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y when i found some time today i clicked onto the latest posting of her blog only to find out it was from her family notifying her readers that our precious friend had passed away not sure how i m going to handle that yet but i know that viv is okay she s at peace painlessly walking new paths and examining new species of flowers it s to her family and her many friends i address my prayers would that we could all have a life as joyous and meaningful as hers not only was she blessed she blessed everyone with whom she came in contact mike patrick posted in uncategorized 3 comments bah humbug posted on december 10 2013 by mike patrick it is difficult to break off the rust after not writing for a while i am finding it odd the direction my mind turned after being force fed a constant diet of christmas music movies and advertisement since the middle of november the weekly wordle came up with the following words to use in a poem prison cloak become lens goods cash pursuit skirt wild venus and beloved bah humbug by mike patrick you come to me in your prison cloak wild and disheveled daring to knock on my door your eye an ugly lens of longing measures my wife my venus my love my life like shopworn goods on a merchant s table nothing awaits you here no cash no love will you find but know if in your pursuit if you dare touch the hem of my beloved s skirt i will become the same as you and wear your prison cloak posted in free verse poetry tagged a wording whirl of sundays free verse poetry 1 comment clouds posted on november 21 2013 by mike patrick perhaps it is time for me to tiptoe back into the poetry stream i left the poets quill to return to work and my work is done i return as a more deeply spiritual person tempered by tragedy during difficult times i have always looked to the heavens where clouds inevitable showed me the majesty of god the darker my problems were the brighter the clouds that greeted me odd but that has been a constant throughout my life clouds by mike patrick i m a cloud person always have been i love them so ephemeral yet eternal clouds march they drift they threaten on good days or one s worst days they explode in color at dawn and dusk beauty only god creates there is no need to search for silver linings none are needed not by me enough beauty resides within the shifting shapes within light and shadow s changing face enough to capture even my feeble artist s eye step outside and look up i would share the proof of god with you posted in free verse poetry tagged free verse poetry religion 7 comments one love posted on may 19 2012 by mike patrick i must apologize to my regular readers since i ve gone back to work all my time is filled and any time i have for writing goes to writing bid proposals however i sill subscribe to a lot of you and i read your posts daily when i received the early release of brenda s wordle for this week http sundaywhirl wordpress com the words hips marrow crocuses stillness massive secret flower grief window perhaps hand clatter colors took off running and i couldn t stop them please pardon the rough draft appearance i m working today too and will not have the time to clean it up wonderful words brenda one love by mike patrick slowly she crossed to the window sliding her hand along the counter using it as a cane those damned hips don t let her move like she used to and the weariness steeped in to the very marrow of her bones didn t help still she crossed to the window as she does every morning outside the crocuses were still in bloom nestled in the flowerbed he made for her their purple colors reflected pearls of dew she stood unmoving in the stillness of the dawn gazing across the massive lawn at the stone standing under their elm tree she still longed for the clatter that woke her as he made the morning coffee fifteen years he s been gone and she had never been able to keep her grief a secret her friends had tried to get her to move on find someone new perhaps she should have but one love is enough for anyone at least that is the way she saw it posted in uncategorized 22 comments maria s dilemma posted on december 5 2011 by mike patrick i m cheating on this second post for the sunday whirl s wordle 33 http sundaywhirl wordpress com 2011 12 04 wordle 33 with the words amorous subtle inkling laden genuflect vanilla mission bark crusted precipice december and trivet i thought they were the most difficult words yet and the use of the wordle words felt contrived in my first attempt i m cheating now because i have read all the other submissions and each added another spark to something boiling in the back of my demented mind finally i couldn t stand it anymore flickr image by johnengler maria s dilemma by mike patrick it was friday as she walked the mile to the mission church just as she had done every friday for thirty eight years reverently she genuflected and crossed herself before the statue of jesus hanging on the cross she wept her tears flowed every december as she thought of his upcoming birthday but this december was different her tears were different as she lit one of the aromatic vanilla candles she d brought from home she wondered if jesus could forgive her of her sinful thoughts for thirty eight years no man paid attention to her now señor pérez had been making subtle amorous advances and señor pérez was the most handsome man in the village she had an inkling what he wanted was not her hand in marriage it made her feel strange she longed to be a woman but her heart was laden with guilt she felt herself standing upon the crusted edge of hell s precipice she could almost hear the bark of the demons below and feel the fire beneath the trivet reserved for her filthy soul even with the fear of the eternal damnation she was getting no younger in prayer she considered the price of a night s love with señor pérez the cost of becoming a woman posted in a wording whirl of sundays free verse life love poetry religion un rhyming tagged a wording