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relax...

Posted on Oct 21st, 2008 by Mila : the unquiet one Mila

I am reminded to relax by a soft, sleepy voice curling around kittens, and sweet dreams,  and goodnight. and smiling, surrender to my uncertainty, and possibility as a dream, with eyes open, and I rest.... More »

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And it was at that age...

Posted on Aug 20th, 2008 by Mila : the unquiet one Mila

... Poetry arrived in search of me. I don't know, I don't know where it came from, from winter or a river. I don't know how or when, no, they were not voices, they were... More »

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unfinished

Posted on Jul 29th, 2008 by Mila : the unquiet one Mila

I wrote the first faint line, faint, without substance, pure nonsense,/pure wisdom of someone who knows nothing - pablo neruda,  Poetry Arrived never before have I written words for one woman, preferring instead to say... More »

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i fear

Posted on Jul 28th, 2008 by Mila : the unquiet one Mila

i fear the allure of the way i once was, a master of carving the sounds  of words, the words themselves, into captivating  performances, sliced deeply from the flesh of self-analysis,  fascinating and dark. I... More »

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the first few words (orsa)

Posted on Feb 7th, 2008 by Mila : the unquiet one Mila

i want, like the wind - to see myself running through these words of yours; playful in your phrases, or a storm, or twist of  light warming freckled skin. So i invent myself  in the... More »

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discount fare

Posted on Aug 20th, 2007 by Mila : the unquiet one Mila

words drowned by the rumble of these passing trains caught in the currents pressed through this still, stale air. still, I try to say it again, but the cement crumbles beneath. Another train quickly behind,... More »

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before i sleep

Posted on Aug 16th, 2007 by Mila : the unquiet one Mila

I cannot close my eyes   until you have closed yours, and the safety of rest envelopes you   in its arms. I want nothing from you, sometimes   I want everything from you. But I won't wake... More »

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for a friend

Posted on Jul 23rd, 2007 by Mila : the unquiet one Mila

These words are not my own; I borrowed them from poets I love . As one who has sailed across an unknown sea, among this rooted folk I am alone; the full days on their... More »

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my silence (3 poems)

Posted on Jul 22nd, 2007 by Mila : the unquiet one Mila

my silence is as much the currency of my thoughts as my words or -- my actions but I am not opaque to you, who see clearly through the smudges left by my fingers after... More »

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i want to share

Posted on Jul 14th, 2007 by Mila : the unquiet one Mila

i want to share these moments with you - a grainy frame of a movie watched together, reaching over to touch your hand, or the dream of your hand in the darkness. the salt spicing... More »

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