tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-274065622024-02-21T04:58:50.379+13:00Puerhan~ Sight ~ Sound ~ Smell ~ Taste ~ Touch ~ Thought ~
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of this lifePuerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.comBlogger440125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-80018911077566732932024-01-02T14:34:00.005+13:002024-01-02T14:34:55.119+13:00Nearly back<span style="font-family: arial;">I want to take a photo of the clouds</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">But the train moves too fast</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Slices into the ground</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Emerges</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Disappears into trees</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Green blurs on both sides</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A squeaky rattle from the luggage rack</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Vibrations from the steel tracks below</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Nearly back to Hereford</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The sun triumphantly bursts through the clouds </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">[14 May 2012]</span></div>Puerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-76813844817957650172024-01-02T14:26:00.005+13:002024-01-02T14:26:43.910+13:00Held<span style="font-family: arial;">I am grateful</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">To those that held me</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">With your words</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">With your silences</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">With your arms</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s been a tough year</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">On top of several</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">[24 December 2023]</span></div>Puerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-24173704505908513442023-12-27T18:50:00.005+13:002023-12-27T18:51:32.784+13:00On bake<span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizh51z1vUIkM-tCr_fQeX5wjSrH6dt0LwyKLFmVf6L2uV7nY0iBf-8BKS4QmjL0yAn9yIgI_Eo4pwFfioRbjh370SyQL7KY1yEldmFgoRt7AIgBXelwf5khk3DvqcsPqiq3dhgxP-QbbMv9CKbWaUs2E5Wc5yWzQkkeHeXs6Rdx2Y6R5gkxNyFBA/s4032/IMG_1558.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizh51z1vUIkM-tCr_fQeX5wjSrH6dt0LwyKLFmVf6L2uV7nY0iBf-8BKS4QmjL0yAn9yIgI_Eo4pwFfioRbjh370SyQL7KY1yEldmFgoRt7AIgBXelwf5khk3DvqcsPqiq3dhgxP-QbbMv9CKbWaUs2E5Wc5yWzQkkeHeXs6Rdx2Y6R5gkxNyFBA/s320/IMG_1558.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Perfect fucking pizza</div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The dough was bubbly, moist</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The heat of the oven, just right</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(On bake, not grill like another time it didn’t go so well)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">It left the pan smoothly, nothing sticking</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">(Unlike the time of the grill)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The toppings juicy, spicy, a bit of crunch</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Melted cheese and chewy crust</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Ahhh</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">[27 December 2023]</span></div>Puerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-31736497950507750732023-12-24T11:10:00.002+13:002023-12-24T11:11:24.553+13:00Hot breath<span style="font-family: arial;">Our lips brush</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Soft flesh</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Hot breath</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A hurried whisper</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">In your ear</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">An escape window</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I might bring to you</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A moment joy</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A period of pain</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Complications</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">And confusion</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">There’s no happy ever after</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Just a moment in our lives
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">[01 September 2019]</span></div>Puerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-66519881625601750572023-12-24T11:04:00.001+13:002023-12-24T11:04:09.268+13:00A quiet silence<span style="font-family: arial;">The computer off</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A quiet silence</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Of little boys not here</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Gone</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Some Lego</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Fragments on the floor</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The clock in the kitchen</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Ticks on</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">[13 January 2022]</span></div>Puerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-52949018720015221772023-12-24T11:00:00.004+13:002023-12-24T11:00:59.422+13:00No traces<span style="font-family: arial;">Last night</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">You were there</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">With me, in my dream</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Your eyes, and your smile</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Your tumble of hair</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">We sat together</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">We talked, and we walked</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">So easy, so real</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">This morning</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">You felt close</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">As I woke, from my dream</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">But no traces of you</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Not here, not at all</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The feeling remained</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">As if we’d just been together</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">And the dream had been real </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">[15 January 2023]</span></div>Puerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-89999439854090788942023-12-24T10:55:00.004+13:002023-12-24T10:55:31.473+13:00Returning to my kitchen<span style="font-family: arial;">On Sunday</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I started to read your “Some stories”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">But stopped</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I didn’t want to just read it</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I wanted to savour it, immerse myself in the world created by your words</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Later I listened to you reading it</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">But stopped, again</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">On Monday</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I put it on while I was cooking and listened</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Not so immersed as I’d intended, but by then it seemed quite intellectual, thoughtful</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I followed along</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">At a distance</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Until</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>“There was a moment…”</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Suddenly</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I’m wrenched from my distance</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Thrown directly into it</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">My hands and face on the gravel, rough and scratchy</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">My throat hoarse with rage and grief</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">But also departed, aloft, free</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The world spread out below me, no longer binding me</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">But also sitting in the burgundy car, watching the landscape roll by</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Stunned and confused by the raw outpouring</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Returning to my kitchen</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm shattered</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Fragmented and yet not</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Somehow all one, all at once</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">[23 February 2023]</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Link to "<a href="https://www.nadineannehura.com/some-stories-win-awards-some-stories-65304257561d9b001baa6061/" target="_blank">Some stories...