whirl of sundays free verse life love poetry religion un rhyming 9 comments ah december posted on december 4 2011 by mike patrick the sunday whirl for wordle 33 subjected us with the most difficult words ever they are amorous subtle inkling laden genuflect vanilla mission bark crusted precipice december and trivet i tried to take them in any direction other than baking but i m not sure it s possible ah december by mike patrick flickr image by tin g ah december you arrive so subtly giving no inkling of the precipice ahead it s taken a few years but i know you now oh yeah i know my amorous missions are doomed to frustration as my wife genuflects before the gods of kitchen for your duration december her only thought is of the smell of vanilla chocolate bark melting in pots and trivets buried under golden crusted pies i never cross her mind she won t stop until every flat surface is laden with pies fudge cranberry pumpkin bread white chocolate covered pretzels cookies and things i can t even name be glad you contain christmas december if not for that one redeeming grace i would choose to erase your cold hand from my life posted in a wording whirl of sundays cooking free verse poetry un rhyming tagged a wording whirl of sundays cooking free verse poetry un rhyming 16 comments when we talk posted on december 3 2011 by mike patrick the music for each of the nocturnes can be found at http www tropicalglen com jukebox genre classical channelclassical html nocturne 4 written to gounod ave maria meditation on prelude no 1 of bach when we talk by mike patrick when we talk at night our voices change as do our words all i want to talk about is you i want to tell you about love but you already know you know everything about me you know my eyes seek yours you know my lips o you know my lips as only i know yours you felt the softest touch my hand can make as i pushed the hair from your face to see your smile so easily you stopped its flight and lightly kissed each finger you have heard the beat of my heart as your head rested on my chest you have to know it beats for you but i wonder if you know i could hold you like this forever your smile your eyes and the catch in your breath tell me everything sometimes it s best when we talk at night and say nothing at all posted in free verse love music night nocturne poetry un rhyming unprompted tagged free verse love music night nocturne poetry un rhyming unprompted 3 comments the dance posted on december 2 2011 by mike patrick the music for each of the nocturnes can be found at http www tropicalglen com jukebox genre classical channelclassical html nocturne 3 the dance written to the music of faure pavane by mike patrick flickr image by cosmic ocean somehow he is more than a snowman his tiny stick arms seem to move directing an unseen orchestra the falling snow filtering from the midnight clouds gently swirls to his direction bobbing and spinning amidst the fireplace smoke in a slow dance once on the ground the flakes writhe and contort leaping and falling in unison in a sensuous slow motion ballet the moon peeking through the clouds lights his walnut eyes and reveals the meadow painting shadows and highlights amongst the glittered white an invisible mouth smiles around a corncob pipe in satisfaction as the wind dies the dancing snow collapses in exhausted joy before him the maestro s wooden arms conduct the final notes as clouds skitter across the moon and all falls still only the night applauds posted in free verse nature night nocturne poetry un rhyming unprompted weather tagged free verse nature night nocturne poetry un rhyming unprompted weather 1 comment evening s silence posted on december 1 2011 by mike patrick nocturne 2 evening s silence written to chopin nocturne in b flat minor op 9 no 1 by mike patrick flickr image by davedehetre in evening s silence we tiptoe from the house and leave mankind s lights behind in the upper field we sit on a wooden fence side by side with your arm around me and your head on my shoulder we search the constellations until you find the perfect wishing star you always pick a tiny star no one else would ever notice one you think has been neglected and looks lonely your wish is always the same to always be with me i wish upon the brightest star the strongest the healthiest star i can find and wish for nothing more than an eternity of nights like this here with you counting stars posted in free verse love nature night nocturne poetry un rhyming unprompted tagged free verse love nature night nocturne poetry un rhyming unprompted 7 comments night music posted on december 1 2011 by mike patrick poetry and music are interchangeable to me i feel both on an emotional level which emotion and the depth of that emotion is controlled by the notes words and their tempo a short time ago margo roby asked us to write a poem to music ever since then i ve been doing all my writing with classical music in the background recently a friend wrote an acrostic to the word evening to me evening music means nocturnes nocturnes paint night scenes suggesting a tranquil dreamy mood many classic music pieces other than nocturnes also suggest the night to me but then i m mostly nocturnal i ve made up my mind to make series of nocturne poems inspired by chopin s nocturnes and any other appropriate music i find nocturne 1 night music written to ravel pour une infante defunte by mike patrick flickr image by boston_camera the night isn t silent you know the wolf the owl and the whippoorwill each add their music to the darkness it s sad music but not lonely it calls to something inside something hidden from the light but it s there in all of us the lungs expand the eyes dilate the heart races facing the breeze aromas explode the foliage whispers and rustles telling stories of strength and failure and we live we live as never before at one with our world and the night the owl s question is answered as we join brother wolf in his hunt and live to the music 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