycle Going fifty kilometers per hour. The roads were too dusty, Too slow, Too quiet for forgiveness To be called out In a manner that did not support Each dying ember of humanity. And the glasses
- [With a Bullet (day 2841)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/09/with-a-bullet-day-2841/) - Watch this driving bullet Force its way through Impacted cement walls; Designed faultline - Nobody's in our world Though we pray they enter in. Restricted access Buy more products Serve our very fear Irrationally Never end in sight. Rationale Coinciding with political agendas Rationale Aligning with domination Rationale Marking each bullet Through our taxed land
- [At the Margin (day 2842)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/10/at-the-margin-day-2842/) - It is destruction that has collapsed Sure it should seem rather redundant But it was not as it should be For there were no golden melodies No silent tigers awaiting at the margin Long arching stems of tropical plants Waving ever so slightly in afternoon rain Slipping noiselessly down the bank Of misunderstood's miss-planned and
- [Spoke (day 2840)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/08/spoke-day-2840/) - Who spoke to me today? No silence awoke me Echoes at the gates. I missed the cool sun Drop about Moon's brow Caress of two foreign lovers Spoke, nevermore.
- [No Words (day 2839)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/07/no-words-day-2839/) - Did you listen when I spoke no words? I could hardly lean to take flight Soar away, hide away Aloof my trail ablaze. I woke up from a foggy bliss Tended to my flock, Stepped into a day of glass Dew upon my shoe. When I carried over my heart, Sealed with each singing bird's
- [Handwritten (day 2838)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/06/handwritten-day-2838/) - I want to lay away your story Into my eloquent pages so designed. For I am in no time missing Each sentence you've so led amiss, No grammatical trickery To bequeath this budding rose - Thorny and apical - In transcendence I have only dreamed. There, so I shall then pass And accompany you upon
- [Permit Me Sight (day 2837)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/05/permit-me-sight-day-2837/) - Can one day your abundance touch me? Truth like lightening bolts Thrown from Zeus himself. And my eyes shall see openings From whence your sail shall catch wind, Pulling me towards ancient speed Roaring in fierce aftermath Abundantly striking me free. Inverted extramere I shall not turn my eye, Though wrath of the God shall
- [Moving Forward In Spite All Obstacles (day 2836)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/04/moving-forward-in-spite-all-obstacles-day-2836/) - It surprises me Deeply Surpassing each instinct Carry on Unruly in part of me Yet showing My inner sense To overcome And dance A wholesome heart Together Acclimatize And change the land Escape
- [Internode (day 2835)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/03/internode-day-2835/) - Do not depart here, For it is memory Strong Bold Holding a graceful beat; Encompassing. For light Is betwixt my mind's layers, Encouraging What feels needst And canst becometh Internode.
- [At the Gates (day 2834)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/02/at-the-gates-day-2834/) - For it was not the forgotten The lost Emancipated yet still beyond. It cried in open grace As ancient wisdom Ran down it's thriving face. Ritual abided; Nature presided. Delicacy tingled Down worthy veins And touched what fettered lines Could only whisper. There it was; Sunlight becoming Brave, luminous, potent, Crying for all that's been
- [Taut (day 2833)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/03/01/taut-day-2833/) - Each glow has been filtered Down a line of education Memories clouded By acid rain And electromagnetic radiation. In spite it all Each effort Each consciousness Each advocacy No singular action could resolve Bitterness we all so feel strong Yet must we search on? Should we seek to find answers So desperately within our reach?
- [Thinning (day 2832)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/28/thinning-day-2832/) - At once I thundered through the forest Chapter to my name Dust had neither settled nor swept Alarm for every cocoon Axe in one hand, saw the other Limbs begone, forever cleared Forest to grow strong and free And let live as can live Diversity amidst the settlers Forgive the intrusion I am to be
- [Excitement of Expectation (day 2831)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/27/excitement-of-expectation-day-2831/) - Anticipation Review Nerves
- [Nightly (day 2830)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/26/nightly-day-2830/) - You sing for me nightly With your silent tune Playing on repeat; My fullest moon. What sways in the ocean And lets me cocoon? What holds out Your hand for touch? What holds you to me? What makes you so shine bright, Valuably true? For in you I see me As I desire to be,
- [Time Doesn't Stop (day 2829)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/25/time-doesnt-stop-day-2829/) - It's hard Each morning's steps Each routine task Each day hours slip on by Yet each day wanes, Loses it's time, To begin again another. How does this rhythm Speed up so How do we slow down time? How do we fit Each task we wish Into one full day So that the next Anew
- [Enslaved (day 2828)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/24/enslaved-day-2828/) - Moral resources grow stronger The more thy soul does learn Envision what this destiny Could look like all around. For in the skies, no longer streaking Would be what Heavens divine, No act of God unspoken for That lacked full consciousness. Upon the ground, each footstep taken Would be of a more focused breadth, One
- [Joy of Life (day 2827)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/23/joy-of-life-day-2827/) - What windows open up my mind To whom I speak so soft? What vision is, I cannot say.. For laughter washes all Into a valley of design, Making each symbol remain the same. Seeds of which photosynthesize, Cracks amidst the soil, Teeth so eagerly chattering, Rain so vibrantly, Gaia, she knows all secret things Our
- [Failed Experiments (day 2826)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/22/failed-experiments-day-2826/) - Forgotten Labs have envisioned Studied Forgotten Like thunder Escaped Rounded Estimated Gone Archived
- [Rollin' (day 2825)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/21/rollin-day-2825/) - Toothaches and pressure me I must carry strong Monday nights and wiffle balls Seeds sewn in the sun. Hold your hands Awake for day Breath so deep inside Alert by sense. Repetitive noise Thump me in the good Intended for busy eyes True competition.
- [For You in Twilight (day 2824)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/20/for-you-in-twilight-day-2824/) - Remember, my sweet love I have not gone too far, The softness of my hands Still reaches for your bosom. Caress my softened heart, It searches for you in twilight While this articulated landscape Shows the plan I have been digging for. My letters are still written For the tips of your lips, Exposing the
- [Congruency (day 2823)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/19/congruency-day-2823/) - What brings me into a place of dawn? - Could lamp shades Not recollect Ten thousand words Once spoken in privacy? - Early morning stardust Upon crouching wheatgrass Shaking its memories While endlessly searching Library shelves For one forgotten phrase That used to mean a lot; Congruency.
- [Entirely Audible (day 2822)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/18/entirely-audible-day-2822/) - I do not know what I want to hear Sweet voices Tambourines Drawn out organs Single noted cellos. Sounds have become adjusted To a key un-lay, Not entirely audible But clearly a deeper feeling That rests not Incus and Malleus... Deeper. Tap roots of an ancient breath Hammered into shape, Ten thousand soldiers, Fire and
- [Cello of Darkness (day 2817)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/13/cello-of-darkness-day-2817/) - It is hard to escape the sadness that runs down the edges of this window Soaked and spotted by the dark rains, so. Even Spider who comes to visit plays a long, slow song Nearly a single note with a cello of darkness. How tranquil such existence can be Back and forth Rocking Chair sits
- [Pale Roses (day 2819)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/15/pale-roses-day-2819/) - And today I shall lay here Covered in pale roses Trying to remember What I could never hold on to For it has slipped It has risen from my clutches To escape into thin air Like landscapes turning seasons And wind carrying seeds It has shifted And now it is I Left here invincible Carrying
- [Oak Leaves (day 2820)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/16/oak-leaves-day-2820/) - It is a problem, For I have not found it here yet. Spires have taken my holiness Unaccounted for, Untrained, Un-restricted. Like a dove in flight, But without regret. There shall be no more passion, No more emotional choices. So it lays thus, solid and lifeless, Awaiting a deep agony, A lifeless sympathy, That shall
- [Becoming (day 2821)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/17/becoming-day-2821/) - What is it that has fallen Deep into the ravine of life? Glee? Say naught your revival Heart of subconscious, There exists no more greenscape - Though Spring all around - Barren and lifeless Rocks and charred stumps It is grave, this desire And it shall no more be confined To rotten corners of hidden
- [Tuned to F (day 2818)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/14/tuned-to-f-day-2818/) - Therefore it is vulgar Lashing out at streetlamps And long beige raincoats. Who knew the steel gutters Would take away today's news No symphony could portray Such lyrical memories Playing solitary On a string tuned to F.
- [I Thought You Were Here (day 2816)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/12/i-thought-you-were-here-day-2816/) - I thought you were here, Then my summer began. I took you on every trip. Turned down by the big creek, Headed on in deep; Dirt and the sand And everything ran. I thought you were here, Ready to join in. I cut out a path To the big ol' pine, We hid in the
- [Bovine Squeals (day 2815)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/11/bovine-squeals-day-2815/) - As molten streets Circumnavigated Each island: Utopia, Madness circled Each callused leader Shaking fists With Sir Devil. Groans and Bovine squeals Inspired construction workers To a fury, That led each Minister To a foghorn; Cattle afraid On auction day. Without much notice Neither alarm Necks were bled and drained Swept away Into a drain Flushed
- [Goodmorning (day 2814)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/10/goodmorning-day-2814/) - Today the sun came out It spoke in a chant That told me the history Of every breath of air I could breathe Which I collected at the base of my toes And exhaled through the tip of my tongue. The sun came out today And shared itself with me, Uncontrollable I sought laughter and
- [4 Whole Days (day 2813)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/09/4-whole-days-day-2813/) - I lost my dog a few days ago He was my world that you never knew. It brings me sadness How little time he spent here And recognizing how my own life Moves on from his presence. I want to remember him In the little ways he would Make me feel special, No mortal soul,
- [To Be Felt (day 2812)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/08/to-be-felt-day-2812/) - I give you my patience And it forgets about me My lingering sadness Frets about me And your vision Shines through another screen That rectifies no hour To hold on to you A moment I cannot see For you're silencing me Drifting, I shall not reward I shall depart And this too shall not be
- [Passing of a Friend (day 2811)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/07/passing-of-a-friend-day-2811/) - Silence Friendly ghosts Remnants
- [Poppy Tongue (day 2809)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/05/poppy-tongue-day-2809/) - Gathering green Poppies grow Into black-hearted splend A gift of earth, So many, a curse, But each their own desire And funneling to Each tip, thy pestle For gardening deserves What bloometh brings Delight upon Thy very tongue That choose it To linger.
- [Found Free (day 2810)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/06/found-free-day-2810/) - To late, I am free It's happened again You've opened up I'm flying now You're wind upon my sail Rested with a cockatoo Who told me every tale Which kept my dreaming Flowing free Found you here again
- [Angels (day 2808)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/04/angels-day-2808/) - I took a cut out of ancient Seed Planted for two mouths Carrying my load I walked into Cave, so darkened now. When I stood bare, Face to face With Angel who knew my name Who asked me only one question To learn how I had came, To which I remarked: I shall not remain
- [Crimson Blood (day 2807)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/03/crimson-blood-day-2807/) - Forever in Desert's sun She waited by Cactus Closing slowly her soft hands Needle in her thumb Dragon surfaced in her throat One she'd never known She whispered to him by his name Soon he was her pawn All at once they struck a deal One forever indebted For in her hand she now held
- [Foggy and Departed (day 2806)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/02/foggy-and-departed-day-2806/) - For sense I needn't rely I've gone a long while without They live within my holy vision Foggy and departed So far away, I've gone with courage. A walk I took left me angrily Fuming at the mouth; What evidence did I have To return to depth? I needn't tarry here too long I've lost
- [River Runs (day 2805)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/02/01/river-runs-day-2805/) - For a secret passed between two lines One, a shy straighter of the two That woke up a shooting star Falling beyond one's sight But lately there has been a line That walks with two animals Deepest forest of darkened hearts River to wash away the rest.
- [Your Song (day 2804)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/31/your-song-day-2804/) - Your heart beat upon mine, so, That left me listening; A window opened for my depth. Here, I tarried at this sweetest scent Making you the only known As I witnessed an orchid open into bloom I held my hand so strong Against the sweetness on my tongue And rhythm abreast my chest.
- [Coals (day 2803)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/30/coals-day-2803/) - Yellow coals burn in my ancient fire Radiating my self into night For I cometh for no depth No talisman - slender I come for the full weight Of each choice I've ever met. So I'm left here spinning Middle of the square, Conscious of my coals In the hands of each soul My remission
- [Mister One and Mister Two (day 2802)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/29/mister-one-and-mister-two-day-2802/) - Find me if you can I wont be singing at the gates Found a path That led me down a mountain road. Came upon two pillars I took to calling affectionately Mister One and Mister Two. Hello, how are you, It's good to find you here I have come from far And I've got a
- [Ode to Ruu, A Good Dog (day 2801)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/28/ode-to-ruu-a-good-dog-day-2801/) - I don't want to forget you, my little man Though I know time will ease What harsh corners left your wake. I see your bounce, Your lovely heart, Your ever curious nudge Jumping at my dangling hand Across the yard in little chatter As day awakes and starts again. Your nose was really ever curious,
- [Slight of Time (day 2800)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/27/slight-of-time-day-2800/) - So I awoke And the lines that had drawn my face Began to swirl and dip Which brought me to my knees Where I prayed I could not feel; Memories forgotten. So, too, shall I drown again, My dust fading away Daring each little pin prick To surface as a rash That rattles my skin
- [Antelope Runaway (day 2799)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/26/antelope-runaway-day-2799/) - I shall not live in a desert; My barren land doth not make clear, Nor doth skies hold down tears. No, abyss joins the delicate dance Of wildflowers and hills Vibrantly flowing down antelope runaways And into the heart of my soul That casts away tumbleweeds Fearlessly, with purification Given freely by water - Plentiful
- [Breath of Love (day 2798)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/25/breath-of-love-day-2798/) - Marybelle how did you get over me? Long eyes of Sadness filled Sky full And Winds whispered my name So Sun could not be heard Tempted by Forgiveness. There were ten thousand soldiers Marching at Anger's temperament Neigh a moment too late Though Fury hadst control Of thine very hand that drew thy sword, Thrashing
- [A Freedom (day 2797)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/24/a-freedom-day-2797/) - I don't know what piece of you wants to be free I've searched a while now A long walk through the forest And only tracks of wild animals show. Your mind has spoken But your heart stays back still Relentless and wandering You have yet to let go. I can open screen doors To hear
- [Steel Edged Tool (day 2796)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/23/steel-edged-tool-day-2796/) - Fewer things in life feel As good as sharp steel The power it beholds With energy in every fold. When the stone hits its mark Every burr and nick removed Ancient lines of pitted use Tell stories no one can refute To be used again ten thousand times Steel and tool combined.
- [All of Them (day 2795)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/22/all-of-them-day-2795/) - Plant the seeds Cultivate earth Send in living mowers Who fertilize As they roam To give back As bio-available organics That feeds seeds Growing tall Inviting insects And more worms!
- [Climbing Cat (day 2794)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/21/climbing-cat-day-2794/) - I watched you climb up to your perch One I worried too high But in your time You found your way Back down to my lap To keep me warm as night did pass For outside winds did howl And night has set in upon us Climbing cat, my friend.
- [Solitude (day 2793)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/20/solitude-day-2793/) - He could not remain solitude Friends emerged from all around One found under a toadstool One behind a thriving red spruce Even as the day waned A coyote came strolling along Until at last, eyes tired and closing The moon bid farewell and peace Then all at once a new day began A sun stretching
- [Cold Stream (day 2792)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/19/cold-stream-day-2792/) - When the wind blew at my door There I was standing tall I saw the drifts of snow gather I heard the poplars clack together And deep within my cooling heart I heard a groan so vivid It symbolized the burden laid At the foot of my days toil It symbolized ice cold water Gathered
- [Awoke Cold (day 2791)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/18/awoke-cold-day-2791/) - For I awoke And knew then It was mine own thought Had led me here Astray Down a path of Misunderstanding Misjudging Forgotten reality And clouded Though my bed Still lay cold.
- [Why (day 2790)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/17/why-day-2790/) - I ask myself why Not knowing I've never known Can the silence exist Though no soul partakes To let the other side be felt? Through screens And irrational blank spots I rush To no spell I have listened to. By my wild eyes I have come here to exist; There, too, Shall running scenes Invoke
- [Lost (day 2789)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/16/lost-day-2789/) - Do you hold Keys to remember? Vanishing blossoms Winter trees Rush of water... And lost it is, All on me.
- [Contrasting Elements (day 2788)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/15/contrasting-elements-day-2788/) - Run wild Take the calm road home Listen to the wind Follow footsteps into the snow Feel waves Watch a leaf fall to the earthen floor Scare a wild animal Look closely at moss Hear a waterfall Understand a heartbeat
- [Awoken (day 2787)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/14/awoken-day-2787/) - My music had been lying Unconscious and dramatized - Callused time All punishing - To which an alarm woke Each beast left inside - Growling They stood tall - Two of them Wore combat boots The rest Barefooted Yelled at me - I hardly Heard a whisper - And here I stood Bespoke Awoken to
- [Spoke (day 2786)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/13/spoke-day-2786/) - I've lost My thought For it spoke Of you So far away My touch It cannot Touch
- [Big Red Door (day 2785)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/12/big-red-door-day-2785/) - Frozen as the daylight came Round up all night's dreams Float away; I've been lost so. I cannot guarantee That in my time I'll remain: Un-wound, un-healed, un-charmed Open as this big red door Dawn so re-awakes.
- [Destiny Song (day 2784)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/11/destiny-song-day-2784/) - I come across you Oh Sentient Beings With my mind made Open and free Lasting sunshine Creates you Then shall we hear Edge of the sea Come alignment Come cosmic Come destiny Come fusion Come gather Around here Feast on Breathing free
- [Growing (day 2783)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/10/growing-day-2783/) - I don't walk with a swagger I'm not a callused hand I don't wish for stars Or four leaf clovers I sing with a guitar that holds a tune But my voice is held under water In a rusty tin can So I sleep in a cold corner With a sore back on my side
- [Slopes (day 2782)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/09/slopes-day-2782/) - Slippery slopes Drag my heart To a place I cannot return A valley so full Vibrantly Shooting up with growth Where wild beasts roar Soft grasses blow Precious flowers Emerge from every inch of soil And naked she stands Before minds eye Heavenly traced And here I stay.
- [Sworn (day 2781)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/08/sworn-day-2781/) - I don't want you to remember me When you see daylight searching Over twilight's shoulder, I want birds to scream bloody murder Through their washed out faces Long callused like knots Grown out from tree trunks. I want you to document my every step That lives deep in the mud Like you would document a
- [Towards the Sea (day 2780)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/07/towards-the-sea-day-2780/) - Against the wall before we tied Whom wore so delightfully Light hearted smile Calmly laid towards Campfire by the sea. Grasping there she took a stride To gather in her hand: mine, So that our star, which yet to rise Then as the breeze Of backdrop left The small of her back in mine, Distant
- [Unable (day 2779)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/06/unable-day-2779/) - Overwhelming experiences Laid the groundwork Afresh Lichen upon dead branches Where rainfall To rest Lying next to it Awaiting Cried knowledge Unable to fly abreast
- [Restart (day 2778)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/05/restart-day-2778/) - I lie in the moment Awaiting collapse Remembering your face So important to me And a smile to my lips A beat to my heart A memory returns One to restart As day shall return One to remember One to awake.
- [Ground (day 2777)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/04/ground-day-2777/) - I am the age of an ancient warrior Inspect me from the ground Grind my bones to dust around That build you a new throne Take me to Olympia To seek ritual truth Take me from the goats up high To bury me in sound Fashioned from steel and stones Forever in the ground
- [The Nature in You (day 2776)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/03/the-nature-in-you-day-2776/) - I would like to get to know you more Inspecting wild flowers on a bright day Hold hands with future's memories Learn your every ray From seaside to mountain top, I'd like to get to know you more. I'd like to see the stars in your eyes And the clouds upon your brow Wake each
- [Fame (day 2775)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/02/fame-day-2775/) - I've soaked my shoes in two cans of kerosene Waiting for sunset so I can feed you I don't think the birds have smelt it yet But when they do, when they fly high When the sky is soaked with iridescence And midnight remembers no names I shall let the match to every hallow That
- [Desire (day 2774)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2019/01/01/desire-day-2774/) - I desire to see more into you Like a kaleidoscope on ecstasy And the lips of an Angel by your name Licking at my sun heart and strength. I desire to find more of you In spaces I can only explore with you Like a shared decision on a busy road Where hands are squeezed
- [Line Fall (day 2773)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/31/line-fall-day-2773/) - Went out on a line Away and unkind Following a path Nowhere and no how Took out every dime To lay it all down To which I then lost Away I did fall.