</a>".</span></div>Puerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-75421931221388110792023-01-10T21:51:00.000+13:002023-01-10T21:51:51.295+13:00Cycling<br /><div><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s like fucking zen meditation</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Get on the seat</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Feel</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">All the pain</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">In all the parts of my body</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Complaining</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Adjust to get comfortable</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">It still hurts</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Settle back on the seat</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Feel</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Where it <i>still</i> hurts</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Keep going, breathe</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Keep going, breathe</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Stand with shaky legs</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Breathe</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">[08 November 2022]</span></span></div>Puerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-18192642895682807982022-10-01T19:27:00.001+13:002022-10-01T19:27:41.441+13:00Slamming<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">occasionally I glimpse <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">someone I feel that I knew<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">between the moments of anger<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">and the door slamming shut</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">occasionally I glimpse<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">someone I think that I was<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">between moments of confusion<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">and the slamming of my heart</span></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">[10 August 2017]</span></p>Puerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-5795393478444926202022-10-01T19:10:00.000+13:002022-10-01T19:10:01.195+13:00So near<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Once 40 seemed so far away<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Now 50 seems so near<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Every individual breath<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">A tiptoe on the way to death</span></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">[03 June 2020]</span></p>Puerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-35183621342831344492022-10-01T19:05:00.006+13:002022-10-01T19:05:43.770+13:00Goodnight<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I’ll message you now<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">To wish you restful sleep<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">I hope you’re not woken<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">By the mobile phone’s </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>beep</i></span></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">[01 July 2020]</span></p>Puerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-37171091003032125492022-10-01T19:00:00.008+13:002022-10-01T19:27:55.534+13:00Another day<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Open the gates of hell<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">And set all the demons free<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Shine a light back through<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">See what’s left inside<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Another day still alive</span></div>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">[06 August 2021]</span></p>Puerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-61724526545775672202022-10-01T18:57:00.006+13:002022-10-01T19:28:16.224+13:00The mind won’t surrender<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Filling it with information<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Filling it with images<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Filling it with sensations<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Filling it with sounds</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">It creeps back in<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Through the smallest gap</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wanting attention<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Wanting the confusion to go<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Wanting peace</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Offering nothing in return<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">More suffering<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Thoughts that persist</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And want to take over</span></div>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">[08 January 2022]</span></p>Puerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-65073600612725132692022-10-01T18:49:00.006+13:002022-10-12T21:34:34.535+13:00Exhaling<p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9SjWW2k_CDzuqUL-xEKffWMMc3TpGnIGmRHmmaTKc7U3c_4Z1V4OH21sq8bfeelFxNhm9V2mup8PrcXXrwC_DaTgg6ZABr14ndqbftG4EKMX-v9MmCvFZpgXVGEYevL7ci7K40pTHjhYWFB3uOAf134IutepIz50IXfyuZZjAZkyaXcHu_M/s4032/IMG_5271.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9SjWW2k_CDzuqUL-xEKffWMMc3TpGnIGmRHmmaTKc7U3c_4Z1V4OH21sq8bfeelFxNhm9V2mup8PrcXXrwC_DaTgg6ZABr14ndqbftG4EKMX-v9MmCvFZpgXVGEYevL7ci7K40pTHjhYWFB3uOAf134IutepIz50IXfyuZZjAZkyaXcHu_M/s320/IMG_5271.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Who is Nadine?</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Such a presence on the stage</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Both delicate and strong</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wild hair</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A flow of anguish and beauty, braided words and images</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And silence</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">She sends me on a journey</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Tracking down her writing, across the web</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Her words, a sense that she is exhaling when writing</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Maybe holding her breath when not</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Carrying so much, so many stories</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I feel like I know something of her, from the depth of her words</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Or somehow, through the reach of her words</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Actually, she knows parts of me</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">How could that be?</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">[30 June 2022]</span></p>Puerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-2370994081217964212022-01-27T01:42:00.005+13:002022-01-27T01:50:45.691+13:00The shape of you<p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">If I laid my hands on you<span class="s1"></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">They’d trace your contours</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> and your curves</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Where your body is soft</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> and where it is firm</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The texture of your skin</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> and your hair</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Embedding your shape</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> and your fullness</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In my fingertips</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> and in my palms</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Even though we’ve never touched</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> Yet</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: xx-small;">[27 January 2022]</span></span></p>Puerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-51368191685910461752021-01-03T23:21:00.005+13:002021-01-03T23:22:28.428+13:00No thrill <span style="font-family: arial;">No walk in