- [Each Quill (day 2772)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/30/each-quill-day-2772/) - The eyes of terror struck into A faithful servant in pain What must be done, owner's duty Calmly, one cannot relent. Each quill, each sliver, Each painfully removed To help a faithful friend in need Until those eyes return to softness Playfulness again, A friend once more returns, Tail wagging, trust returning, Companion to the
- [Once Seed (day 2771)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/29/once-seed-day-2771/) - Rage at the antics talking heads play Forced to surrender, no other way Lost is ancient, history's gone For a game of dollars, enemy's way Has taken our diversity Plants natural genome Genetically modified, organic no more Infecting, irreversible turned our seed Unrecognized, sterile, stale, Yet to talking heads playing games A patent awaits the
- [Last Years Grass (day 2770)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/28/last-years-grass-day-2770/) - Brown Bent and folded Dry
- [Bare and Strewn (day 2769)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/28/bare-and-strewn-day-2769/) - Threaded so bare A lonesome despair Washed in the river Of an unknown meaning But torn from a branch Left in the mud Catching all grass Upstream a flood Carrying on Carrying through Stepping right over Branches, all strewn.
- [Fire Burns, Fire Bare (day 2768)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/27/fire-burns-fire-bare-day-2768/) - And when the fire burns Midnight is along soon To gather dust at each New passing flickering But hallows, charr'd so black Keep an ever thoughtful glare Amidst my burning fire For me, I am midnight I am the fire's bare.
- [Comfort In Your Eyes (day 2767)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/26/comfort-in-your-eyes-day-2767/) - There are diamonds That glow amber And your eyes That shine brighter Each star Burning up In the night sky I'm looking at. Big old pine trees That tell of ancient Mariners searching For a lost fish Out at sea Every wave Shakes each stone By my feet. Do you remember How far the sun
- [Wild Gulls (day 2766)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/25/wild-gulls-day-2766/) - Waves surged and roared Gray tipped gulls Found a current high in the air That brought them around Again and again Looking for odds Upon newly turned banks Hungry for anything As a wild animal is.
- [Day's Mirth (day 2765)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/24/days-mirth-day-2765/) - Goodbye to another day Worked my fingers raw Played a song With Wild Buffalo Who danced an ancient dance. Watched Orion come and go And set the moon aglow, And in my heart I knew it'd come To waking once more Into a day, another work Filling me with all my mirth.
- [Secret Eyes (day 2764)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/23/secret-eyes-day-2764/) - I heard you over every drone That came into my eyes Little did I know I could Whisper every note to you Though I couldn't remember What had brought me here I slumped into your presence then With my ginger and soft tipped pen But you decided to remake The last scene of every book
- [Why (day 2763)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/22/why-day-2763/) - I ask myself why Not knowing I've never known Can the silence exist Though no soul partakes To let the other side be felt? Through screens And irrational blank spots I rush To no spell I have listened to. By my wild eyes I have come here to exist; There, too, Shall running scenes Invoke
- [Each (day 2762)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/21/each-day-2762/) - As daylight waves a day goodbye Eyes grow ever weary Toil has been a good day spent Fingers feel their strength And in the hour I say my thanks I speak of each their task Remembering that uniquely Each their strengths, we carry.
- [Reverie (day 2761)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/20/reverie-day-2761/) - Destiny took my hand away Like a leaf upon the meadow Floating and opaque amidst Ten thousand blowing stalks. A river sprung from sweet Gaia Hard Winter's brought again There to find me upon a knoll Lost in reverie.
- [Fumes From Painting (day 2760)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/19/fumes-from-painting-day-2760/) - Cleaned brush Wall of essence Slight twinge thy nose
- [Ode to Coming Spring (day 2759)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/18/ode-to-coming-spring-day-2759/) - Oh deepest temptation How you flirt with my soil A thought of thaw, a hint of melt, A sense of return to summers belt But then a day so far away Seems the Spring that once did hint Now a freeze, frosty fence Covering the land, so white. Yet in my eager gait I sense
- [Rent (day 2758)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/17/rent-day-2758/) - A rainbow has landed by my chair Two shades clearer than yesteryear: Many cuts more the wiser. And to my right there burns a fire So emotive I saw the sun That held me up as rain came down Floundered in the far off field. Then in the soup I had not made But sat
- [Eavesdropping (day 2757)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/16/eavesdropping-day-2757/) - Butterfly moments Give the Gossip Queen Her alibi Restlessly involving Carnations Eavesdropping on Clouded repercussions That lay awaiting In a warm cup of coffee Steaming
- [To Know (day 2756)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/15/to-know-day-2756/) - I'd like to know what your skin feels like Wrapped so close against mine, A hide so eager for my sense of skin Gently pulling as a great test. Oh, to see what sensual emotions Ripple to each sensitive limb! Uncontrolled discovery Warms a fire within. I'd like to know your skin So each evening
- [Sweet Old Soul (day 2755)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/14/sweet-old-soul-day-2755/) - Whisper sweet Soldier of my old soul Carry my breath Alive within For I have Scribed each weathered Handwritten note Addressed to you
- [Stars (day 2754)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/13/stars-day-2754/) - When each star was a diamond As I looked up so high Remember the blue days Ones of each biggest sky That rode us down low Moments of summer nights Days of brightest eyes Making noises of delight Each in a memory Stars in the night
- [Uncertain (day 2753)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/12/uncertain-day-2753/) - What chance have you brought Layers of uncertainty Clouded over in the night sky. Destiny has never faded With stars so distracted, For it's written on every page - Dusty letters forbidden - So you cried until forgiven Then walked away inside Just like the night in every sky Lost in a shooting star
- [Upon My Stay (day 2752)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/11/upon-my-stay-day-2752/) - It excites me To work each day Hard upon my stay A ration here A ration there All good things in time For the field A root or two A cleft of grass, too And patiently From such small stock Watch a seedling Grow to tall Whereby in time A harvest comes All beneath the
- [Dark You Dark (day 2751)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/10/dark-you-dark-day-2751/) - I wrote a poem for you That felt like a lifetime It wove its way through dark corners Of suspicious bars That looked sideways And smelt like The sticky lacquer Melting off the wooden bar table. It isn't enough that you're here Vibrating like a toy sized dog Stuck on repeat In a cassette tape
- [Alpine (day 2750)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/09/alpine-day-2750/) - Time is measured in footsteps Thinking in loops That's led me to the end Of a steep mountain trail Where flowers are different And trees are named With a predicate: Alpine.
- [Down (day 2749)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/08/down-day-2749/) - I dove down Into the garden of Eden For I wore no skin To hide my sin I was no alien To the depths within For I had dined here before I have drunk the wine And sat up Late at night Surrounded by pillows And dim lights To enjoy each delight My faintest inclination
- [My Black Diary (day 2748)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/07/my-black-diary-day-2748/) - Your sadness is my message For I have lost this control. My diary has spilled black Upon every written row. Demon arise! Demon show yourself! You are yet a mystery Each time it implodes, And your matinee Has left my evenings dry, Lost into depths Of a fire now spent; Abyss uncharted.
- [Blur (day 2747)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/06/blur-day-2747/) - Don't thank me anymore I didn't write And all guest appearances Have been and gone A lost ark A broken pencil A spent dollar On an unfulfilling crimson Shaded by the blur I drove away
- [What Makes You Relate? (day 2746)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/05/what-makes-you-relate-day-2746/) - What makes you relate? Long standing waiting lines Clogged with consumers Looking for sweet redemption Sold in packaging Undeniably destroying Their very fortune. What makes you relate? Big superhighways Circumnavigating Exhausting into thinning air Precious cargo. What makes you relate? Hand picked produce With an extra shine Lacking all imperfections Of the natural world. What
- [Our Own (day 2745)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/04/our-own-day-2745/) - Like it was the day I whispered Into your very brown eyes I could not remain any more Without your sweetest heart That held a fire so tenderly Rushing in a moment of What made the world our own.
- [Zen (day 2744)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/03/zen-day-2744/) - Could you allot the memory I needed to be heard A spot so deeply tossed upon Your face in front of me. I wore your smile For ten thousand days That floated me so high Then I came unto a spot Your memory remained. Here I reached into my heart I took out ten thousand
- [Frozen Landscape (day 2743)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/02/frozen-landscape-day-2743/) - Blank vision Frozen in decay Lumps
- [Greatest Plan (day 2742)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/12/01/greatest-plan-day-2742/) - The world came Just as quickly as it could Left me singing Down a never found me road For each was left Just like each was new And late in the night Coyotes howl at the moon. In the early day I woke wide eyed and clear Just as before I couldn't see or even
- [Memory (day 2741)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/30/memory-day-2741/) - Sometimes it is better off not writing, Enclosed in a Tear soaked memory; Our plans were always laid there bare, Stone ground and visiting from afar. I wish I could have seen you through, There is no doubt it could have always been. This sadness has my collarbone, For I rest uneasily When the wind
- [Another Day (day 2740)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/29/another-day-day-2740/) - This took a whole day To release what had to be Though frozen gardens Held onto secrets No longer wishing to be A sadness that groped Uncertainty, eventually And a long line That swapped, dangerously, Unceremoniously Uncunningly Into tomorrow morning.
- [Leaving (day 2739)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/28/leaving-day-2739/) - Have you ever had the chance to leave your mind? Take a running start and leave it down there Magic in the heart and two more memories. Makes me wonder where you've been gone so long, Followin' a path that weaves and lifts Hollys and ferns and lichen too; Rhythm and your blue and jubilant
- [String (day 2738)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/27/string-day-2738/) - I am not art For I blow with the wind And my gentle Abandonment Excuses me from Deliberation And for you I carry a string
- [Alone and Fulfilled (day 2737)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/26/alone-and-fulfilled-day-2737/) - Let me lead you here Astray but utopia Burgeoning As Spring to Gaia This road burns This road yearns To make use Of subtle distractions Into the soul Devoted yet interested Alone and fulfilled
- [Take (day 2736)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/25/take-day-2736/) - This did not grow up as a chemical We were legs and arms that took too long But that's the end of a string I didn't bring nor did I sing But I stood there like sweet nicotine With salt between my fingertips That had a history of danger So take my hand that's never
- [Twitching in My Heart (day 2735)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/24/twitching-in-my-heart-day-2735/) - There's a funny bone in my heart That keeps twitching when I wake When I'm alone at the start of days Trying to understand What took you from my open hands To the rocks outside my door And every one I see out there Says the same thing back to me A blankness that hadn't
- [Weather Calls (day 2734)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/23/weather-calls-day-2734/) - For weather calls My Valentine Present in a box Gathering storm I wished no more Growing straight and clean. Lapping up a little mess Flowing down the bank Muddy underneath foot Soaking into earth.
- [Nights in the Frosty Air (day 2733)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/22/nights-in-the-frosty-air-day-2733/) - One cat One dog One bed Two legs Two warm One cold Sleep happily
- [Golden Leaf (day 2732)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/21/golden-leaf-day-2732/) - The golden leaf Of your memory Have touched me once again Like a spring Feeding land Your source has Become my vein.
- [Rubble (day 2731)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/20/rubble-day-2731/) - Could it be I've lost my way Deep down inside the tunnel? Or could it be a mystery Unfolding in front of me? Either way, I'm sure to fall Bruise a bone or two, Get lost amongst What I cannot see, And fight my way still forth: Amongst the rubble, Debris, chaos, Henceforth a state
- [Rest (day 2730)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/19/rest-day-2730/) - How could it be informal For a season to shift away Lose ones leaves, harvest frost Whither and die away. And in the grand finale, The final shift of light Sprinkled with white snow, A rest forever known.
- [Care For Me (day 2729)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/18/care-for-me-day-2729/) - Care for me like ivy As you wrap me up so tight; With breath of a lifeline Cluster me with your vine. I want you to be my density Like an old growth forest can be, All the answers Hidden deep within Ferns and polypores. Care for me like a decaying log, Moss and mycelium,
- [Right Here (day 2728)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/17/right-here-day-2728/) - Little nudges with my nose Bring you nearer still Where I feel your pulsing heart Deep within my toes That rumbles earths steady roll And shakes out each apples To where I close my eyes And know you're here.
- [Speak to me Gratitude (day 2727)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/16/speak-to-me-gratitude-day-2727/) - I am gone in the order of gratitude Baked cookies and a overflowing milkshake Beans for supper but hold the pudding I'm watching the stars go around again But Polaris makes me spin around This collaboration expanding in an exhaust of pain For a two letter word in a five tree forest Begun the path,
- [I Wrote (day 2726)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/15/i-wrote-day-2726/) - Where did you come from? I wrote letters for years That remained unanswered To addresses I didn't recognize. Every one of them I'd sign With my most magnificent signature I'd spent weeks crafting. But you remained silent, And I remained hopeful And you remained a mystery That my dreams kept believing in, Craftfully twisting into
- [My Fire (day 2725)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/14/my-fire-day-2725/) - I'm not singing for my lungs Though they burn with desire, No, the sweetness has left me hoarse That burns like whipping dirt Blowing about this barren desert. It used to come in fits Where I'd collapse in imagined euphoria I had never before experienced. My dreams lay me still here, Though I cry out
- [Mistakes (day 2724)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/13/mistakes-day-2724/) - You were given to me In a desperate plea "Loveless." Whispered And tides swept away Like lions Lazy sun My goodness swam At the reflecting lake Two forget for me fire escapes And a music store junkie With a ragged old six string Pale and a mixed emotion For I am not here.
- [Lead the Way (day 2723)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/12/lead-the-way-day-2723/) - These trees have begun to speak in many languages To my ears that are listening to silence. Each time Orion shines, Owl begs for a lover While my tears dry upon my cheek - Sap dries upon each tree's wound, For no wound is too deep to heal - Though frost strikes into depths I
- [The Road (day 2722)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/11/the-road-day-2722/) - Road has a way of making Every moment of home a vision Past remembrances that took away What innocence I thought I'd had My rambling price that I never did pay With the Devil and his soft business A saddle and a bottle That keeps dryin' me up. There's a smell I remember And keep
- [Beirut (day 2721)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/10/beirut-day-2721/) - Every time I hear of the city Beirut I dream of what dreams are made of There are city lights that wave at me With a luminosity that cuts through my being Little chairs with patrons chilling In a modality unknown to me But harming with smiles That feel half drunk and half alive. My
- [A Tickle (day 2720)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/09/a-tickle-day-2720/) - I'm not quite a random act A symbol of sympathy I'm a golden act of courage And don't race me a while For the band-aids and bloodsuckers Have strangled me again No release for the vein, man, So slap the twitch up Loosening that grip With a flag for the lost mission As it's winding
- [To William Lee (day 2719)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/08/to-william-lee-day-2719/) - I know why you ran so far away Not a scene could do for you The world rambled some unfathomable blithe And your vision clouded from contempt Ever growing greed - lost seed Lemonade stinking in the shade Yellow circle glasses and a leftover jacket Naked in soggy rows of an everglade. I would also
- [Mountain (day 2718)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/07/mountain-day-2718/) - When the leaves began to fall You looked away again Turned your head and said out loud Mountain, why you growing so tall But in the Autumn air You blew the wild rivers afar Into the foggy glens Where the wild things went to sleep But your so gentle feet Touched not a rock upon the steep
- [Peak (day 2717)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/06/peak-day-2717/) - Take me longer than I thought I could For the land has gone sailed away With a white breasted Blue Jay Met two deer who could not stay So I took a queue and found my way To the highest peak on this day That left me wondering if I would sway For no ghost
- [Sun Dried (day 2716)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/05/sun-dried-day-2716/) - It was late July And there stood every Grace Sun spots and vinegar And a cigarette in tow. She thought she was cool - Dusty cowboy boots - Humming out my sweetest tune She smile and blew a kiss, So I leaned to see But missing me was the point I left a mark on
- [Home (day 2715)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/04/home-day-2715/) - This is my ol' home Two roads lead here Two roads take me home Raccoons, beavers, White tails and jays, Red spruce, gray poplar, Two swamps and a small creek Can't think of no place No home I'd rather be Such yearning to stay Here at the ol' home 'Tis here I'll be stayin All
- [Pure (day 2714)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/03/pure-day-2714/) - Let pure whiskey hold me here all night Served two years behind cold steel bars Counted every star upon my old shield Now I'm two years here with a feeling strong Wrestling with an old dream gone With six steel strings and my heart along Struggling out beyond the the far beyond That never turned
- [Mud (day 2713)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/02/day-2713/) - When the mud Boils up to the surface Wear your good boots It's been raining
- [Let Them Down (day 2712)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/11/01/let-them-down-day-2712/) - When we're told we're not ok Let them down When we're told another way Let them down When we're told we're not enough Let them down When we're told to stay away Let them down When we're told to be different Let them down When we're told to smile Let them down When we're told
- [Misspent Soldier (day 2711)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/31/misspent-soldier-day-2711/) - They were called away To a promised future No clear sight far ahead Vague plans, subtle promises, Fame in modern times unment. They mounted and faithfully Road into the scene No one there to greet them No romantic sending off. When skies turned blood red, When comrades lay side by side When torture was their
- [It Is Written (day 2710)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/30/it-is-written-day-2710/) - Written amongst trees Were love letters Spoken in crevices Former bud joints. Written in dried grass Fallen and blown flat Mounding and rumpled Distances still remained. Written in birds Soaring up high Flying in pattern Collecting in unisen. Written in biting wind Words whispered as grace Heart pointed fleece Blessed for disguise. Written in flowing
- [Stormy Winter Walk (day 2709)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/29/stormy-winter-walk-day-2709/) - Blowing snow Frozen ground Cold fingers
- [Raindrops (day 2708)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/28/raindrops-day-2708/) - Sounds of raindrops break my consciousness For I want to explore your body as if I'm exploring the forest I want to bend underneath your limbs And with my eyes search for usnea that grows so delicately from your branches. As I step into a clearing, my nose so inspired I will smell each of
- [Soul Love (day 2707)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/27/soul-love-day-2707/) - Let me love you like I can Hand full on at a time To let me find you in the sky Driving for between your thighs Fast is the main emotion That hits me straight on in the heart Where you often spend your days Driving through my fertile soil Let me love you like
- [Shoreline (day 2706)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/26/shoreline-day-2706/) - There were motions that took me far away A seaside that had me lost deep in time For I knew there was an answer I'd yet to hear. I cried and I cried yet there came not a sound Once what had driven me to stand so proud With a lesson I had learnt but
- [-20°C (day 2705)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/25/20c-day-2705/) - The thermometer reads -20°C Just outside the door I watch sunlight filter through. Clear skies at such temperatures Steam from my breath. The dog still has all his energy But my fingertips exposed Rapidly induce the fear of frostbite Tingling away in an odd sensation One knows better than to ignore. The trees cackle at
- [Ice Spear (day 2704)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/24/ice-spear-day-2704/) - Stoke me up Rip me down Place me over A heated crown Fold the ice Into a spear Shoot it off Right to the moon!
- [Fireworks (day 2703)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/23/fireworks-day-2703/) - My thoughts go back towards the dawn You first appeared to me: Awoken was I to rambling words Two girls having quite some fun. Little fireworks then erupted - Thoughts of what the day could bring, Sure enough I was distracted Just as now I trail away. You had a headband Upon your ears That
- [Not Forgotten Blank Pages of Notebooks (day 2702)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/22/not-forgotten-blank-pages-of-notebooks-day-2702/) - Though a design been made She walked away Rode the early train beyond Sleeping city limits been had Of her dear lover's abode She watched the skyline Grow so gold Missing not a ray That shone right through Triple glazed Windows of her steel steed Tears had formed Of condensate Rolling down the glass Reminding
- [Below Zero (day 2701)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/21/below-zero-day-2701/) - Fingertips Cheeks and ears Clenching against the cold
- [Relief (day 2700)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/20/relief-day-2700/) - When day's toil's been had Sore fingers rest a while A goodness helps within Growing age, nature's win. Though even maker's broken down A sigh of relief escaped Dying sun burned out Each smile felt deeply As though devout.
- [Twice Today (day 2699)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/19/twice-today-day-2699/) - She ran away to be Lost in another land For there she could always get Coffee in a little cup The foreign men whistled In a sweet way That always made her blush And in her wallet My once dear photo Faded away to dust And as she ordered Another coffee She asked in her
- [In a Thunderstorm (day 2698)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/18/in-a-thunderstorm-day-2698/) - Pop art killed me in a thunderstorm There I sat alone Silenced by modern lights Suffocating though I drew breath Yet unconvinced Crawling deeper within To the warmth, warmth found In the mothership womb Holding me, straight-arm, At quite a distance With mechanical arms Ragged and worn Tried all I could Until flashes of light.
- [I Knew You (day 2697)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/17/i-knew-you-day-2697/) - If only we would have found us before I left This long journey that kept me rolling over To see a deep brown eyed wish for an evening. I recall each new passing moon rise Where soft voices sing me aside Left open to a wish I had you here In a ever waltz around
- [Unceremoniously (day 2696)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/16/unceremoniously-day-2696/) - It is not a fair game for you Hearts bleed unceremoniously Destruction forever forcing you Oppression unannounced While you are wondering why you? "Why must our people feel this?" "Why has this been for me?" "Why can the others not see?" "Who is here for me?" Though many know what life is for you Though
- [Strong Heart (day 2695)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/15/strong-heart-day-2695/) - There is nothing you cannot do, Strong Heart Your dancing is in me I can feel you with my own eyes There is nothing you cannot do. When the river is running wild, Strong Heart Your hero is championing Flying the flame of desire When the river is running wild. Turn for the sky is
- [A Memory Unspent (day 2694)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/14/a-memory-unspent-day-2694/) - I woke into a shifting spell Down again I went Surging of a misty mess Desire plummeting in Like a sandcastle frothing close My wisdom flowed forth Stuck again, I lingered heavy Waiting for receding light Anxious for a memory I laid away, unspent.
- [To Share (day 2693)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/13/to-share-day-2693/) - Clearly I had spoken to A widow from the North Her eyes gave me A look I had known A grief I could remember But in her touch She called to me In words - ancient - I'd nearly forgot, So I reached out Into her soul And took what She had to share
- [Habitat (day 2692)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/12/habitat-day-2692/) - I hope that I have not become A garden of your worry As lost have I found myself To most of what was once Have left the tool for another spade A new life on the rise Here I toil, finding myself Dotted with more depth, more dirt More truth to become with you A
- [Ode to Coming Autumn (day 2690)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/10/ode-to-coming-autumn-day-2690/) - Your heart surely has emerged Red, brown, orange seeds and grass Each tree within the meadow glows Floating on so merrily Out in front of me. Just as I can float away Happily upon a thought of day Your vision emerges out of mind A lofty plan ahead, awaits. Each growing breath of air Sent
- [Delay the Day (day 2691)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/11/delay-the-day-day-2691/) - Delay the day, gone away I'm missing my river roots Dirt lessons I swam in to I caught the biggest fish That took back what I had thrown Surprises out to sea Moonshine and a little gin Kept me warm within Sitting on a rock so thin I danced into another.
- [Day Stumble (day 2689)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/09/day-stumble-day-2689/) - Alone I stumbled into my abode No chance to take a dance Riddled with a magical number Two straight shots at the prize Rhythm took the night away In a solitary game Asleep the poor man went again To wake into another day
- [Sunrise (day 2688)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/08/sunrise-day-2688/) - When we last spoke, dear I had my heart out for you Ragged and drawn I woke at the dawn To pull at your time Like heartstrings I heard With a rumbling band Deep in my heart I kept moving on With letters of you With nervous fetters Pulling me down Till I lay at
- [Warrior and Prince (day 2687)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/07/warrior-and-prince-day-2687/) - You were a warrior I, a mere Prince Wandering this land We met by pure chance You with a gun I with my lance Warm by the fire I had set by a fence You told me of buffalo I spoke of dance Midnight approached Magical moment Our horses awaited Saddles and trails Fresh mornings
- [Wet Day (day 2686)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/06/wet-day-day-2686/) - A sign of muddy remains Strung upon gray siding Left each worker dripping Toiling in the rain And upon one row of scaffolding Lay thinly cut pieces They had strewn, discarded Grown careless, much less neat Due to rain soaking each their layer Upon their day so laid.
- [Candle Burns (day 2685)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/05/candle-burns-day-2685/) - Candle burns its way ahead Evening blows a cold North wind Outside the secured door The dog rustles drearily - All eyes and wagging tail - Nothing left to do today Except drift away to sleep
- [Into Day (day 2684)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/04/into-day-day-2684/) - Sunrise makes the water rise Night's calm arise More than crisscrossing The bluest skies Shake every scarlet web Dew drops glitter on In a sweet bird song That rapidly takes morning Into day.
- [Lightness (day 2683)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/03/lightness-day-2683/) - Finding lightness in your eyes Dare I wonder where I was? Should thy presence be thy guide As Polaris in the night? Even with unspent truths Keeping us apart There are no wonders escape my heart Your lightness and my way.
- [Closing (day 2682)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/02/closing-day-2682/) - Shake the pistol at my mane Lord help those who shame For a gospel bell has struck gold And the crowd is letting out. Gone are the busy days Lost into the wind and rain Leaves have let down their shine And blankets freezing again. Sitting alone by the fire Running down my back Washed
- [Presence (day 2681)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/10/01/presence-day-2681/) - So she stayed there Locked to a presence That had long since faded She sat lonely at the window Sighing deeply to herself Unable to find within Momentum to change without "But that was fate." She told herself Repeating the words In a trance Until the tears began And presence was indeed felt
- [Untouchable (day 2680)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/30/untouchable-day-2680/) - Let us be the untouchable Run wild through monumental backdrops River flowing freely Let us be the untamed The fear left in shaking hearts Icicles running clear Let us glean our sweat Upon backs of deep gray rocks Ancient fungi crawling closer Let our roots be forever deep And our height, untouchable
- [Ode to A Young Dog (day 2679)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/28/ode-to-a-young-dog-day-2679/) - Your breath gets me A startling reminder That even though Your dear to me Your still a scoundrel For games and fun. Your ever presence Ever eager eyes Inquiring of me For hidden treats Of hidden adventures Of pats and scratches, For your wagging tail And the little noises I've known from you Ever heard
- [Fresh Snow (day 2678)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/27/fresh-snow-day-2678/) - Upon the breath Of mornings frost Four deer parley Just out the hedge To which feels so Nearer than Long past dreams Shaken off Which barks at dormancy Like soon Spring's bust. Yet laying softly Which carries remains Of late night travellers Snow, of course, That came so quietly Floundered about Biting at the air.
- [Trip Soldier (day 2678)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/27/trip-soldier-day-2678/) - Whisper into decay Follow that road Grab on with all ten And bring your soldier Passionately abreast For wind dies down Sails drop slack Winter comes And logs burn out Leaving that soldier Wondering where Time has gone Lethargically trippin'.
- [Your Sunshine (day 2677)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/26/your-sunshine-day-2677/) - Will your sunshine One day wake me Showing me morning Next to thee Teaching me a smile In the waking hour Warmth no cover Should keep within Then our Springtime Forever near Shall bloom together Hearts grow dear
- [Fire and Sin (day 2676)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/25/fire-and-sin-day-2676/) - Fire followed me A diamond closing in I whispered snide remarks Mephistopheles Drying slowly by the flame Carrying me away A whisper motioned to Let go all retard Then a cry was born And little left un sinned.
- [Searching Eyes (day 2675)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/24/searching-eyes-day-2675/) - Daylight awoke Wind blew cold Distant silhouettes Formed an ancient snowbreak Silence was felt, Ensued, And freeze bit At searching eyes
- [The Mountain (day 2674)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/23/the-mountain-day-2674/) - This mountain has grown So I can not see it's top It's not even stopping So I'm not stopping But as I look up so high Unsurmountably high I feel deep inside A yearning for the air I see high above And in front of me too I see both my shoes And a path
- [Unwanted (day 2673)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/22/day-2673/) - Backsplashes of humanity Claim our paths; We dictate the channel But they: the message. We drive their inventions forth, Their shovels we work Their dynamite blows up What we never knew we didn't want And our earth Becomes circumnavigated With their asphalt That inevitably cracks Exposing all truths That we've all chosen To drive over.
- [Water Dripping Off the Roof (day 2672)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/21/water-dripping-off-the-roof-day-2672/) - Unconsistent Tapping, tapping Soggy mess
- [Green and Gold (day 2671)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/20/green-and-gold-day-2671/) - Green and gold wrote the book On sending a farewell Like visions of a fairy landing Silk scarves draped all around Your hair, so fair, waving down Unending blossoms in flow And each twist of bark Trembling as a breath of air That coils around What never stays Mycelium's great decay.
- [You've Got to Love What You Get (day 2670)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/19/youve-got-to-love-what-you-get-day-2670/) - Sometimes it just doesn't make sense Sometimes you've got to love what you get When rain falls, everyone gets a bit wet And if the sun sets You've got to get with what you can. Like a lion's roar You've got to grab hold your charge 'Till you've made it your own Finding diamonds in
- [A Heart Decayed (day 2669)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/18/a-heart-decayed-day-2669/) - I wanted you to be with me, Lilac in Autumn, "Death do us part," we said; Death upon our doorstep, Maple leaves blew at us, Grass lay fallen all around, Yet we held each other close For no Winter gale could throw What Summer had bestowed. I watched as each petal fell Each gross, entangling
- [Witness (day 2668)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/17/witness-day-2668/) - I witnessed it in clear view sight I could not look away I had no escape route planned There I was, watching it go on And here I now remember each detail Every inch of every sequence I have no way to erase it I am a clear witness
- [An Excited Puppy (day 2667)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/16/an-excited-puppy-day-2667/) - Tail wagging Body shaking Little unique sounds
- [Slow (day 2666)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/15/slow-day-2666/) - Slowly memory returned Slowly tree grew Slowly sun arc'd sky Slowly memory returns It is not darkness Only frame of mind Shares each step Each rock of fire Tempered wind at my back Squint upon my face Naturally forced upon Slowly run on
- [Unexplained and Lost (day 2665)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/14/unexplained-and-lost-day-2665/) - Organs broke thunder Through clouds of heaven While doves spirited A wide-awake call Destined for a wild ride Through paradise Leaving an echo Ricocheting off A mystery that did not exist Until forever remained Unexplained And lost.
- [For They Would Rust (day 2664)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/13/for-they-would-rust-day-2664/) - If your answers solved What mystery remains between lives, Where would our trial be held? Where would we lay down our tools Dear for this unquenched need To work until our knees are sore And our feet curl up at the seams Of our understanding, our dreams, For they would rust Lost in a gaze
- [Big Speak (day 2663)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/12/big-speak-day-2663/) - Apathy ranked high In a list of long morals That ruled the Big Speak's ritualistic world Visions confused as actions Daylight confused as laughter Dogs barking at parked cars That swam away in a sea of surfboards. The mothers cried But held their tongue For their culture had been shifted Into bravery, brutish endurance Ending
- [Windy Evening (day 2662)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/11/windy-evening-day-2662/) - Full on Gusting roar Flapping midnight outside
- [Bitter Old Man (day 2661)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/10/bitter-old-man-day-2661/) - Longer than An old man's caved in nose Rotten with lies Cold with goodbyes
- [Tumbled (day 2660)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/09/tumbled-day-2660/) - Long is the day That approaches with sway Blown by madness Of ten angry horses Tumbled autumn leaves Gone, nevermore.
- [Ode to a Hard Worker (day 2659)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/08/ode-to-a-hard-worker-day-2659/) - Your work Inspires my work; Your effort Inspires my effort. Take lead and know Each your step Hold mountains; Each your effort Hold us all together Like no other Force or method, Like no other Example of literature; Exceeding all expectations And leading us our way Into a tomorrow We shall all Be the better
- [Ode to Rainfall (day 2658)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/07/ode-to-rainfall-day-2658/) - For you to begin Means life can begin Means your open waves Flush out our open growth Greenery, life, bounty Aglow in the mist of it all Where wildflowers grow Where rivers flow Where, cleansing, Mountain passes erode and expose New meaningful branches That drip drops pulse Of your giving force To flood river deltas
- [Lichen (day 2657)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/07/lichen-day2657/) - Overwhelming experiences Laid the groundwork Afresh Like lichen upon dead branches Where rainfall To rest And there lying next to it Awaiting Cried knowledge Unable to fly Abreast
- [Shallow Grave (day 2656)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/05/shallow-grave-day-2656/) - I woke into a shallow grave A sight not seen before Two vegabonds and I Had no more wine to down So out the door we flew To catch a dirty crew Carrying over top their heads Two damsels I'd never met Who asked us to follow them on A roundabout way towards What none
- [Razorblade (day 2655)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/04/razorblade-day-2655/) - Come along Miss Razorblade Feed a fire tonight Sharpen all Your wits and charm Feed me unending fuel For I cannot say Cannot stay to long Without a cause Case and clue On my lucky shoes
- [Frosted (day 2654)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/03/frosted-day-2654/) - When everything around comes to light Fancies all the shine Weather takes a lot to grow Winter of my mind Can you take me along the road Fundamental ritual Carry off a long cleansing Frosted lies the earth
- [Candle Lit Mood (day 2653)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/02/candle-lit-mood-day-2653/) - Lit a candle To set the mood Of which I fell Direct in to. Not to worry For in the back A rattling rain Went on again.
- [Into a Flower (day 2652)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/09/01/into-a-flower-day-2652/) - Walking home Whistling a tune I pulled a flower To look into What I had always Wanted to And there beyond What I could explain Sat a curious Chipmunk Who whispered to me A secret song I had known For very long Which made me think I had to look Deep within Many more flowers.
- [Pencils (day 2651)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/31/pencils-day-2651/) - Tracked time to lose myself Two pencils and a measure Which broke down each snapped line Dull blades and drill bits. Like settled dust The wind blew over untacked down recycling Snow began to fall And the ground I had become familiar with Turned hard and markedly frozen
- [6 Inch Wet Core Drill (day 2650)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/30/6-inch-wet-core-drill-day-2650/) - Vibration Heavy ended Streaming water
- [Understand (day 2649)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/29/understand-day-2649/) - Truth in words Scare me to the brink Of not leaving Without fully realizing Truth in choices Which run me Into the wall Against your will For I'm still here To understand you.
- [Retrace (day 2648)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/28/retrace-day-2648/) - I've sponsored your heart Into the creamspace of my cranium No longer butterflies floating Birds chirping Dolphins laughing Or worms digging, Just a heartbeat Sponsored by your thought Which I care to embrace And hope to retrace.
- [Hold On, Along (day 2647)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/27/hold-on-along-day-2647/) - The season of your mind Has taken me along the way To run home To sing with you Each picture that I take to paint Reads me another happy day Wishes and your other way I'll save a seat again To remind me I'm awakening A better version of me So I can hold on
- [Murders of Crows (day 2646)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/26/murders-of-crows-day-2646/) - Like alarming scares the crows My mind has lept into the clouds Future has been called home Empty trees lead me home All colours of the seasons Through mountains and the rising sun Passionate about mixing valleys Take me towards another day With a long call of each the murder I am the forest and
- [Tired Starlight (day 2637)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/17/tired-starlight-day-2637/) - Tired laid me down Moonlight filled me up Breath moved me home Starlight sang me to sleep
- [Pegasus and Andromeda (day 2645)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/25/pegasus-and-andromeda-day-2645/) - Pegasus and Andromeda Went looking for Capricornus, Ran into Lacerta, who said Cassiopeia is sure to know She said: "Find your way to Drako, The all knowing wise Drako, Who might grant you a wish to Ride on through Ursa Major But if you're lucky you will find A savior in Booates Who shall take
- [Eve's Glow (day 2644)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/24/eves-glow-day-2644/) - The Moon walked me to sleep tonight Slowly down the road Splashing in partially exposed puddles Reflecting Eve's pale glow My echo rumbled deep within And off unseen giants skin Ursa Major reared, head ablaze As I found my bed to tuck in
- [Rhythm (day 2643)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/23/rhythm-day-2643/) - About to burst from the seams Of jubilance and mirth About to overflow Happiness and cheer About to fully bloom A season's fresh outlook About to hold embrace Like a separated singular About to miss a crack For every seam's been filled And my moon holds your moon And we watch our moons Dance a
- [River of a Blossom (day 2642)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/22/river-of-a-blossom-day-2642/) - I found a note I hadn't sent Two lines of written verse Spoken like a man alive Unbounded potential! Waxing on about a sunflower And the pretty girl who'd sent Two off in a cup to plant Ready for summer's rays. And like the smile she so shared, River of a blossom (Shining in its
- [Day of Work (day 2641)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/21/day-of-work-day-2641/) - My best advice has come to this: Work a day hard daily, And when it's time Lay thy tools Down for warmth of a tea. Enjoy thy work, Enjoy thy toil, Enjoy each sliver come your way, Enjoy as troubles Make their mark Upon your furrowed brow. For in pursuit Of solving mysteries A day
- [Discarded Wood (day 2640)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/20/discarded-wood-day-2640/) - Left again two 2x4s Sitting in the rain Warped and twisted They became Hardly able to hold a nail. So, what to do With such ill wood? Maybe hold down a tarp? Where no building ever stood Should sit this Discarded wood.
- [Dripping Windowpane (day 2639)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/19/dripping-windowpane-day-2639/) - Windows wrapped me in a blanket That left the world to drip Each and every sorrow leaf To have you again, That made me ask ten thousand questions To keep me first at last free. For inward I shall breathe again - Resting upon your shoulder - That wraps me up to warmth Escaping down
- [Beaming Sun (day 2638)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/18/beaming-sun-day-2638/) - For you I saw the sun Nestled within your eye Sunflower in the sky Not a cloud to join. So a butterfly wove Thus the day begun, Which you remained This beaming sun.
- [Sandy Sheets (day 2636)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/16/sandy-sheets-day-2636/) - Dusty winds upon the sea; Take a trip with me, Beyond the breakers Softly, swiftly, A butterfly and free. Wish upon a shooting star; Sandy sheets a gift, Like marveling In an underground sea, Floating forever free.
- [Flew (day 2635)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/15/flew-day-2635/) - It is not mine to lead away Paths which grow apart For every night a gallery Painted upon the sky Sings the chorus Of each our rambling song Heavy on the bass Lightly stepping, light dew Light our hearts they flew Light the paths For each we choose Like fireflies in delight And keep our
- [No, Not Lost (day 2634)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/14/no-not-lost-day-2634/) - I tried to make it out of here To a land I'd never been But as the roads Familiar to me Led me back again I realized I had always been Here, forevermore.
- [Dusting Ferns (day 2633)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/13/dusting-ferns-day-2633/) - Walking hides my feelings, Like a good turn on the wrong road. I've shaven all my eyebrows clean And recited fifteen lines of poetry From Edgar Allen Poe; So I don't lie here alone As dusk settles I lie here with Gothic mansions And morbid expressions Upon cobblestone roads And lampposts casting awkward glances. Faint
- [A Rock To Rest Upon (day 2632)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/12/a-rock-to-rest-upon-day-2632/) - Beside the pine tree I asked your name (You said you'd jumped before) I looked and saw deep into your eyes No lie I heard, none to be turned - A raven, dark as night Glistening while watching from a perch; A sandpiper enjoying the light breeze; A darkened snake with golden eyes Making a
- [Rounded Rocks (day 2631)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/11/rounded-rocks-day-2631/) - Into a river my thoughts began Rolling about rounded rocks Like thunder crashing in the hills I saw them swim away Then my eyes began to drift To the edge in shallow water Reeds of various lengths abound Floating happily amidst the mirth Bubbles emerged from deep within Darkness shadowed far regions And to my
- [Great Departure (day 2630)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/10/great-departure-day-2630/) - Watched a blue sky tonight Float away into dust With starlight making it's entrance While sunlight rusted on Carrying a short winged bird Off into thy nether woods Calling ahead to share Evenings bounty, a full gathering And though I worked long hard hours Though I toiled away the day Coming dusk soothed thy bones
- [Garden of a Feast (day 2629)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/09/garden-of-a-feast-day-2629/) - I found you in a golden garden One stacked high with perennials One that flowed with vibrancy - Spring was settling in. You found me in the old archives Ink upon paper written long ago Notably of some used hardware None found though plenty had been spared. Through spells we found each other growing As
- [Truth Notes (day 2628)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/08/truth-notes-day-2628/) - Ironic In the thick of it Laying low little thoughts Tangling up in tow Each passes like wind through trees Each passes on, away Left to me a memory That I'll share again, again.
- [Zeus's Power (day 2627)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/07/zeuss-power-day-2627/) - I've gone deep into a wild infusion Lavender mixed with chaga Subtle caressing and powerful intention Racing through my veins Leaving me with Zeus's power Leaving me with quest for life Leaving me to gently run My fingers over this chest.
- [Chain Café by Evening (day 2626)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/06/chain-cafe-by-evening-day-2626/) - Dull noise Faintest scents Still cold
- [Gardening (day 2625)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/05/gardening-day-2625/) - Gardening is for lovers It is not for somebody who hates the world, Cant stand to wait Intermingling with chaos In a fabric of life. Gardening is for those who see the world, Smell the sun, Walk around with silent footsteps To not scare the birds Who sing so beautifully For worms beneath the earth.
- [Toad Flick (day 2624)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/04/toad-flick-day-2624/) - I woke into a spidery mess One that had me sweat and curl; A toad flick had me by the mind A rat nip had me by the hand. And just as truth began to clear Fog of night's disguise, A noise to my right made me Start in pause a moment more. For a
- [Line (day 2623)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/03/line-day-2623/) - There's no line to draw, Fence to climb, Curtain to open, Or purchase to make. There's only truth. There's what makes truth. There's living truth, Speaking truth, Believing truth, And being truth. There's you, And you're truth. Should you choose it You can become it Since there is no seperation From one truth to another
- [Passive Deflection (day 2622)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/02/passive-deflection-day-2622/) - Does this mean I love you? Do your choices reflect my state of being Or do I reflect your changing heart? Do I passively deflect your approaches Or do I embrace your movement of my heart strings? For in these silent hours beside the fire I have learned I cannot change The heart which has
- [Tenderly (day 2621)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/08/01/tenderly-day-2621/) - Where has this beat departed to - Crunching and releasing In spite variable dependencies Hovering dangerously close to the rubbish bin. Can one lose this beat So memorised by thy heart, Yet so fragile by thy touch? Step soundly, leave not noise To disrupt this chemical Leave a smile so tenderly placed Wings of a
- [Overwhelm (day 2620)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/31/overwhelm-day-2620/) - This is the feeling of overwhelm: Two days of rain and projects building up, Floor bound when flight's on, Time to readdress. This short story takes turns Down a windy road With frequent signs of introspection No matter how many steps to the top. Self imposed time crunch Rehearses for none Though all week long
- [Small Places (day 2619)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/30/small-places-day-2619/) - I want to find love in the smallest of places I have always hoped it would hit me Square It doesn't it wont. It tickles me when I'm ready and tries me when I'm not It challenges me as if I forgot to bookmark And I dont care if I reread pages It's a good
- [Sea or Sand (day 2618)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/29/sea-or-sand-day-2618/) - I am an unconditional innocence Floating upon a wave I see seagulls and sea lions And sea urchins miss my toes Unlike sand betwixt each tinglingly Refreshingly searching for home Amidst sand pipers and sand dollars And sand fleas and tuna salad That I only step in Because I like the smell of this salt.
- [Design (day 2617)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/28/design-day-2617/) - Tie me on another klout I've begun to exfoliate Deny me of this design I cannot bare to wait.
- [Curious (day 2616)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/27/curious-day-2616/) - I'm exhausted underneath I didn't expect the gambler Here I am, an empty hand Plans for regrowth For blossoms, for extreme divinity Reigning down upon the grounds. I have let grow such vigor, Wild abandon, wilderness. I have put it upon the ground, Walked back ten paces, Stood aside, silenced myself And begun to observe
- [Hard Work (day 2615)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/26/hard-work-day-2615/) - I've sweat the whole day through Effort for my back Hands are feeling like they're stiff From lifting heavy loads Eyes are closing as I think Seat calls me dear And in my hand, a quenching beer Which soon shall make me fall Asleep with happiness enthroned So I can begin again the 'morrow.
- [Wildflowers (day 2614)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/25/wildflowers-day-2614/) - I broke into a heart today That screamed a coyote song An echo to my own demand A lonesome trail seemed forever run There was no point I could reach out For inside this cavernous land Ten thousand Oak stood tall and proud Which no touch could penetrate But she, alone, took me at lastLike
- [Goodnight Firefly (day 2613)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/24/goodnight-firefly-day-2613/) - I loved a maiden in the darkShe never asked my nameThough she cried out loud and clearA bird she flew away Goodnight says firefly As darkness takes me away Swallow wishes for me a star Landing on my door
- [Shouting Galaxies (day 2612)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/23/shouting-galaxies-day-2612/) - Running through a GalaxyI thought I had left behindI passed into a memory;Two trees I had once climbedWith two turtles that each had a nameWho moved at a very slow paceTwo raspberry bushes that bloomed succulentSweet touch upon my tongueTwo small sheds that worked singularOne for gardening one for toolsTwo stairs that led to a
- [Machete (day 2611)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/22/machete-day-2611/) - I go to bed late and forget to leave the evening candle burningIt sits beside my machete that waits for another attackThat ripped my great grandmother from her lifeThese Wild Men came, ignoring her fireHer embers burned yet they stole with little regardFair play existed when hands were harderWhen banks weren't lawmakersLawless was irrelevant to
- [Silence in the Morning (day 2610)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/21/silence-in-the-morning-day-2610/) - Please take the silence out of my morning Take me towards what I've dreamt For the sand in my eyes reminds me every day That the cold season is rapidly approaching. But if the day hasn't come and darkness still rides Let me sleep here a little while longer While the wind isn't blowing so
- [Heavy Tread (day 2609)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/20/heavy-tread-day-2609/) - My mountain comes into my cove Of which I heavily tread For no one knows that which I bare No one knows my comst soul Yet even in the deepest hour My glow is never failed My strongest tie can never loose Muscles taught against the threat. Long shall each heavy stride Call thy legs
- [Old Wagon Road (day 2608)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/19/old-wagon-road-day-2608/) - There used to be a sign Along the Old Wagon Road that read: "Past here is what's ahead Gone is what's behind Don't turn back for anything Or the sight will leave you blind." Seventeen men were said To have taken ill advice Whos remains are rumored laid Ten paces from that sign. But if
- [Harvest (day 2607)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/18/harvest-day-2607/) - There's a warm wind blowin' 'round here Sky's been turning red Dog keeps pawing at me Leaves've started fallin' down I've got one too many fancies Rollin' on down the road Keeps my mind a wondering Even as I lay in bed Had to work hard for it Found it in a single apple That
- [Biggest Blanket (day 2606)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/17/biggest-blanket-day-2606/) - Run away to me today My mountain sends you songs Birds of all colours sing Water keeps running on. For you, I'll bring the biggest blanket Wrap you when you're cold For to keep you up so late Your star to shine so bright. Find your path brings the lightest toes For here shall be
- [Changed (day 2605)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/16/changed-day-2605/) - If we brought to changing the world Would we take to changing me? Would we rearrange the clouds To march down river beds? Take for granted chains of time Taking us each away, Take advantage of Polaris - Never changing star, Take the dirt between your toes And tell me everything else Tell me of
- [Lost Days (day 2604)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/15/lost-days-day-2604/) - There are days when we get lost Into windows of another dream - A fraction of the cost For a long line of never-did-try, Yet even on the eve Our bellies ache with unease. Though when all is on the mantle, We catch on, let to run - Wild beasts become our name; Visions flash
- [Colours (day 2603)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/14/colours-day-2603/) - It is sadness as the day grows We build walls between us Habits that never meant to do wrong But collided mid-space Like an astronomical war. I used to like your little ways, The way you put on your socks And lit candles To burn them all the way down What happened to my colours?
- [Symphony of Love (day 2602)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/13/symphony-of-love-day-2602/) - Lost in the bliss of your overwhelm A symphony of love culminating Campfire roasting everything Sounds like birds singing excellently Around your symphony A river through my heart Through our heart Through the heart of this earth That feeds my generosity As morning sun mounts the day Awakening my symphony of love.
- [Foggy Mirrors (day 2601)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/12/foggy-mirrors-day-2601/) - It's a damn shame You used to ride around with foggy mirrors In my largely used mind Spinning wheels that ran me up To a hundred miles an hour Your headlights were my exposé Dangling freely from the eye Of my rear view mirror But now the brakes have been applied Shifted back down to
- [Faceless Diversions (day 2600)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/11/faceless-diversions-day-2600/) - The ancient roads were slowly abandonned As the nematodes took over Selfless shapeless objects of mass hysteria General consumption paved the way Leaving double track lanes lost At one time, busy with folk lore and dust Now abandonned to the mirth For a faceless mother with a legal binder.
- [The Heart of My Song (day 2599)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/10/the-heart-of-my-song-day-2599/) - Did the heart of my song Ring out to you wrong? Wrote it down twice Just to make sure I's clear, For lost in verse Was my biggest fear That reached down to me From an overhead cloud Grabbed on, brought on the sea Right to my heart; So torrential soaking Left the biggest swell
- [Adventure (day 2598)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/09/adventure-day-2598/) - Long hair Dirty fingernails Tired feet
- [To An End (day 2597)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/08/to-an-end-day-2597/) - Walked the seas and weathered the rain Woke up in morning's frost Felt snowflakes upon my nose Hot sun upon my ears Wind blew off my worn out hat Dust flew in my eye Humidity soaked me inside out Shriveled me up like a raisen Saw through twenty three hours of darkness Never slept for
- [Capricornus at thy Back (day 2596)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/07/capricornus-at-thy-back-day-2596/) - One can never be lost Upon the road to see Capricornus following close Daylight becometh colder North heading now upon Dotted lines and turns To see an island far away A bearing to be excited for
- [Dare These Wings to Fly (day 2595)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/06/dare-these-wings-to-fly-day-2595/) - Dare these wings to fly Though they ache like grace feels shy And the good calls lonely With each sunset it watches, Walking away from pennies on the pavement While holding on to nothing - No resemblance of life. Can a rhythm be found? A pulse of life struggling With iron clad hemispheres Buckling down
- [Not Yet Done (day 2594)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/05/not-yet-done-day-2594/) - I woke up to the sounds Of a dog barking Like a million dollar sports car. The blue sky was making its entrance To the brisk morning chill, Slight pink, And wooden planks reminded me My work is not yet done. So I stretch my eager muscles Give the dog his food And make my
- [Open Ended Questions (day 2593)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/04/open-ended-questions-day-2593/) - These days I find myself revolving around an open ended question. I dont find myself worried or left on a cliffhanger, No, these notes dont sound good on the breath of discovery, My walnuts are chesnut brown And my drawers are filling up with notes That have inches and arrows scribbled Upon their worn and
- [Your Galaxy (day 2592)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/03/your-galaxy-day-2592/) - Imagine seeing your stars tonight Ones so brightly large Looking at the galaxy Between your orbit and mine. I'd have a look so lost in time Sending shivers down my spine Wishing for a sunlit day To float away with you. Imagine if these changing seasons Brought each your constellation Towards the middle of the
- [Star Gazing (day 2591)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/02/star-gazing-day-2591/) - Twinkling Imagining lines Connecting
- [Sagittarius (day 2590)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/07/01/sagittarius-day-2590/) - Found a dream in the sky tonight Sagittarius So many ways to see you soon So many arrows in the sky Staring at your eyes far off Which remind me of my dream Leading me upon the breast Of Cygnus off, away.
- [Into My Nest (day 2589)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/30/into-my-nest-day-2589/) - Settled down into my nest One to take me off Into a land of such pure pleasure - One I hardly remember - One where I can leave behind, At the drop of a nail, To open up my eyes and stretch; A new day is here.
- [Goodnight (day 2588)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/29/goodnight-day-2588/) - Can you cry to me goodnight Tears so full of joy A willow waves at evening crickets My heart so free, ablaze. When I hear the sorcerer, Feel unprescedented pull, When I feel a memory Fade to unwanted noise. Not lost, thought my feet grapple At each root they meet Tenderly I step my way
- [Evening Moon (day 2587)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/28/evening-moon-day-2587/) - I shared my evening with Moon Who called me out to sing Amidst the blowing wind, still warm, Among ten thousand stars aglow. I sang my song of mystery That flowed as river flows Caught in dramatic scenes of adventure Tales of foreign lands. Many parts were left as vague To keep full truths unknown,
- [In a Letter (day 2586)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/27/in-a-letter-day-2586/) - I wrote away a letter Unmarked address with extra hope It would find a recipient That wished I'd be mailing soon. In it I explained How my heart had always felt When I thought of her smiling - A reason I surely had to swoon. I explained of how the clouds looked When I sat
- [Unspent (day 2585)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/26/unspent-day-2585/) - Dancing around the fire she went In a dress so burgundy Hair so full of life of her Smile so readily frequent. Each turn she whispered as she spun To the suitor in her hands: "I wonder how long this can last, They're too romantically inclined presents." One a taller man who cared A good
- [Sudoriferous (day 2584)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/25/sudoriferous-day-2584/) - I wasn't sudoriferous But then I found you Golden moment of bliss Sun streaks in ghastly clouds Summer foliage in bloom Like sweatened tea, my memory, To a field with a cliff And a fence and a bench And a water tap found late in the night Since the day I found you, Turning me
- [Summer's Warming (day 2582)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/24/summers-warming-day-2582/) - I saw your presence in the stars Pegasus and Andromeda I saw your sweet eyes make their way From Daisy to Burdock root In long grass, hopping to and fro, I watched my heart chase yours Like a grasshooper of such pleasure Summer's radiance warming so And of a Poplar blowing in the wind I
- [Strong Roots (day 2581)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/23/strong-roots-day-2581/) - I've never known what lonely is Every day that I've known you I've forgotten about alibies For you're never out of mind And like a leaf I've grown in to As I've so long met you Blossoming about so free With hopes that by continuing Roots shall mingle stronger, still, With you so vibrantly.
- [Minding Seasons (day 2580)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/22/minding-seasons-day-2580/) - The fire became an August wind That shifted with sunset Into a September claiming grace About the starlit field. Petunias, cherries, golden rod, Autumn on the rise Like each pigeon upon the row Minding seasons choice.
- [Reverie (day 2579)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/21/reverie-day-2579/) - I fell into a reverie that had me holding on to rainbows I thought had melted away in the rain But my leaflets floated warily through the sea And a mountain of opportunity opened up for me with every tree I sow That embarked rather hastily from the peak that had the view Though growing
- [Sky Fire (day 2578)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/20/sky-fire-day-2578/) - I'm running around with two lines, and I dont know how to die My fierce warrior yells at me, reminds me: YOU ARE THE SKY And hello in there, hello in there Hello I am the wind Beating down upon the night As cold sets in Then all at once My faint whisper of hope;
- [Two by Twelve (day 2577)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/19/two-by-twelve-day-2577/) - We lost you in a barren pit Two by twelve stretched all around One by one you took away Your brace you had so laid Helping us building here Stronger set the mark. We learn to grow just like Tree Just like vine climbs high Seed's all spent and day's well gone Fire's let run
- [Evening Prayers (day 2576)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/18/evening-prayers-day-2576/) - Cold is another land I haven't been to yet For deep inside burns incessantly The warmth I can ever get. I love the truth that cannot help but to escape Each filling breath that runs inside Clear as I could dearly hope to be. And as I step into this new darkened land I shall
- [Well of Mind (day 2575)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/17/well-of-mind-day-2575/) - Well intentioned Well informed Well decided Well chosen Well applied Well designed Well outlayed Well constructed Well executed Well in mind
- [For You (day 2574)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/16/for-you-day-2574/) - I swept the fields Mountains so clean To end up in Your hands again I picked some daisies Buttercups too Golden rod To hand to you For in your eyes I saw such hope Dreams in a fashion I'd cotton'd to That kept a softspot All animals Of each their kind Wild friends, too And
- [Mountain Tops (day 2573)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/15/mountain-tops-day-2573/) - I roared so fiercely through my being I shook the mountain tops so high, Upon which to leave a plateau For your grace to rest upon. And like the forest we crossed below, We screamed of wilderness! A yell that shook the river's flow - Turbulent and rambling froth. Now the golden lace of sun
- [Faded (day 2572)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/14/faded-day-2572/) - I wandered into a great mission bell Symptoms I had thought undone Dried landscape, cactus, tumbling sage brush Full brim upon my ringing head. Without a shining pistol to my name No weapon had come to arm; With my wiles I winked upon A sweet lady resting there Upon a wooden, well worn bench Nestled
- [Vine (day 2571)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/13/vine-day-2571/) - What becometh of thy games we played Sleepless in thy night A distant glow of heart remains Shall find me at thy shore Take me to thy potters wheel Forgive me for a skeptics mind I'm always on thy vine And in the richness of a students heart In the hour of thy test Plant
- [Meteor (day 2570)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/12/meteor-day-2570/) - I watched a meteor fly Across my lonely sky tonight A region I have never explored Beyond my dreams Amidst mind's inclusion A tree upon a root While eagerly a dog announced An hour I hadn't timed That reached into a back pocket And pulled out again the sun.
- [The Neighbourhood (day 2569)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/11/the-neighbourhood-day-2569/) - Gone to sleep again with extra dollars to my name Which have left me with a memory that cannot escape recollect But what if I could just leave it in a bucket by the door Would the regular pauper find just what he wanted, what he was looking for? Could then my neighbours sleep come
- [Two (day 2568)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/10/two-day-2568/) - Drove into a rainstorm with two passengers to my right Had a conversation about two things on my mind Two stop lights later I heard two loud sounds I knew Two old friends of mine I hadnt seen for two whole years Two hours later I had two beers in my hand Two more for
- [Assent (day 2567)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/09/assent-day-2567/) - Don't close your eyes around me I'm not here so stay a while When each the river's running Gone and take the other path Call it what the heart's assent Eating grapes at the table With a friend amongst four others There's your place And welcomed grace.
- [Kindness (day 2566)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/08/kindness-day-2566/) - I drove over the bridge today The same bridge we first held hands under. I didnt stop to hear the babbling rocks That had entranced me then, that day Nor did I stop to enjoy the walk Down to the well cared for meadow That had me following butterflies From timothy to my bellybutton. My
- [The Old School House (day 2565)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/07/the-old-school-house-day-2565/) - I dream often of the love we once shared Often we're walking down the steps To the Sea, to the sand and wind Where we shared lunch so fondly together. I dream of silly conversation in a rented car Where you showed me the house You were raised in Next to the old school house
- [Red River into Thy Heart (day 2564)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/06/red-river-into-thy-heart-day-2564/) - Deceived again I've fallen into A rabbit hole of goo. Spewing all sorts of muck A red river And a dirty shoe. Down down down I go A pleasure cruise gone bad Leaving little bits of lies Discarded, buried deep. And then at once Sky opens up Dragons retreat, depart Leaving dark clouds Rolling away
- [Campfire After Dusk (day 2562)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/04/campfire-after-dusk-day-2562/) - Glow Cold behind Poker stick
- [Moonlit Spell (day 2563)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/05/moonlit-spell-day-2563/) - I came into the firelight when The moon hollered my name Whispered into my ear Little memories I'd long forgotten Spoke of a journey through the mist Of a far off island adventure A dog for a companion Who chased away the ghosts. There were streets of cobblestones In an old quarter of an ancient
- [A Door (day 2561)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/03/a-door-day-2561/) - I scrape loose ends I know nothing Behind doors exists darkness My mind is blank I cannot read the future
- [Salt (day 2560)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/02/salt-day-2560/) - Pungent escapes Raw landings Death presents Wildly natural Unavoidable Mountains of dirt Burrowed Army of ants
- [This Vessel (day 2559)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/06/01/this-vessel-day-2559/) - I've grown fond of tripping over ropes as I lean forward at the rail upon this mighty ship. My hair blows into my face and it feels good letting go, Though each time I rummage for more hope I feel the wind crying at me as if I have always forgotten to say goodnight to
- [Goldenrod (day 2558)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/31/goldenrod-day-2558/) - I am gone Down a steep embankment Flickering hope That condescends my misery Allowing vapor trails To wipe my smile Free of the golden rod That have taken to growing Around my rooted toes.
- [Moon's Song (day 2557)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/30/moons-song-day-2557/) - When I flew upon these wings I spoke to you in thunder Carried on up through my eyes Left me ever wilder. Clouds became my lily pads Dancing I shook the ground And when I played the Moon a song Sweet Sun came around. Braced I landed on both my feet Flexing as I prepared
- [Death (day 2556)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/29/death-day-2556/) - Death Abandonned to sweet bloom Caressing the cruel wind Against crooked rocks At Prometheus' lookout Come at thine leisure ArcAngel Serenity
- [Long Hard Day (day 2555)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/28/long-hard-day-day-2555/) - Feet reveal Reclining Eyes happily close
- [What You Do To Me (day 2554)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/27/what-you-do-to-me-day-2554/) - I am not the innocence you thought me to be I'm scarred and torn from the inside out Been held down and held out and held you in my hand And I'm not sorry I ever let you in. See, I'm a Tuesday in a Wednesday dress Walking slowly with an elegant step That sings
- [Fallen / Left (day 2553)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/26/fallen-left-day-2553/) - I could be falling over you, Knocked down by time Left here to wind my way About books and seeds And burnt candles Handled by delicate hands To the tune of Chopin Rustling pages of a score Over aged ivory keys On a wooden floor Showing signs of nostalgia In gray and white carvings, Had
- [Skies (day 2552)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/25/skies-day-2552/) - Windows rise Again my eyes Set towards the North Sing to me Ten thousand notes Bless my heart With skies
- [Trails (day 2551)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/24/trails-day-2551/) - Carved my name into bark today One arc eight hashes deep Reminding me of wilderness Trails that remain Old Man's Beard covering many trees Wild roses at the break Pasture grass running under logs Needles on the ground
- [Alone With Myself (day 2550)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/23/alone-with-myself-day-2550/) - I crawled with you into this hole I left my shoes off And stepped into the dirt Clawing at the walls to reach my end Like a dragon in a fairy tale Taken down by our valiant soldier And when I saw my deepest sunshine I reflected on it's darkness An effervescence that made my
- [Mind Movement (day 2549)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/22/mind-movement-day-2549/) - Given a moon I walk so free See every star Lay me down Hello good mind Beyond I see again
- [Cold Wind (day 2548)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/21/cold-wind-day-2548/) - Freezing again Sun down Dogs bark all night Fire takes a bit Of bite off my hands Still, there exists Frost upon my breath Stars out Big Dipper shines Tonight shall rest Wind dies down again.
- [Everglow (day 2547)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/20/everglow-day-2547/) - I woke into the everglow Afternoon of an eclipse moon Sitting by myself I was Lost and transient I thought of the tide Could you take away my glow Every night I sit upon Your cleansing salty row I thought of my sacred moon Rising in the Pacific Sea With every breath I take Bamboo
- [Sunlight (day 2546)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/19/sunlight-day-2546/) - I left you in the pleasant afternoon sunlight You had opened up your heart to me at night I had cried to you for many nights before Until I dried up each of my lost thoughts I had finally found you hidden in a room next door But then it came to the time for
- [Again (day 2545)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/18/again-day-2545/) - My gambling has lost me many bets My courage lost me blood My ernestness made me feel great sorrow My eagerness brought me pain Restlessly I got real muddy Tirelessly I became exhausted Stubbornly I took the long route Rushing I forgot the plans And with more heart Could never a task be done For
- [The Weather (day 2544)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/17/the-weather-day-2544/) - I cannot remember anymore What brought me here Maybe it was apples Maybe it was the weather
- [Apples (day 2543)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/16/apples-day-2543/) - I dream of an apple that comes in many varieties One so diverse it can only be spoken in gutteral movements So loud it can hardly be swallowed And so vivacious that even the clowns turn their heads and stare And when this apple has come to life A bounty shall follow freely Where all
- [Skylines (day 2542)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/15/skylines-day-2542/) - I crafted you in the ocean Setting fire to the sea I melded this old moon Into skykines bursting seams Foaming at each gust of wind I spat my mirthy glow Right down, upon the earth Down with you I lay low.
- [Melding (day 2541)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/14/melding-day-2541/) - With you on my mind I crawled into pure bliss Erupting from my deepest toes To grasping figertips I walked into your eminence Bowing down to each your glow Ruffling of your softest hairs Betwixt my fingers enclosed My lips became yours with each Touch upon mine own From which I lost all control Melding
- [The Moon (day 2540)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/13/the-moon-day-2540/) - I opened up my window to see Full moon at my scape, Emotion flowed from my lips Leading me into night. I found a letter on my mind That began to ring so true Aligning with my intentions I had thought through and through. I roused my warrior to a sweat How could we lead
- [Fallen (day 2539)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/12/fallen-day-2539/) - My eyes have fallen into your's Depth of a treasured score One that keeps me rapidly Remembering my truths Seeking to involve me As I can only know For in the end I'm lost again Fallen into you
- [Apples (day 2538)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/11/apples-day-2538/) - I dream of an apple that comes in many varieties One so diverse it can only be spoken of in gutteral movements So loud it can hardly be swallowed And so vivacious that even clowns turn their heads and stare. And when this apple has bent down low, A bounty shall follow as nectar flow
- [Beneath My Vein (day 2537)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/10/beneath-my-vein-day-2537/) - I want to close up beside you Remaining deeply inside my head And have no words to explain my love Yet the tingling sensation running through my hands At the presence of your electricity Collapses my senses Opening a new world up To the difference in my heartbeat Your proximity supports. You wont talk to
- [A Day At the Beach (day 2536)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/09/a-day-at-the-beach-day-2536/) - Digging toes Wandering shorelines Sunshine
- [Primal Experiences (day 2535)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/08/primal-experiences-day-2535/) - I've grabbed on to the primal experience of holding you One fist grabs and caresses the creases That keep running down the back of my spine Spinning reality into a sequence of verses That forgive me for thinking these thoughts. But in the alleys of my caresses That pigeon hole my expression like a crab
- [Softly (day 2534)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/07/softly-day-2534/) - I collapse on the floor Unable to catch my breath The sun down I, under covers Of unknown lover Oxygen lost Feebly, twitching my finger Outstretched Saliva dripping And my eyes Close softly for a while.
- [Aroma in a Window (day 2533)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/06/aroma-in-a-window-day-2533/) - My window looks out Lost deep into thought. Two strings I had to pull Let go their fray Unwind I went along the walk River and then back Which brought me to a stranger who Said I had two letters of mail Being symbolic of my thoughts, Left me on the precipice Until my coffee
- [Soiled (day 2532)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/05/soiled-day-2532/) - Hallowed in a corner Sun beat down again Bitten to my pulp's end Raw inside my soul Bleeding through a soiled rag Digging deeper sinks the needle But my pump fills A sunken cistern Cutting through the nights full moon
- [Adieu (day 2531)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/04/adieu-day-2531/) - Call me crazy if I ever did notice And what a shame to have said Though entirely independent it Not missing too many ingredients Once again it's turned around So I bid you adieu again
- [Antiquity (day 2530)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/03/antiquity-day-2530/) - Beyond the stairs we walked along Beneath the wheel's remains The old Mill House, past Balmoral Lane Antiquity remains. I couldnt quite find a reason To stop you, a look into your eyes A wheeping heart we thought we spied So luminous and full. A plan developed in my mind A gift of nature's surprise
- [She's Death (day 2529)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/02/shes-death-day-2529/) - She's got magic in her hands And death between her lips She sings every night a song That makes me miss my ship I don't think I'll ever send away The blanket I had specially made For every day as I sit here I wish I'd found another lover Who'd play to me sad sad
- [After a Rainstorm (day 2528)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/05/01/after-a-rainstorm-day-2528/) - Muddy Boots Soggy roots Dripping down my back
- [Buying Supplies at the Building Store (day 2527)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/30/buying-supplies-at-the-building-store-day-2527/) - We went in for a simple stud Two by four by a little less than eight Sixteen was all we needed Then we found the clearance bin And found a great deal on a hinge Then the tape measure With two sided measures And a speed square now on sale! So there we were with
- [Surrender (day 2526)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/29/surrender-day-2526/) - How did I make it through childhood Run the gauntlet and pass inspection I rode bikes down bad trails Faught kids in the schoolyard I played with axes And climbed woodpiles And chased after chickens That had no obedience I don't know where I went right But I stole kisses And drank wine And swam
- [Forget Me For Another Day (day 2525)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/28/forget-me-for-another-day-day-2525/) - Forget me for another day You've done it all the same Winds keep passing through my soul Cold here for another day Feels like it's falling through A dog keeps barking on What window do you stand looking through Sunday means nothing to me now Forget me for another day.
- [Those Trees (day 2524)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/27/those-trees-day-2524/) - What trees came out of here? What harm has been done before How could we have ever saved you Ten thousand miles away? Chainsaws and axes thrown Into your hearts of gold Good soil twisted off again Broken away and shipped beyond Pretending another way. Darkness returns in your future's growth Overstory large and bark
- [Fireflies (day 2523)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/26/fireflies-day-2523/) - Fireflies flicking me From depths of Eve's fire Catching flight into Eve's wide sky And little bits of ash fall Upon my dusty pants Wishing me find goodnight Into Eve's dreamy mirth.
- [Plans of the Horseman (day 2522)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/25/plans-of-the-horseman-day-2522/) - With a draft of my mind A thought escaped in to Window I sent amendment Plans of the Horseman Darkening landscape Whisper deep in night Holiday arise A hand upon your shoulder Step into forevermore Daunting every move Dry ice follows you Remember what it takes For apocalypse awaits
- [Unknown Seeds (day 2521)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/24/unknown-seeds-day-2521/) - Pointed shoes and unknown teams Wizards of unknown degrees Who fall in line with questionable ranks, Lawless rascals and witnesses When the song returns to its true tune Coyotes howl at the full moon Without truth to be defending Sprawling out amongst bullfrogs dancing Does the rhythm carry itself Between trees of varying thickness? Through
- [Silver Light (day 2521)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/23/silver-light-day-2521/) - Silver light moves me tonight Arching through the sky Singing of a lone coyote Frogs deep in the marsh Wisps of firelight Dancing with dare And sleepiness finding A sweet song home.
- [Amock (day 2520)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/22/amock-day-2520/) - I'm an artistic soul who runs amock Given in to too many fantasies Only a hammer to my name Come and enjoy loving hard And long haired legged truth Driving a hard bargain With a straw hat for the sun Leaves a weary worker Leaning in for two more glasses Reminding him of a ghost
- [Todo (day 2519)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/21/todo-day-2519/) - Counting out dollars of an unmarked womans purse She told me I had nice hair, I said she was rather curt That is when she told me about her dear old fathers luck That had run its course as a scholar written from a pen of steel I was young, she was pretty, we had
- [To The Birds (day 2518)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/20/to-the-birds-day-2518/) - I spoke in whispers I thought only you'd know how to hear A call upon the window ledge that browns a little more each year Three mountains on the horizon but only one brings you near How many times can I watch, each time I see what I've never seen Each time, each year the
- [Sunday Breakfast (day 2517)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/19/sunday-breakfast-day-2517/) - You're lost in the abyss Of a body I never missed A lingering taste Of a song I never sang Why hold on so long To a handle left unrung Crying at the wheel Going nowhere fast On a sunny Sunday And breakfast coming at last.
- [Warm Tea (day 2516)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/18/warm-tea-day-2516/) - I'm not Gothic, but I'm made for the edge I sharpen my pencils with one long steel blade And whisper in darkness to ghosts running around. There's still time for me to walk away, A path where shrunken skulls remind me Of voices necromancy. I'm not here for anything but tea, kind Sir, Help me
- [Our Labour (day 2515)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/17/our-labour-day-2515/) - When our labour Starts bringing you to me Makes my madness A flipping record Side A to my ears In our garden Wild flowers your hair Walking proud Your hand in mine Too young to die Our labour Turning these eyes To our love
- [A Hole (day 2514)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/16/a-hole-day-2514/) - I'm walking with the wish To fall into a hole Sensibly round And with enough depth That my pleas for serenity Meet only with an echo Reverberaring about The circular cell Until I sink down into submission Accepting this fate.
- [Bending Backs (day 2513)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/15/bending-backs-day-2513/) - Another day we wait as it rains A day to refresh the sun Our tents blow their fresh layer of spray Upon our bending backs And our boots slop through the mud As we putter about what's become familiarly ours Yet our eyes cease not their yearn For the forest upon field's edge A forever
- [Topsoil (day 2512)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/14/topsoil-day-2512/) - Land is sprouting Grass is green Leaves are budding Rain every day Working begins After Winter's dormant Shovel into this topsoil
- ['Float (day 2511)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/13/float-day-2511/) - I cannot demand Nor can I command I cannot see the stars I cannot be a cog amongst Those wheels turning 'round. I cannot walk in single file Nor can I carry on I cannot see a way beyond I cannot be my breakers Keeping my head forever 'float.
- [(day 2510)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/12/day-2510/) - To learn more constellations To sail the astronomical seas To divine with angles found In unearthly sights unseen For as I look up to the stars While frogs make music yonder And a fire cackles behind my back To warm my dreaming body I find a way to waltz around From Perseus to Orion And
- [Fertile Land (day 2509)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/11/fertile-land-day-2509/) - We walk together, Straight cornrows Topsoil mostly exposed, Concerned with cover Since Spring is here And fertile land always grows. Our first tracks Through the earth Respecting biodiverse, Will find a way To blossom our seeds Bounty for all again.
- [Rocking Chair (day 2508)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/10/rocking-chair-day-2508/) - Soon we will be done Floating senselessly in ritual Buried deep in our catch-up That niether makes sense Or rolls smoothly Just a monotony that drawls As a smooth Southern Man Takes his whiskey Seamlessly sweeping into time Along a homestead porch Watching a dust storm Sitting in a rocking chair.
- [Abound (day 2507)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/09/abound-day-2507/) - I wonder where the time has gone As I lay here on my back Wondering what choice has taken you Back pages which I look back. I loved you when I had no answers No reason, yet I felt drawn on Forward my heart has always lept Trust forever grows stronger. I see your vision
- [Rainy Day on Dirt (day 2506)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/08/rainy-day-on-dirt-day-2506/) - Sloshing suction Filling holes Trickle down my nose
- [Overflow (day 2505)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/07/overflow-day-2505/) - I will overflow the river I will bend down deep to fill my pail And hurry to the side of my homestead I have built this domain With all I have My two hands, heart, and family And tomorrow I shall rise As the new day unfolds Ready to see the news The clouds and
- [Stand (day 2504)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/06/stand-day-2504/) - What a gem you are, My soul upon this fire. Caress the welts Supress the boils Ignite the fear Design the walls And shake down Each standing retreat To open up A long conversation About deceit.
- [Cry as You Want (day 2503)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/05/cry-as-you-want-day-2503/) - I have called out the ghosts of my wisdom Lay them down upon the brow of my thought Spoke to them like a soldier at his challenge And a mother facing all of her fears Cry as you want for the sun that has gone But tomorrow it shall come again, my friend. Bend around
- [This Song (day 2502)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/04/this-song-day-2502/) - I sing this song to better me To give away my peace I sing this song of strength To let it flow away I sing this song of a righteous path That gathers all the steam I sing this song louder yet To reach the ears of vain I sing this song to overflow The
- [Healing Song (day 2501)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/03/healing-song-day-2501/) - I played along a pathway That led me to a gate Two dogs awaited for my step Took me far away I stood upon a lookout perch Vista in front of me Here I fell into reverie Lost in a sea of thought. Pains that touched me Held my hand Cried at me in vain
- [Wild (day 2500)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/02/wild-day-2500/) - A creek trickles its way South Along the base of Willow Ridge Leading each wild animal To fields beyond. My eyes catch a reflection Sun hitting a circling eagle Finding its meal A superior huntsman. Mid summer, so no cool breeze here But running water keeps calm All the nerves alerted To sounds of the
- [Depart (day 2499)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/04/01/depart-day-2499/) - Your mornings woke me every time I didn't know how to say goodbye We shared love stories far apart Just like the moon sings to each star Can you call me on the telephone Let me hear your voice in my ear Though you're standing always so near You're my moon I'm singing so softly
- [Invading Sadness (day 2498)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/31/invading-sadness-day-2498/) - This is my sadness I feel like consuming: Lost inwardly to a plethora of you, Consumed as if I'm already tired, Laying waste to an already drawn out barren That holds my innards wrapped in steel bars... Not enough to assault me, But never again shall I move without thy affliction Tormenting each beat of
- [Underneath This Apple Tree (day 2497)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/30/underneath-this-apple-tree-day-2497/) - Memories across the sea Home I had once known I dreamed so long of far and wide Now I'm lost here teary eyed Of where to go, I've gone so long Who can I be? Each day filled with my new life I've built ground up; organic With whom I love beside my heart Tender
- [Keep of You (day 2496)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/29/keep-of-you-day-2496/) - Take me on your ride Golden hour has found me here A single violin to carry us Like moondust in a summer breeze Book me into all your spots Naked here in all my thoughts For afternoons spent with you Love me in a motion picture I shall keep of you.
- [Scratched Reminisce (day 2495)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/28/scratched-reminisce-day-2495/) - Our eyes were inseparable as we locked into a dance One where you spoke in syllables that hardly touched my ear drum My hands caressed what exposed soul draped upon my sense To tempt me into an embrace that scratched my reminisce From here there was much to decide, discussion upon forefront Which way to
- [Passing (day 2494)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/27/passing-day-2494/) - I woke into a frightful terror That lasted until noon Two eyes of spoken yellow glowed Terror to my soul Then wafted into my study so soon A fragrance of the beast Leaving me to recollect My passing there that noon.
- [Bottle Bumping Lambs (day 2493)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/26/bottle-bumping-lambs-day-2493/) - Warm powdered milk Nuzzling nose Maternal bond
- [Departure (day 2492)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/25/departure-day-2492/) - I tried so hard to fall away Watching birds criss-cross my surreal expression So far up in the sky Two echos that I did not make Reached my open ear To which I gathered into a light basket My designs I had carried so far To set the mood I had intended Now which I
- [Whom Calls Us Home (day 2491)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/24/whom-calls-us-home-day-2491/) - Your cosmic dust roars around my fire Spinning vortexes before my eyes That gasp and exhale As a thunderous Goddess Taking solace in this darkened dance Excitedly played upon the wall. How good it feels, your warmth That laps at the edges of my own sanity, Spinning, my thoughts reach out Grabbing your dangling hairs
- [Dinner Table, Hungry Plates (day 2489)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/22/dinner-table-hungry-plates-day-2489/) - It has snowed and I am cold Darkness sets the evening mood But cheer and family have come around Gathering at the house To celebrate each other in cheer And feast upon our fill That rests idle at the dinner table Waiting for our hungry plates To spill and splash and mix and match Each
- [Two Bottles of Milk (day 2490)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/23/two-bottles-of-milk-day-2490/) - When I walked out to the old log barn I heard a friendly call Two little lambs looking for food Litte orphaned bottle bumpers They met me as I swung open the door And stepped into their excited embrace Which was full of expectation that I came with two bottles of milk.
- [To Proceed (day 2488)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/21/to-proceed-day-2488/) - I've been wondering what the curve of your hips feels like Watching it sway about the room from my perch While I lazily ignore the whims of this busy world Taking you away from me now. I reach out at every chance I get, of course, A squeeze that so leaves me enchanted... And of
- [Anymore (day 2487)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/20/anymore-day-2487/) - This is a passing by A non-chance at running along Losing hope in a rubbage pile Of inconsistent bragging Long lines that snake around Two solid posts marked in red Avoiding damage of the worst kind While still maintaining An innocent truth Explaining how we just don't know anything Anymore.
- [Brisque Spring Day Outside (day 2486)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/19/brisque-spring-day-outside-day-2486/) - Buttoned up Fresh smell Melting ice
- [Never Liked (day 2485)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/18/never-liked-day-2485/) - I can remember where you went Like sandy memories Slipping out of an upturned shoe Into a little puddle Waiting quietly beside The mudroom floormat That I never liked, anyways.
- [Bows (day 2484)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/17/bows-day-2484/) - I've come along for the magic of night Singing to my reflection ahead Eyes wide open I'm inside myself Forgetting all the bows I tied While waiting by your side A test I left unwritten, un-scribed For distractions had taken the best of me Towards an un-planted tree Soil so deep I lost my shovel
- [Dove Deep (day 2483)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/16/dove-deep-day-2483/) - What I could see was forever, then Sweet memories I didn't dare to shift Quietly working their way Through the love that I lay Upon the throne I watched you sitting on Where I released expectations And dove deep into the essence Of your present self before me
- [Feeling the Same (day 2482)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/15/feeling-the-same-day-2482/) - The sun has taken to settling out my madness I couldn't see the light here for a while When I looked for each new day A black crow came by to have a say When I knew I wouldn't be seeing you again There was a memory tuned to another song It swept like daisies
- [Slow Tune or Jangle (day 2481)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/14/slow-tune-or-jangle-day-2481/) - I'm going to split myself into unending characters That rasp along to a slow tune or jangle Waiting for a sunset slip - in to make me better I said carry me away! With something dragging behind I needn't care for Lurching, weaving, my staggered step keeps leaving Why did it ever matter that this
- [Sense of Love (day 2480)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/13/sense-of-love-day-2480/) - You know how to check my heart for pressure? Don't you with those softening hands? My interested safety seems to hinge On your ever growing sending Of what I could only call a good sense of love I've been in the desert after dark sets Whispering the flowering cactus chant That left stars out here
- [Twisted Arm Blues (day 2479)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/12/twisted-arm-blues-day-2479/) - You didn't have to lie to me Just stopped saying you loved me And I never knew so much goodbyes Could mean all the things they seem to be I didn't miss a beat with you Called me on the telephone With some nasty things to say I didn't know truth anymore Holding vivid remembering
- [Learning (day 2478)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/11/learning-day-2478/) - My actions are clear But my mind is jumbled My thoughts are strong But my words are mumbled Dear Lord, find me an understanding Letting go of all left behind me Embracing what I keep forever learning Sitting down as world keeps spinning
- [Angry Thoughts Mantra (day 2477)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/10/angry-thoughts-mantra-day-2477/) - Let them pass over me and through me Let them ooze away Let the stars pick at them And stardust figment them Let my heart be calm And thoughts pleasant Laid upon a rock to dry Happy and untroubled
- [Special Box (day 2476)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/09/special-box-day-2476/) - Hanging on to a special gift Love bundled into a box Cradled between idle fingers Tracing out a pentagon Dangling from your neck so light A figure un-named, divine Keeping space for every spell Rumbling from within
- [Street Stranger (day 2475)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/08/street-stranger-day-2475/) - How long have you suffered Waiting there so burdened Run your eyes a little longer Down the road whence you came No stranger stopping to say goodbye No mail left in the box Chopping as if petrified At the meat about your ankles Sitting quietly to the side Two dogs with no former home
- [Ferry Crossing (day 2474)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/07/ferry-crossing-day-2474/) - Inviting windows Forever blues Tormenting wind
- [Shall She Stay (day 2473)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/06/shall-she-stay-day-2473/) - I want to live into a better one Where you don't understand me And my fear amounts to nothing Since I've begun to leave droplets Along the paths I take With hopes that a sweet Angel Will find her way to me Where I've stopped dreaming That my illusions will ever depart Fog amidst the
- [Save Me From Getting Old (day 2472)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/05/save-me-from-getting-old-day-2472/) - Save me from getting old Your fingers forever a sacred chalice To which my lifeline shall be caught As I freely let Unto the fingers that touch me so. I shall not shy away From this touch you lay upon Skin so stretched as leaves turn gold Save me from getting old.
- [For Not Latent Desire (day 2471)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/04/for-not-latent-desire-day-2471/) - I don't know how to say I love you Without loving you entirely, Lisa I pace back and forth in my room Questioning myself like a mathematician Struggling out the answer to A deepened understanding. Some days it's ok, I can love you Without desiring the distance we've never had, The whisper in your ear,
- [The Bane of Fullness (day 2470)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/03/the-bane-of-fullness-day-2470/) - I don't want to hold onto this enormous feeling. A Skeptic once said the past isn't present, So let us believe that a fullness isn't real (A limit we reach where we can no longer give, share, believe), Let this feeling take us on a tenderness stroll Like sheer cotton shading giant pillows we lounge
- [Hold Me Back (day 2469)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/02/hold-me-back-day-2469/) - I danced to remember a feeling I had While roaming alone on Pier Twenty One Music so hypnotic I had hardly known Whose eyes I had met with, feverish tone At first it was silent, the music inside Spotlight extended to one single soul Hair twisting sideways each time it lasted Steps that soon took
- [Don't Breathe Yet (day 2468)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/03/01/dont-breathe-yet-day-2468/) - I keep turning over sideways You've been here on my mind Not wanting to inhale yet Memory's still tacitly strong Fingers on my lips and Have I dialed the number wrong? Won't take my hand away Counting each new beating pulsate Your toxic touch has infatuate Has taken to my mind Turning over a new
- [Mail (day 2467)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/28/mail-day-2467/) - Letter's in the mail to a woman I've never met Confessed it all in one fifteen letter script Could this have just been a trick? Sloppy like the moon on a dreary midnight A newly appointed butler hanging upon my every word Carried it too far for I'm an ant within the bathroom Headphones on
- [Dramatic Sadness (day 2466)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/27/dramatic-sadness-day-2466/) - We shuttered with sadness Though we knew it wasn't true Closing drafty doors That kept slowing our progress Dancing in less than 45 degree angles Producing a catastrophic effect Upon the cleverly elevated Though we knew it wasn't true We shuttered with sadness
- [Ode to a Tick (day 2465)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/26/ode-to-a-tick-day-2465/) - Dangling in an unseen way You're mightier then a spider, You're like a cut Deep in a vein Unable to stop its let. And just as cool You sink your claws Into some juicy skin Where, unwillingly, You'll let go your hold When, relentlessly your pulled Off such succulent skin.
- [Chiang Mai Run (day 2464)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/25/chiang-mai-run-day-2464/) - Here I was, settled Chiang Mai Moat circles and rotee midnights Two wheels of 4 speed steel And Seven Pounds for a beer As Chang takes the stage For a little place of my heart As we burn one down. Nakinee and who we are Wat Umong steps to sacred earth For who we are
- [Reaction (day 2463)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/24/reaction-day-2463/) - You know we've got a connection When we're having a reaction Laying in the summer breeze Here I'm growing old Let's dine on sun and forever run Into our modus operandi
- [With a Bite (day 2462)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/23/with-a-bite-day-2462/) - I've found midnight in perspiration A translucent effect On the underside of passion Two folds between these legs Heat lingering like a tongue Touching fantasy with delight A finger in the night With your grasp holding me Flirting edges of my nipple With a bite and now I'm gone
- [Destiny (day 2461)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/22/destiny-day-2461/) - What took you to this destiny Your wings have let you free Wondering what made you grow Large and green I wonder how Lasting so all summer long Curling up and falling down Round and round goes every root Water tapped mycelium Green I see your destiny
- [Crux For Your Habit (day 2460)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/21/crux-for-your-habit-day-2460/) - I was born a liar - Ten thousand bones Sticking out of my skin. Bad, unscrupulously, With a hex for every breath; Sin by the mouthful, And a crux for your habit Of econoline wealth; For a vision of darkness To wash it on down.
- [I Am Angry (day 2459)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/20/i-am-angry-day-2459/) - I am angry at the Americans For making the world one big party And leaving all their spending Polluting our fields of plenty I am angry at the Chinese For building these resorts For walking down the streets Disrespecting different cultures I am angry at Canada For lying to with a smile Rolling out the
- [Looking Down (day 2458)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/19/looking-down-day-2458/) - What breaks my heart Again I'm here to silence me A dream I had to wash away Valium of a memory For which is here I cannot see Without much more than a dream Run away like diamond's light I won't look back again The music's on to penetrate And here I'm looking down.
- [Beat (day 2457)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/18/beat-day-2457/) - Sometimes I forget the beat; Lost souls that took my heart; Forgetting to write the due date, I reset my passwords And upset my stomach Into a lunch box at breakfast. I was at the riverside Listening to bagpipes roll Like blood letting drilled into my head, Little splashes kept overwhelming The lunch I had
- [To Love Me (day 2456)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/17/to-love-me-day-2456/) - Have you really known what it means to love me Hand in hand with darkness we dance alone Every little bit my heart has shaded And I'm here again looking in. When you slowly crawled into the waves I've blind I turned my eyes with the sun following you down Lights reflecting this glassy night
- [Heart & Eyes (day 2455)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/16/heart-eyes-day-2455/) - Take my heart and leave my eyes One hundred leagues away There is just one ol' teak tree I stand beneath today Leaves yellowing and trunk so white Amidst the forest so green Elephant tracks to the great Mekong Ox grazing back and forth
- [Scrolls of Dust (day 2454)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/15/scrolls-of-dust-day-2454/) - When ancient scrolls pass me down Carry me away again Lift me to banana leaf Embrace I hadn't known Until the page's lustre shines Reminding me to be A little more an empty seed That holds no more this dust
- [Dancing Song (day 2453)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/14/dancing-song-day-2453/) - Weave for me two glasses of wine I've sat here long enough to know Two shakes of it that's always good Dance with me a little jig To the circus show down River Road To knee high grass, fields afar Through frosty fire escapes above That keep this city awake at night Jamboree, say you'll
- [Hashmark (day 2452)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/13/hashmark-day-2452/) - A passage of my minds disguise I float the little waves And carry on in nature's ease, I dare not look too far For far shall be my last rebirth. But as sweet whispers carry over Tender ruffles of my mind I hold a little longer to Pencils I've had perfectly sharp That count with
- [Honey Bee Stay With Me (day 2451)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/12/honey-bee-stay-with-me-day-2451/) - Little honey bee stay with me Stay for tea and summer sun Lingering here in Autumn day Sweet harvest to where we roam Toadstools, apples, tomatillos! Hungry deer may join our cheer We'll find blackberry bushes near A fruit so treasured by all who eat Stained fingers with every touch! Fill our bellies till we
- [Awake Seed (day 2450)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/11/awake-seed-day-2450/) - Who falls awake at night Who lets the dreams stay away Who brings the evening deep inside Furrow brows some more Who has time to wish away Pine tree growing on the land Little death beside a hearth Rose denied its breath Let wisdom become silence here To tired awake at night Needles upon the
- [Gray Hairs (day 2449)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/10/gray-hairs-day-2449/) - I want the gray hairs Prepared for wrinkles I want for to smile And nobody cares Loving all night long I'd slowly waltz upon To old rock and roll songs Singing along to every line Heart leaking like gold As Neil Young's lonely piano Became my smiling notes Of these passionate hairs
- [Ten Thousand (day 2448)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/09/ten-thousand-day-2448/) - Born ten thousand years ago Learned to see the moon Carry a fire inside my soul Lord, I'm coming home Sitting alone in wild unknown Breath of ten thousand breaths Watched a leaf fall to earth Felt it land so soft Walked the path till I saw all clear Deep in a medley hole Called
- [Flames in Your Eyes (day 2447)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/08/flames-in-your-eyes-day-2447/) - C. A I'm not saying to forget F. C To find someone new C. A I'm not here to remind you F. C That life isn't true F(dgbe). C I'm not trying to be angry G. C Let the moon be blue A. F When the whirlwind comes G. C Let it run A. C
- [Angel's Song (day 2446)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/07/angels-song-day-2446/) - Follow the song midnighting Loose E with a gravelly D Low lights are my moonlight Eek ngn quat khap, khap Night to beg to marry me Just one more tune to fill Sing another beautiful song I lost my better way along Rolling into merry land Assajan carries midnight on Angel sings into a microphone
- [Nebulous (day 2445)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/06/nebulous-day-2445/) - Nebulous End you must Blackened in the sky Wrinkle upon Stained song Left a question why Answer'd mist
- [Red Lemonade (day 2444)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/05/red-lemonade-day-2444/) - You aren't dragging me down Though you're trying real hard Crystals and Rubies Lemonade on my soul Inevitable rhapsody What's cruel shan't grow This one step facing unequal We were relying from the start Expressions contrasting Fleeting we've gone free Under imagined This fiery road If I found it I'd let go Bloody singing my
- [Broken Arrow / Ancient Chang (day 2443)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/04/broken-arrow-ancient-chang-day-2443/) - I faded to a broken arrow Too many times my fill I laughed into deep silence Until forever came my home With a herd of ancient Chang Dust from ten thousand rumbles Falling all around Stuck to my heart - locust needle Waiting on nobody Read my script goodbye
- [Words I Meant (day 2442)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/03/words-i-meant-day-2442/) - What could have been What should have been What left me out of words I meant To be there To hold on To share love To give it up and hand it in To set the gold That dreams made of That said goodbye That turned away That could have been That should have been
- [One Drink Past Midnight (day 2441)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/02/one-drink-past-midnight-day-2441/) - Let this night be ever young No matter which hour it strikes For a heart cares not About such trivial time When setting about a passion. And if a drink should come to spoil May it be blamed on desired focus, Not a trick of some lost soul Begging for another.
- [Ode to Cactii (day 2440)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/02/01/ode-to-cactii-day-2440/) - Your prickly spine Prickles my spine In a rush against the senses How can nature be so seamless So soothing in times of need Yet out of her Births aggressive opposition Protection in sharply fine armory One that stops each passerby In awe and reverie Looking on to comprehend How such can exist amidst the
- [Vision From An Open Tropical Window (day 2439)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/31/vision-from-an-open-tropical-window-day-2439/) - Gurgling water singing birds Light wind Through lush leaves
- [Plan (day 2438)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/30/plan-day-2438/) - I've been asked to find an answer to Ten thousand questions of my soul And one response keeps coming to My mind that needs calling out For when my moon stares at me now I see a vision that sits atop A marvelous hilltop looking down For clarity has become my window That leads this
- [Dirt Bag in Sunglasses (day 2437)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/29/dirt-bag-in-sunglasses-day-2437/) - I'm a dirt bag in sunglasses With my mind in a castle Watching the sunrise Crystal bottle of gin Too many memories I'd forgotten to renew Washed off in tap water Read it all by candlelight And a mattress with a bed sheet.
- [Riding in Chiang Mai, Thailand (day 2436)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/28/riding-in-chiang-mai-thailand-day-2436/) - Ignored dotted line Weaving past Red trucks
- [Lies (day 2435)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/27/lies-day-2435/) - What you said is far from understanding What you meant is far from the truth Swallow your pride and listen intently A condition we're far from committing Where you made your largest of lines Where you made your central divide Misunderstanding played by large colonies An army mislead by them lies
- [Like a Rattling Groove (day 2434)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/26/like-a-rattling-groove-day-2434/) - What calms me What's on my mind What lays me Out to the big blind What shakes me Like a rattling groove Like a rattling groove I am rumbling on At midnight I'm on the number nine All laid out Gets me just like wine What makes me Like a rattling groove Like a rattling
- [Our Daily Step (day 2433)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/25/our-daily-step-day-2433/) - Ask yourself questions of thy soul: Those of pith That require no translation When repeated backwards to the mind, Those that break you down To your very foundation Whereby upon rebuilding A new found power exists. Are you inside enough? Building virtue like an Olympian Sweating breaks down the truth. Ask these questions of thy
- [A Path (day 2432)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/24/a-path-day-2432/) - I'm not trying to let you down No, this isn't me leading you This isn't a game Where I roll the dice, Make the calls And you follow Anxiously trying to grasp The next move To believe you had made The better choice. I'm here to talk to you, To bite first upon your supple
- [Fuzzy Blinking (day 2431)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/23/fuzzy-blinking-day-2431/) - So I sunk in here; I rolled along and stopped slowly When I noticed music silenced, I heard a fuzz that wasn't familiar And I didn't want to look away. My magnetic coils had stopped, But my vision was still rendered With bold outlines Helping my unsuspecting visitors Make their way to a comfortable haven
- [Love For Me (day 2430)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/22/love-for-me-day-2430/) - Love for me I cannot see Amidst a jungle of tropics - Canopy my heart burgeons - Letter from an envelope Stamped, embossed and sealed secure. Patron saint tickling me (Rummage in a broken bag A morsel once saved: depart) Planning with another name - Sunlight reaching out.
- [Vacant By Morning (day 2429)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/21/vacant-by-morning-day-2429/) - As darkness turns my lights low Shake until I roll, Outlast my deepest silence For what I'm looking for. Not vacant by morning - Withering decay - Fall apart my soul implode; Forever I surrender, Taught what I should not.
- [Two by Two Waltz (day 2428)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/20/two-by-two-waltz-day-2428/) - Dear, let's take a walk Two by two by arm I'll lead Romantic waltz through midnight streets Sure, let's grab a drink or more This warm fuzzy café seems fit Midnight streets where cheer spills onto Lamppost covered sidewalks Eyes meet you and a neck with a scarf Ellipses and unravels around Midnight streets we've
- [Ode to a Honeybee (day 2427)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/19/ode-to-a-honeybee-day-2427/) - Look at me Honeybee I'm in the sky On every flower I'm with the sun And this is fun Ohhh be My honeybee Let's make a run To every pistil Yellow, blue And violet whistles Dance around Have some fun Ohhh see My honeybee You and me We'd be free Just you and me Forever
- [Just a Better Man (day 2426)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/18/just-a-better-man-day-2426/) - If I was just a better man I'd have made a little change; Words still spoke echo loud Instead it's drugs that choke. I have a mind filled of veins Tracks leading Hollywood Straight to Reno, desert rose - And it's a clear night tonight. Blackness of a heart murmur Every shadow induces blur That
- [Inner Bark (day 2425)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/17/inner-bark-day-2425/) - I'm turning over a new leaf - Budding spirals green in depth, Spring's warming showers - My lines have turned My shadows shifted My inner bark has begun to stretch To where my roots know how to find. This heart of mine has slept and drank My eyes have wept and cleared New toes of
- [Snow Fell Calmly (day 2424)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/16/snow-fell-calmly-day-2424/) - From the depths I held a rope; Coldest cold, hardest struggle, Frosted reminder in a window. A sister I once shared Secrets every other day. Shadow reaching to my hand Take me, take me, take me again, Spring is coming here once more Where once snow fell to the floor Golden brows caressed me Arcs
- [Filled With Stars (day 2423)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/15/filled-with-stars-day-2423/) - Why is it we lose our way When the light's turned off And the song's the same. When the lion roars It knows its call, So our lonely nights They are filled with stars. When we have a chance Do we raise our voice? Do we stand up tall And right our wrong? Do we
- [Green to Red (day 2422)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/14/green-to-red-day-2422/) - A lonely number In a foreign country Counting up To a better memory. If there was ever A busy street, Let stoplights turn From green to red; Let park benches sit On friendly pathways.
- [Eyes (day 2421)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/13/eyes-day-2421/) - I saw your eyes As they passed Window of my mind To which I awoke And finally saw A lotus in my hand
- [Good Nights (day 2420)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/12/good-nights-day-2420/) - I watch a boy my size who is Coming through the door. He's got himself a bundle of Leather bound books in hand. I asked him if he read much Cohen He said it was a bore. Just like that, my first impression Was shot out to the moon, For how could anybody say Cohen
- [A Thought to Darkness (day 2419)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/11/a-thought-to-darkness-day-2419/) - Alone I walked into the sea To bare my naked chest I stood here staring into darkness And no voice returned back at me No cry was heard from my mouth No quiver upon my lip For virtue had led me to here Neither shame nor blame held me And to this eye I stared
- [Shared Departed (day 2418)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/10/shared-departed-day-2418/) - I shared a look that you did see Turned it on it's side Held it out in clear sunlight Observed it as it shined Then in an instant dropped it to Your other hand to give Me back the look I dared to share Unrequited and un-moved. It took a while, alone I sat To
- [Self Doubt Gallows (day 2417)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/09/self-doubt-gallows-day-2417/) - I held my hand out to the sky An act of bold courage Asking for the strength within; It was to me as clear As the sky I reached towards Already upon my breast Telling me what little I knew What steps I had begun More sternly though What steps I had to go. So
- [Postcard / Gift (day 2416)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/08/postcard-gift-day-2416/) - I picked up a postcard today With such delicate, serene beauty I didn't want to write on the back; I didn't want to scar the surface Of the unmarked landscape. I held the postcard in my hand Flipping it from front to back Not quite sure how to decide Which side was for me, And
- [Left (day 2415)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/07/left-day-2415/) - When all that's left Let's dance Let's dance Let's dance Among the rest Laid bare Laid bare Laid bare Took a chance In the light In the light In the light When all that's left Let's dance Let's dance Let's dance
- [River Bed Flow (day 2414)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/06/river-bed-flow-day-2414/) - Let the river bed flow I want the world to know You can hear ol'Gray Bird Doesn't matter what season Doesn't matter what time I want the world to know Shouting out loud In a forest around here Alive with rounding music Hardly lonesome while dreaming By the river bed swimming I want the world
- [River in My Bloodstream (day 2413)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/05/river-in-my-bloodstream-day-2413/) - Listen to the raindrops Finding my way home A whisper in the darkness Memory now long gone Can't listen to the rhythm Rabbits in my ears Folding up our broken stream Holding out my hands River in my bloodstream Paddling my way home Setting out my darkness I grew up here again Swimming out past
- [One After Two Said Three (day 2412)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/04/one-after-two-said-three-day-2412/) - The moment I stood up Lump between my hearts Said that I could grab Branch lost in our dark Continued here again One after two said three Traces upon the wall Lost in an animal Speeding through the soul One after two said three Take my heart again Don't leave it for Lump between my
- [Life is Lonely (day 2411)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/03/life-is-lonely-day-2411/) - Life is lonely There's no getting around this fact; There's no bluer sky, Or cloudless forever horizon; There's no cup of coffee That can satisfy longer than it takes To sign your name to a bill. And when you feel you're getting caught In a wirlwind of unlonely, A ghastly calm shall succeed Like a
- [Amidst The Sea (day 2410)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/02/amidst-the-sea-day-2410/) - To be a small boat putting by Through inner harbor's gait, Would be like worker bees ashore Minding to the hive. And when nighttime should come at last Finding a dock to rest, One could only hope to find Night life to pass the time. For if my lonely soul could cry, A sputtering on
- [Matter Floats (day 2409)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2018/01/01/matter-floats-day-2409/) - Matter floats Into ether Compression expansion Cosmic dust
- [Life of a Leaf (day 2408)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/31/life-of-a-leaf-day-2408/) - I've grown accustomed to leaves turning my memories from fresh to curled, a well understood paradox that changes the tide so romantically it hurts like the small spots beside the bulging veins growing inside. My smile has grown lines, my heart has extended its beats, my hearing has begun to dance with angels upon the
- [Listening To Meanings (day 2407)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/30/listening-to-meanings-day-2407/) - You know I'm standing here Trying to listen to you Trying to break out Of my vision Crooked and skewed To a daylight I see arching over Doi Suthep In rose filled monograms. A lava lamp of discussion Concentrates my colliders That don't give me a chance To deconstruct meanings. No, A flow has taken
- [Endlessly Lost Wisdom (day 2406)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/29/endlessly-lost-wisdom-day-2406/) - I'm going to become a broadscape of chattering Little chipmunk in my hair Rattling long speeches The great Lizard Man would be proud of Epic monologues Banter and rebut Soapboxing my way towards An immobilization Frozen by complex axioms Criss-crossing a deserted wooden chair Supported by bent half inch plywood That understands my troubles Like
- [Silent Back Support (day 2405)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/28/silent-back-support-day-2405/) - When are you going to turn the music back on? I've sat her for a while now Wondering to myself Should I suggest a new album Or enjoy the silent humming Visiting my ouroboros thought pattern. I picture something with a nice bassline Hopefully some creamy smooth lead That will do a better job Of
- [Littlest of All (day 2404)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/27/littlest-of-all-day-2404/) - I'm growing fond of settling my little love Inside fountains of my deepest thought Seems like I'm getting very pleased And I look out to waves like I'm never there. Can you hear me here? I'm missing you. I'm missing you my softest waves Since you're riding home on a little breeze Taking each little
- [Secret Song (day 2403)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/26/secret-song-day-2403/) - Who is your secret for I'm not the open end Of your favourite song - So you held me here Embraced me here Then let my fingers go - Play your guitar tonight Sing along with me Tap along a little beat - So you held me here Embraced me here Then let my fingers
- [Letter To a Great Song (day 2401)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/24/letter-to-a-great-song-day-2401/) - What is this great song That has my soul a singing Floppy at the intro Raspy in the chorus Strumming as pure rhythm Nodding and a bobbing Groove and shape me loving Letter to a great song.
- [Shine Down on Me (day 2402)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/25/shine-down-on-me-day-2402/) - Please shine down on me I'm sorry for misery Changing my mind Flashing sweet ecstasy Your patience divine Blossoming moon Shine down on me
- [Devil's Seed (day 2400)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/23/devils-seed-day-2400/) - It becomes something else When you choose your mind, Lost perception of the world Being called the Devil's dance. It takes you all the way To the other side Of what you once believed, Learning damned society's Distracted mind of another's greed. Plant yourself another seed.
- [Inside Thy Skin, Thy Ancient Eyes (day 2399)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/22/inside-thy-skin-thy-ancient-eyes-day-2399/) - Every time inside thy skin I want to write your name In black and white Of an ancient script Name that cannot end. With every word in wright Leaking through my pen Letters never dare to dry Strength that cannot cramp My dreams return again, again, Upon your ancient eyes.
- [Finally (day 2398)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/22/finally-day-2398/) - Finally we'll be here Dancing for believing Stuck inside an arrow Lost upon a street Magical magician With a potion set for me Learning again To say go on and let me go Hand in hand Rewriting each our meaning Before you even know it We'll be drinking drops again
- [Surrender Inside (day 2397)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/21/surrender-inside-day-2397/) - What is this? Can you put a name upon it? I've gone inside my confusion And come upon some axioms That define failure And unlimited freedom Complications That I'm not equipped to understand. So there I stood I wanted reason And stood for abandon I wanted a formula But there looking back at me Sat
- [Silence (day 2396)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/20/silence-day-2396/) - Sitting here wanting silence Alone could I forever be? A tree that nods, appreciates Hear your call inside my heart. Energy will not make me Silence is less a mystery Existential reasoning And then I hear the call of mother Who silences my broken string And then I know each answer that I've never spoken
- [A Reminding (day 2395)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/19/a-reminding-day-2395/) - This is still desire Full of yellow hands Catching magic balls Of amber glowing plans
- [Understanding Darkness (day 2394)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/18/understanding-darkness-day-2394/) - I don't understand you in darkness I don't understand you at night Sing to me as blinding I shall remain to forever see Frontier of a window pain Aging and dusty rain Here is my canopy A gaslight shadowed gray wall My words unspoken free And I still cannot see you, darkness.
- [Moonball (day 2393)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/17/moonball-day-2393/) - I am a moonball chasing light beams My lingering set me free Orbit exposing my pathway In a land so foreign and new This is how I travel lightly My mind's story set my feather Spotlight into pure nightness Hear a stranger rustling Seeing writing on the wall.
- [Building Pressure (day 2392)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/16/building-pressure-day-2392/) - I have a pressure building That's escalating reason Leaving letters that keep running From my fingers as I'm humming Working from a simple memory Along a slowly exhaled breath Sighing in an audible note softly And the pressure's in my throat
- [In a Holiday With You (day 2391)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/15/in-a-holiday-with-you-day-2391/) - I want to be in a holiday with you Floating through life we would go Trusting visions that lead us towards Destiny we judge as master and slave So easy upon our serious minds Wind that floats and stars that glide Through my holiday alone with you
- [Secret Map (day 2390)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/14/secret-map-day-2390/) - I want to know your secret map More immense than a shooting star Follow stardust trails From earlobe to tippy toe. I want to know what it feels like to dance Your skin so rouge my undone touch Landing with a handful of Deepened grasping of a secret scent. I want to know where to
- [Aftershock (day 2389)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/13/aftershock-day-2389/) - Did you survive the aftershock? I never heard from you again I waited at lookout point Afraid my leaping heart I asked how could I fly Settled down like MaryLou Talking through my stiffening nose Little rainbow blow Chapter running to my toes Did you survive the aftershock?
- [What It Takes (day 2388)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/12/what-it-takes-day-2388/) - We fooled around Like sweet angel dust Rusty six strings Strung upside down And I began to love you Anyhow Just out late Past city lights Market nights On and on We fooled around Forgiven moonlight And I have what it takes.
- [Holy Water (day 2387)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/11/holy-water-day-2387/) - I want to find more in my laugh Than I've been taught - No Bukowsky or Kerouac tonight, My dreams becometh my own My mind a white hempcloth And one single candle That screams out to loneliness "Come again soon sometime." My holy water pleasuring Ghosts of this symphony Who shall sit down to dine,
- [Keep to the Road (day 2386)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/10/keep-to-the-road-day-2386/) - Desired to be of waiting, thus I'm getting tired of wandering Without a cause. I want reason that itches Songs that move me Lethargy to get the fuck out Eating I go of dirt road trails Through my smiling menace With ten thousand reasons To keep to the road.
- [Butterfly (day 2385)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/09/butterfly-day-2385/) - Little butterfly held my hand today And sweetly sang a song Each beating wing an instrument I've never heard before To my ears rushed ten thousand notes Beating heart metronome Off again, shifting breeze Flutter sends my heart.
- [Fern Forest Cafe (day 2384)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/08/fern-forest-cafe-day-2384/) - I'm looking for you My ever friend To hold my hand As we sit and think A silent reminder Where we'll find again Our singing voice To ring out loud From our hidden garden My soul and me.
- [Monkey Changes (day 2383)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/07/monkey-changes-day-2383/) - Monkey changes sweet summer night Lips through darkness my mind free Red light tropical under the sea Hello dear friend, hello bass line Hello turtle shell reverb echo Overgrown, my weathered seed Corner darkness and my eager eyes Whether you come home with me or not Change my song until it's dawn And let me
- [Stream rev. Antique House Café (day 2382)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/06/stream-rev-antique-house-cafe-day-2382/) - I am learning softness, Not reflections divine. Hearing words missing; Kindness shared in Passing time. Shadows sharing my subtlety Working my antiques Flowing warmly about My shifting stream.
- [7 Pounds (day 2381)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/05/7-pounds-day-2381/) - I'll play here to get my soul To get myself together Another chord struck against A blackening string inside And as I move from left to right I'll forget I ever crawled Into a set, into a space Into my soul tonight
- [Broken Candlestick (day 2380)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/04/broken-candlestick-day-2380/) - Let the darkest corner Upon your boudoir stand Shame you, saxophone Sweetly, in your ears tonight. Late night whispers Floating B flat through E Dear sweet Moonlight A hand tonight Sing along song Sing broken candlestick Sing how you are And sing darkness Until you fall asleep tonight.
- [Into Fire (day 2379)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/03/into-fire-day-2379/) - Whistling to myself as I Float on into a fire Carry this for me a while Rumbling as the chains do roll An offering shall go Love last breaths I give away Evening cherishes mine name Thunderstorm and rainclouds Unearthed and saving gravity Such lays ahead thou plan Reighning in thy terror's breath Hallowed in
- [Freckles and Moles (day 2378)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/02/freckles-and-moles-day-2378/) - What would it feel like to have your neck in my lips Your skin so close to my heartbeat. Would your eyes look up at mine From the top of your conscious gaze? Would it be your fingertips or mine Tracing entangled veins, tender areas Upon a dreamscape of freckles and moles A back opening
- [Early Confessions (day 2377)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/12/01/early-confessions-day-2377/) - I've been believing in you too much Saturday night snakes around Calling out each stop light blinking Do you know me? - deep understanding. Rummaging in my missing backpack For an unused silver dollar Where did my pens run to? I'm not the same you used to be. Hope here for a river running Where
- [Another Dove (day 2376)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/11/30/another-dove-day-2376/) - I thought I changed Drove another path Cleared my saving way But there I was again Still had my favourite hand Clasping with a firm grip A hidden gem, softly Growing from my wicked mind And flew another dove So I made a friend.
- [Around the Universe Café (day 2375)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/11/29/around-the-universe-cafe-day-2375/) - Let me hear Some deeper blues I'm going home Inside a song Louder please Move me along Medicine and Bottle necks
- [Sunrise (day 2372)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/11/26/sunrise-day-2372/) - Rolling in my hands stuck Underneath my toes; Veins circumnavigating and Living in a song With seven little notes That skip each fourth Unnecessary beat, For each my silver lockets Clasp a different heart Weighing like a baby dove With a scream of this sunrise.
- [Social Water Stains (day 2373)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/11/27/social-water-stains-day-2373/) - I'm a lonely kind of poet And that's good by me Singer and songwriting Leaves me with a fright Some kind atmosphere Tenderness blithe That's social tonight. I hope that you leave me again, Leave me here to fall into me: Mine then left on an empty table Water stains here my heart.
- [Perfect Escape/Thought (day 2374)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/11/28/perfect-escape-thought-day-2374/) - I want to feel your presence In each perfect escape Blood red fingernails painted The same satin of your lips And I'm falling onto my knees With no choice to be other Than I miss you all the time So here I'll watch you take Each precious moment apart Into another perfect thought.
- [Zombie Café (day 2371)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/11/25/zombie-cafe-day-2371/) - Amidst the forest Of Mae Rim Nestled deep within Zombie Café Secret haven Retreat to play Tree house kingdom
- [Phu Thaya Coffee (day 2370)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/11/24/phu-thaya-coffee-day-2370/) - I sit here with my Americano Growing fonder by the minute Of koi fish swimming Water trickling Even a rusty old bike! And a cat with a sweater In this open air haven Found, at last, I'm home.
- [Camouflage (day 2369)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/11/23/camouflage-day-2369/) - Saved again I ran away Took my heart With me to stay Flogged by dust Run by dogs Hit a wall Camouflage
- [Relapse Saint (day 2368)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/11/22/relapse-saint-day-2368/) - My lingering resists death, It coddles a beat That speaks only in a muffled tongue Wishing for a silence Evening powerlines consume. Can you collapse here? My traces will not forgive thee, They will not remember thee, And too long ago now They set thee onto a passenger train Curling up into a ball And
- [Jojo Smoothie (day 2367)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/11/21/jojo-smoothie-day-2367/) - A place I head to Every day To see my friend Named Korn, Who blends me up A smoothie that Makes me So happy to see.
- [Head First (day 2366)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/11/20/head-first-day-2366/) - I fall into Head first The twentieth. I gladly wake My shifting brows That never had So long to rest. But here I think Prepare and blink: Head first I charge ahead.
- [Jikko Café (day 2365)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/11/19/jikko-cafe-day-2365/) - Local Thai beans In the grinder smell So perfect for A wakeup call. Espresso time! Let the day begin! On a comfy couch Says I within.
- [Arte Café (day 2363)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/11/17/arte-cafe-day-2363/) - At Arte they'll chill Your city mind An oasis for to hear Chimes and birds Espresso grind And wonder All things good In life
- [Looking (day 2364)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/11/18/looking-day-2364/) - I look for you in everything With or without wine I can see pointed toes Within black socks Pulled up to the middle of your calf And black hair That I've never been able To reach out and touch. No heartbeat says maybe More than your eyes Working chopsticks Can reach into mine, Yet laughter
- [The Cutler (day 2362)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/11/16/the-cutler-day-2362/) - Battle axe Safety razors Tomahawk on the wall Cactus potted Side by side For a new cut From the Cutler Master of the scissors
- [I Knew a Name (day 2361)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/11/15/i-knew-a-name-day-2361/) - I knew a name that blew Wind so cruel it knew An answer every night Sleepless I lay out of sight Enchanters sang Each silhouette climbed So dust stung my eyes Glistening not a surprise Drifting words A lone wolf and my song And I, dusty evermore. My notes have all gone to yellow Ageless
- [Letters in her Name (day 2360)](https://poems.nedtobin.com/2017/11/14/letters-in-her-name-day-2360/) - Letters in her name were written Softly in his hand Two times he wrote them out One for each their dearest pocket. - Could it symbolize their path? Sequestration of thy heart - To each thy moon Held, succumb'd to fate Was at thee other's Fulfilling sun. Though seasons matched, Callused hands Caused the ocean

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- [shopped](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/shopped/)
- [random](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/random/)
- [skin](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/skin/)
- [exorcism](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/exorcism/)
- [crippling](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/crippling/)
- [numbness](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/numbness/)
- [impact](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/impact/)
- [meaningful](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/meaningful/)
- [move](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/move/)
- [stay](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/stay/)
- [daylight](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/daylight/)
- [inhale](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/inhale/)
- [apparition](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/apparition/)
- [conviction](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/conviction/)
- [falling](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/falling/)
- [moment](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/moment/)
- [groping](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/groping/)
- [beneath](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/beneath/)
- [zoned](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/zoned/)
- [buzzing](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/buzzing/)
- [faking](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/faking/)
- [silence](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/silence/)
- [sleep](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sleep/)
- [laughter](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/laughter/)
- [abomination](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/abomination/)
- [knowledge](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/knowledge/)
- [retreat](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/retreat/)
- [skillful](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/skillful/)
- [chasing](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/chasing/)
- [whither](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/whither/)
- [dizzily](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/dizzily/)
- [confused](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/confused/)
- [stuck](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/stuck/)
- [balanced](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/balanced/)
- [vortex](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/vortex/)
- [settling](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/settling/)
- [lands](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/lands/)
- [maiden](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/maiden/)
- [floor](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/floor/)
- [gentle](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/gentle/)
- [muffled](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/muffled/)
- [clouds](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/clouds/)
- [blanketed](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/blanketed/)
- [clutter](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/clutter/)
- [fog](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/fog/)
- [star-clouds](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/star-clouds/)
- [looming](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/looming/)
- [crows](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/crows/)
- [music](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/music/)
- [ants](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/ants/)
- [bugs](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/bugs/)
- [bbq](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/bbq/)
- [bees](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/bees/)
- [floral](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/floral/)
- [freedom](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/freedom/)
- [tree](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/tree/)
- [prose](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/prose/)
- [drawing](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/drawing/)
- [ant](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/ant/)
- [spider](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/spider/)
- [beetle](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/beetle/)
- [collision](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/collision/)
- [cement](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/cement/)
- [pothole](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/pothole/)
- [cedar](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/cedar/)
- [flower](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/flower/)
- [sprout](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sprout/)
- [bliss](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/bliss/)
- [voyage](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/voyage/)
- [mountains](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/mountains/)
- [sunsets](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sunsets/)
- [trip](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/trip/)
- [presence](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/presence/)
- [ever after](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/ever-after/)
- [connection](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/connection/)
- [romance](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/romance/)
- [dirty](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/dirty/)
- [windows](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/windows/)
- [plants](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/plants/)
- [wall](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/wall/)
- [creeping](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/creeping/)
- [vines](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/vines/)
- [blinded](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/blinded/)
- [mesmerized](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/mesmerized/)
- [moist](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/moist/)
- [washed](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/washed/)
- [peace](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/peace/)
- [dirt](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/dirt/)
- [sex](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sex/)
- [secrets](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/secrets/)
- [regret](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/regret/)
- [delay](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/delay/)
- [meaning](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/meaning/)
- [war](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/war/)
- [matchbooks](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/matchbooks/)
- [bandages](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/bandages/)
- [bleed](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/bleed/)
- [anxiety](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/anxiety/)
- [confusion](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/confusion/)
- [puppets](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/puppets/)
- [represented](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/represented/)
- [amulets](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/amulets/)
- [shapeless](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/shapeless/)
- [sleepless](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sleepless/)
- [really](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/really/)
- [narcissists](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/narcissists/)
- [aloof](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/aloof/)
- [goof](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/goof/)
- [misery](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/misery/)
- [mystery](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/mystery/)
- [sociology](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sociology/)
- [outsourcing](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/outsourcing/)
- [downsizing](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/downsizing/)
- [insider](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/insider/)
- [private](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/private/)
- [public](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/public/)
- [selling](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/selling/)
- [buying](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/buying/)
- [prosperity](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/prosperity/)
- [cheaper](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/cheaper/)
- [nafta](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/nafta/)
- [freer](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/freer/)
- [skating](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/skating/)
- [cruising](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/cruising/)
- [seawall](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/seawall/)
- [inukshuk](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/inukshuk/)
- [lions gate](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/lions-gate/)
- [longboard](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/longboard/)
- [science world](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/science-world/)
- [hove](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/hove/)
- [treasures](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/treasures/)
- [begetting](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/begetting/)
- [crisscrossing](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/crisscrossing/)
- [door](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/door/)
- [decision](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/decision/)
- [animal](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/animal/)
- [stilettos](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/stilettos/)
- [stuffy](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/stuffy/)
- [grilled cheese](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/grilled-cheese/)
- [lace](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/lace/)
- [records](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/records/)
- [spin](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/spin/)
- [slimy](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/slimy/)
- [gradients](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/gradients/)
- [bucket](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/bucket/)
- [safety](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/safety/)
- [first](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/first/)
- [growth](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/growth/)
- [beckoning](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/beckoning/)
- [pride](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/pride/)
- [window](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/window/)
- [onslaught](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/onslaught/)
- [poured](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/poured/)
- [drenching](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/drenching/)
- [deterred](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/deterred/)
- [trust](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/trust/)
- [socks](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/socks/)
- [gaze](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/gaze/)
- [tides](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/tides/)
- [eloped](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/eloped/)
- [science fiction](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/science-fiction/)
- [devil](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/devil/)
- [angel](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/angel/)
- [threaded](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/threaded/)
- [glittered](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/glittered/)
- [premises](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/premises/)
- [lasting](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/lasting/)
- [passing](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/passing/)
- [callused](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/callused/)
- [hands](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/hands/)
- [breaking](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/breaking/)
- [bricks](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/bricks/)
- [trees](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/trees/)
- [stones](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/stones/)
- [pin](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/pin/)
- [pricked](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/pricked/)
- [grace](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/grace/)
- [lights](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/lights/)
- [grass](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/grass/)
- [shook](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/shook/)
- [imaginations](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/imaginations/)
- [marriage](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/marriage/)
- [weeks](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/weeks/)
- [days](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/days/)
- [months](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/months/)
- [instant](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/instant/)
- [begun](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/begun/)
- [tears](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/tears/)
- [joy](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/joy/)
- [whispers](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/whispers/)
- [late night](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/late-night/)
- [knot](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/knot/)
- [time](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/time/)
- [rigor](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/rigor/)
- [glory](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/glory/)
- [dusk](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/dusk/)
- [dawn](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/dawn/)
- [start](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/start/)
- [log](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/log/)
- [births](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/births/)
- [mist](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/mist/)
- [falls](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/falls/)
- [blend](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/blend/)
- [hoodwinked](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/hoodwinked/)
- [scallywag](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/scallywag/)
- [smile](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/smile/)
- [rainbow](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/rainbow/)
- [elegant](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/elegant/)
- [eloping](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/eloping/)
- [struck](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/struck/)
- [blow](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/blow/)
- [knocked](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/knocked/)
- [wits](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/wits/)
- [crippled](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/crippled/)
- [banana cake](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/banana-cake/)
- [dr.](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/dr/)
- [hankies](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/hankies/)
- [cough](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/cough/)
- [patience](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/patience/)
- [pretend](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/pretend/)
- [listen](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/listen/)
- [walks](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/walks/)
- [rolls](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/rolls/)
- [buzzards](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/buzzards/)
- [death](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/death/)
- [corpse](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/corpse/)
- [decaying](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/decaying/)
- [reckless](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/reckless/)
- [cure](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/cure/)
- [mending](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/mending/)
- [life](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/life/)
- [voices](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/voices/)
- [wind](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/wind/)
- [smiles](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/smiles/)
- [hope](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/hope/)
- [fever](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/fever/)
- [darkness](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/darkness/)
- [answers](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/answers/)
- [tunnel](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/tunnel/)
- [cornerless](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/cornerless/)
- [running](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/running/)
- [grain](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/grain/)
- [wonderlust](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/wonderlust/)
- [knee](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/knee/)
- [hand](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/hand/)
- [needs](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/needs/)
- [flirting](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/flirting/)
- [cheating](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/cheating/)
- [cheated](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/cheated/)
- [unmanned](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/unmanned/)
- [batle](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/batle/)
- [self](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/self/)
- [esteem](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/esteem/)
- [wisdom](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/wisdom/)
- [saved](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/saved/)
- [crying](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/crying/)
- [late](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/late/)
- [pistol](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/pistol/)
- [throat](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/throat/)
- [action](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/action/)
- [sweeping](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sweeping/)
- [yearning](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/yearning/)
- [rustles](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/rustles/)
- [gravel](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/gravel/)
- [morning](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/morning/)
- [noon](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/noon/)
- [evening](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/evening/)
- [moon](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/moon/)
- [rays](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/rays/)
- [distance](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/distance/)
- [flies](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/flies/)
- [omnipresent](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/omnipresent/)
- [fluffy](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/fluffy/)
- [bushes](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/bushes/)
- [brush](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/brush/)
- [engine](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/engine/)
- [decay](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/decay/)
- [pilgrim](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/pilgrim/)
- [badlands](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/badlands/)
- [drought](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/drought/)
- [fight](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/fight/)
- [skunk](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/skunk/)
- [willow](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/willow/)
- [tumbleweed](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/tumbleweed/)
- [roaming](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/roaming/)
- [journey](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/journey/)
- [diary](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/diary/)
- [started](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/started/)
- [phone](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/phone/)
- [water](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/water/)
- [fish](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/fish/)
- [mind](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/mind/)
- [controls](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/controls/)
- [spotless](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/spotless/)
- [suit](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/suit/)
- [bars](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/bars/)
- [prison](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/prison/)
- [gray](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/gray/)
- [relentless](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/relentless/)
- [schedule](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/schedule/)
- [visitors](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/visitors/)
- [ladies](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/ladies/)
- [friends](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/friends/)
- [sparse](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sparse/)
- [inconsolable](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/inconsolable/)
- [jailbird](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/jailbird/)
- [remains](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/remains/)
- [curled](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/curled/)
- [whistle](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/whistle/)
- [bird](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/bird/)
- [doll](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/doll/)
- [cat](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/cat/)
- [romanced](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/romanced/)
- [senses](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/senses/)
- [willows](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/willows/)
- [sand](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sand/)
- [gulls](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/gulls/)
- [beach](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/beach/)
- [struggling](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/struggling/)
- [kiss](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/kiss/)
- [cry](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/cry/)
- [indulge](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/indulge/)
- [think](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/think/)
- [initiate](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/initiate/)
- [avoid](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/avoid/)
- [breathe](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/breathe/)
- [friendly](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/friendly/)
- [zen](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/zen/)
- [stop](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/stop/)
- [don't](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/dont/)
- [world](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/world/)
- [building](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/building/)
- [surreal](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/surreal/)
- [experiment](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/experiment/)
- [shoes](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/shoes/)
- [tie](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/tie/)
- [masses](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/masses/)
- [stupidity](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/stupidity/)
- [dreaming](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/dreaming/)
- [favorite](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/favorite/)
- [admiration](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/admiration/)
- [feats](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/feats/)
- [mother](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/mother/)
- [father](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/father/)
- [intimate](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/intimate/)
- [logging](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/logging/)
- [roots](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/roots/)
- [plant](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/plant/)
- [forgive](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/forgive/)
- [earth](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/earth/)
- [valley](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/valley/)
- [hills](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/hills/)
- [worry](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/worry/)
- [wart](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/wart/)
- [evidence](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/evidence/)
- [ample](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/ample/)
- [sought](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sought/)
- [folly](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/folly/)
- [remembering](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/remembering/)
- [distressed](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/distressed/)
- [thought](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/thought/)
- [consumes](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/consumes/)
- [flirt](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/flirt/)
- [drink](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/drink/)
- [wandered](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/wandered/)
- [minds](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/minds/)
- [youth](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/youth/)
- [cedars](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/cedars/)
- [green](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/green/)
- [calm](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/calm/)
- [shimmering](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/shimmering/)
- [air](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/air/)
- [girl](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/girl/)
- [why](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/why/)
- [unclear](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/unclear/)
- [fear](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/fear/)
- [met](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/met/)
- [soup](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/soup/)
- [home](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/home/)
- [romantic](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/romantic/)
- [man](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/man/)
- [woman](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/woman/)
- [fondly](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/fondly/)
- [nice](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/nice/)
- [she](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/she/)
- [loosely](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/loosely/)
- [fell](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/fell/)
- [evermore](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/evermore/)
- [silver](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/silver/)
- [fighting](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/fighting/)
- [truth](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/truth/)
- [stories](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/stories/)
- [hollywood](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/hollywood/)
- [movies](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/movies/)
- [aim](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/aim/)
- [captain](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/captain/)
- [men](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/men/)
- [board](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/board/)
- [voyages](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/voyages/)
- [grin](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/grin/)
- [ship](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/ship/)
- [demise](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/demise/)
- [girls](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/girls/)
- [daugher](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/daugher/)
- [mate](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/mate/)
- [golden](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/golden/)
- [ocean](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/ocean/)
- [lake](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/lake/)
- [squirrel](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/squirrel/)
- [rocks](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/rocks/)
- [grizzly](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/grizzly/)
- [creature](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/creature/)
- [children](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/children/)
- [teen](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/teen/)
- [spot](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/spot/)
- [dots](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/dots/)
- [fun](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/fun/)
- [devils](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/devils/)
- [dues](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/dues/)
- [paid](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/paid/)
- [luckier](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/luckier/)
- [family](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/family/)
- [charged](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/charged/)
- [omens](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/omens/)
- [never](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/never/)
- [open](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/open/)
- [closed](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/closed/)
- [throw](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/throw/)
- [give](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/give/)
- [forget](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/forget/)
- [picking](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/picking/)
- [choosing](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/choosing/)
- [come](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/come/)
- [land](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/land/)
- [dried](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/dried/)
- [rain](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/rain/)
- [weather](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/weather/)
- [sometimes](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sometimes/)
- [direction](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/direction/)
- [fill](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/fill/)
- [right](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/right/)
- [serene](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/serene/)
- [movement](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/movement/)
- [emotion](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/emotion/)
- [dances](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/dances/)
- [restless](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/restless/)
- [fears](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/fears/)
- [lie](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/lie/)
- [alone](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/alone/)
- [exposed](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/exposed/)
- [bloodclots](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/bloodclots/)
- [struggles](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/struggles/)
- [park](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/park/)
- [benches](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/benches/)
- [half](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/half/)
- [arcs](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/arcs/)
- [souls](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/souls/)
- [shivering](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/shivering/)
- [shade](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/shade/)
- [glowing](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/glowing/)
- [fly](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/fly/)
- [break](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/break/)
- [hotter](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/hotter/)
- [oven](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/oven/)
- [alerted](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/alerted/)
- [young](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/young/)
- [faces](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/faces/)
- [countenance](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/countenance/)
- [multitudes](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/multitudes/)
- [waiting](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/waiting/)
- [sit](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sit/)
- [old growth](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/old-growth/)
- [slow](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/slow/)
- [little](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/little/)
- [glued](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/glued/)
- [immobile](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/immobile/)
- [ability](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/ability/)
- [dizzy](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/dizzy/)
- [attention](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/attention/)
- [peaceful](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/peaceful/)
- [grand](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/grand/)
- [delicious](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/delicious/)
- [beginning](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/beginning/)
- [recon](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/recon/)
- [shoulders](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/shoulders/)
- [passes](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/passes/)
- [focusing](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/focusing/)
- [isolation](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/isolation/)
- [integration](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/integration/)
- [falsification](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/falsification/)
- [imitation](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/imitation/)
- [oppression](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/oppression/)
- [dancing](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/dancing/)
- [blissful](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/blissful/)
- [sinful](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sinful/)
- [nights](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/nights/)
- [celebration](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/celebration/)
- [anticipate](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/anticipate/)
- [tingling](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/tingling/)
- [pixie](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/pixie/)
- [no](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/no/)
- [sitting](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sitting/)
- [passed](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/passed/)
- [return](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/return/)
- [hold](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/hold/)
- [forgot](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/forgot/)
- [wheel](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/wheel/)
- [guests](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/guests/)
- [stride](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/stride/)
- [bride](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/bride/)
- [whore](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/whore/)
- [gain](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/gain/)
- [plan](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/plan/)
- [song](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/song/)
- [car](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/car/)
- [sister](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sister/)
- [nother](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/nother/)
- [house](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/house/)
- [player](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/player/)
- [bike](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/bike/)
- [computer](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/computer/)
- [garden](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/garden/)
- [prayer](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/prayer/)
- [pleasing](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/pleasing/)
- [identifiable](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/identifiable/)
- [varying](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/varying/)
- [sustenance](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sustenance/)
- [fastened](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/fastened/)
- [tasting](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/tasting/)
- [something-or-others](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/something-or-others/)
- [begin](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/begin/)
- [end](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/end/)
- [curls](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/curls/)
- [gone](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/gone/)
- [frown](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/frown/)
- [down](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/down/)
- [erect](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/erect/)
- [spread](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/spread/)
- [mounted](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/mounted/)
- [cupping](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/cupping/)
- [sweating](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sweating/)
- [slammed](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/slammed/)
- [sinner](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sinner/)
- [soaked](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/soaked/)
- [winner](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/winner/)
- [detail](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/detail/)
- [carnal](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/carnal/)
- [expression](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/expression/)
- [bodies](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/bodies/)
- [aroused](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/aroused/)
- [shiny](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/shiny/)
- [succulent](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/succulent/)
- [expell](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/expell/)
- [secret](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/secret/)
- [confines](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/confines/)
- [penetrating](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/penetrating/)
- [cruel](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/cruel/)
- [friend](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/friend/)
- [lines](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/lines/)
- [loops](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/loops/)
- [symbols](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/symbols/)
- [boundaries](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/boundaries/)
- [creation](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/creation/)
- [excites](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/excites/)
- [between](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/between/)
- [finding](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/finding/)
- [romancing](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/romancing/)
- [fields](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/fields/)
- [foot](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/foot/)
- [beauty](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/beauty/)
- [wildflowers](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/wildflowers/)
- [winds](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/winds/)
- [gallop](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/gallop/)
- [grade](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/grade/)
- [valleys](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/valleys/)
- [peaks](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/peaks/)
- [snow](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/snow/)
- [lakes](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/lakes/)
- [force](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/force/)
- [pull](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/pull/)
- [twist](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/twist/)
- [scratching](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/scratching/)
- [clawing](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/clawing/)
- [biting](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/biting/)
- [sleeping](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sleeping/)
- [dogs](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/dogs/)
- [streets](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/streets/)
- [city](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/city/)
- [burning](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/burning/)
- [rebellion](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/rebellion/)
- [screaming](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/screaming/)
- [fleeting](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/fleeting/)
- [thunder](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/thunder/)
- [soda](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/soda/)
- [hot](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/hot/)
- [tea](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/tea/)
- [gumbo](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/gumbo/)
- [twilight](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/twilight/)
- [spinning](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/spinning/)
- [frequency](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/frequency/)
- [rumble](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/rumble/)
- [daisies](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/daisies/)
- [chaton](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/chaton/)
- [kitten](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/kitten/)
- [squeeze](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/squeeze/)
- [hair](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/hair/)
- [licked](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/licked/)
- [shined](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/shined/)
- [claws](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/claws/)
- [glare](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/glare/)
- [stretch](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/stretch/)
- [inner](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/inner/)
- [inside](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/inside/)
- [remembrance](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/remembrance/)
- [anticipation](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/anticipation/)
- [abominations](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/abominations/)
- [portrayed](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/portrayed/)
- [blazers](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/blazers/)
- [sweat pants](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sweat-pants/)
- [pawn](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/pawn/)
- [played](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/played/)
- [baboon](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/baboon/)
- [promises](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/promises/)
- [squabbling](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/squabbling/)
- [currency](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/currency/)
- [emperor](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/emperor/)
- [gem](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/gem/)
- [gift](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/gift/)
- [cradle](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/cradle/)
- [sea](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sea/)
- [nostalgic](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/nostalgic/)
- [pebble](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/pebble/)
- [rock](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/rock/)
- [when](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/when/)
- [know](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/know/)
- [about](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/about/)
- [focus](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/focus/)
- [append](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/append/)
- [speak](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/speak/)
- [extend](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/extend/)
- [words](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/words/)
- [ways](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/ways/)
- [lovers](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/lovers/)
- [sinners](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sinners/)
- [rage](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/rage/)
- [forward](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/forward/)
- [crawl](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/crawl/)
- [style](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/style/)
- [comely](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/comely/)
- [everything](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/everything/)
- [everywhere](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/everywhere/)
- [fragmented](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/fragmented/)
- [dreams](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/dreams/)
- [dead](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/dead/)
- [fed](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/fed/)
- [tonight](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/tonight/)
- [will](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/will/)
- [better](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/better/)
- [grows](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/grows/)
- [bloom](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/bloom/)
- [exhumed](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/exhumed/)
- [friendship](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/friendship/)
- [doors](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/doors/)
- [boots](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/boots/)
- [queen](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/queen/)
- [wreck](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/wreck/)
- [silk](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/silk/)
- [cruelly](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/cruelly/)
- [battered](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/battered/)
- [servants](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/servants/)
- [respect](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/respect/)
- [vermin](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/vermin/)
- [blown](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/blown/)
- [bitterness](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/bitterness/)
- [fire](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/fire/)
- [cool](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/cool/)
- [throbbing](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/throbbing/)
- [sin](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sin/)
- [sorcerer](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sorcerer/)
- [plight](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/plight/)
- [hammer](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/hammer/)
- [glaze](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/glaze/)
- [counter](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/counter/)
- [saber](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/saber/)
- [digression](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/digression/)
- [lesson](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/lesson/)
- [collapse](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/collapse/)
- [lungs](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/lungs/)
- [hole](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/hole/)
- [clothes](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/clothes/)
- [fitting](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/fitting/)
- [footing](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/footing/)
- [wetters](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/wetters/)
- [crowd](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/crowd/)
- [puddle](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/puddle/)
- [muddle](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/muddle/)
- [perhaps](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/perhaps/)
- [chinchilla](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/chinchilla/)
- [godzilla](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/godzilla/)
- [medusa](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/medusa/)
- [fortune](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/fortune/)
- [burlesque](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/burlesque/)
- [enigmatic](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/enigmatic/)
- [passion](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/passion/)
- [murmur](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/murmur/)
- [alive](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/alive/)
- [fierce](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/fierce/)
- [innocence](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/innocence/)
- [frost](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/frost/)
- [thaw](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/thaw/)
- [solid](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/solid/)
- [project](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/project/)
- [remember](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/remember/)
- [thinking](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/thinking/)
- [ring](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/ring/)
- [eta](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/eta/)
- [completing](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/completing/)
- [algorithm](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/algorithm/)
- [email](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/email/)
- [update](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/update/)
- [deadline](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/deadline/)
- [problem](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/problem/)
- [section](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/section/)
- [changes](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/changes/)
- [found](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/found/)
- [memories](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/memories/)
- [dear](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/dear/)
- [remind](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/remind/)
- [escape](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/escape/)
- [shooting](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/shooting/)
- [determined](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/determined/)
- [passionate](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/passionate/)
- [roll](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/roll/)
- [paper](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/paper/)
- [warmth](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/warmth/)
- [scone](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/scone/)
- [back seat](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/back-seat/)
- [door step](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/door-step/)
- [lips](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/lips/)
- [eager](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/eager/)
- [decadent](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/decadent/)
- [candles](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/candles/)
- [somersaults](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/somersaults/)
- [bubble bath](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/bubble-bath/)
- [squirrels](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/squirrels/)
- [lion](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/lion/)
- [shady grove](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/shady-grove/)
- [king](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/king/)
- [roars](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/roars/)
- [giraffes](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/giraffes/)
- [elephants](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/elephants/)
- [vultures](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/vultures/)
- [zebras](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/zebras/)
- [wildabeests](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/wildabeests/)
- [grassland](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/grassland/)
- [creeping vines](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/creeping-vines/)
- [washout](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/washout/)
- [erodes](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/erodes/)
- [eyebrows](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/eyebrows/)
- [rainbows](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/rainbows/)
- [napkins](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/napkins/)
- [cocktails](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/cocktails/)
- [scabs](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/scabs/)
- [urban](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/urban/)
- [styling](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/styling/)
- [smiling](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/smiling/)
- [gelatin](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/gelatin/)
- [drinks](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/drinks/)
- [meat locker](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/meat-locker/)
- [sequins](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/sequins/)
- [glitter](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/glitter/)
- [dressup](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/dressup/)
- [party](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/party/)
- [goblins](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/goblins/)
- [owls](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/owls/)
- [stressing](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/stressing/)
- [scroll](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/scroll/)
- [over](https://poems.nedtobin.com/tag/over/)