the waves</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">No cool night air</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">No thrill of anticipation</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Of a new message there</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">My legs itchy and swollen</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">I’m hot and I’m tired</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">My head gently falls</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Then awakes again wired</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Sitting in the night </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Wind whispering near </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Waves rumbling in </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Breathing nighttime air</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">[20 January 20]</span></div>Puerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-19033579100772801542021-01-03T22:56:00.004+13:002021-01-03T23:22:36.334+13:00No gap<div><span style="font-family: arial;">luckily</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">we were below the ridge</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">lightning</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">flashed thunder cracked</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">no gap from light to sound</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">we jumped grabbed each other</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">cursed and laughed</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">suddenly alive</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">glad to be together</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">fragrance of gunpowder</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">[08 October 2017]</span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1EyD8dGvNgcMS2n8le-GasDeFqPbwtgPE3dB6WOJu1VNe9M7GoKy16lZyyIVsioCcuvMpdX4J9I0H2s-8z2EzJbaXK6MuSlxEuConf2p4ZXrEt7vRP2FQ-5V7y-uAjtAi-UkinQ/s2048/IMG_6903.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1EyD8dGvNgcMS2n8le-GasDeFqPbwtgPE3dB6WOJu1VNe9M7GoKy16lZyyIVsioCcuvMpdX4J9I0H2s-8z2EzJbaXK6MuSlxEuConf2p4ZXrEt7vRP2FQ-5V7y-uAjtAi-UkinQ/s320/IMG_6903.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /></span>Puerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-49275863729122581162021-01-03T22:50:00.002+13:002021-01-03T22:50:14.258+13:00A Giant Train<span style="font-family: arial;">racing out of the bar</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">together</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">to watch a giant train</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">rumbling and tooting</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">through Fort Collins</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">in the dark</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">on and on</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">watching in wonder</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">[08 October 2017]</span></div>Puerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-69425688772634187222021-01-03T22:47:00.003+13:002021-01-03T23:22:18.451+13:00Cloud watching<span style="font-family: arial;">sitting in moonlight</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">cloud watching</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">side by side</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">in the cold, I</span><span style="font-family: arial;">’ve finished my tea</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">your cup no longer warms your hands</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">[08 October 2017]</span></div>Puerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-77128803000850770562021-01-03T22:42:00.005+13:002021-01-03T22:42:39.753+13:00For whom you do eat<span style="font-family: arial;">It is not I<br /></span><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Who will judge you</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Nor any god-daddy in the sky</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">For whom you do eat</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">It is rather</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">That a sentient being</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Has its life unwillingly taken</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">For you to eat flesh</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">[30 December 20]</span></div></div>Puerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-75836378295625999172020-08-30T00:39:00.004+12:002021-01-03T23:22:59.451+13:00Not counting<div><span style="font-family: arial;">C<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">ounting<br /></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Every breath<br /></span><span class="s1">The body at rest<br /></span><span class="s1">The mind thinking thoughts</span><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another breath enters</span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1">Then leaves again</span><br /><span class="s1">Without effort</span><br /><span class="s1">Not counting</span></span></div><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span class="s1"></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20.3px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">[29 August 2020]</span></p>Puerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-57673842663264050162020-01-20T00:20:00.001+13:002021-01-03T23:22:02.274+13:00I should be too<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I sit with the night</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There’s nobody here</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Imagine you writing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the fresh morning air</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I sit with the sound</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of the waves washing sand</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Imagine the flow</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of the pen in your hand</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I sit with the warmth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My body at rest</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Imagine the sparkle</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you smile and jest</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I sit with these feelings</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thinking of you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You surely are sleeping</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I should be too</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Goodnight</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">[19 January 2020]</span>Puerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-39667357880423389622020-01-11T00:19:00.000+13:002020-01-11T00:25:06.008+13:00Sit steady<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sit steady</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Struggle to climb</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Up this mountain</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Inside</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Busy mind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Carries a lot</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I can’t put it down</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Can’t step outside</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The weight of this body</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The weight of this mind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Let it subside</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sit steady</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">[10 January 2020]</span><br />
<br />Puerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-60517278639989138312019-12-24T00:40:00.003+13:002021-01-03T22:47:27.881+13:00Keep us both safe<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your hands are soft</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your hands are cool</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I feel my warmth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Moving over</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your eyes are dark</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your eyes are shining</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I feel my longing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Moving over</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your pain is real</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Your pain is present</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I feel my heart</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Moving over</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But my pain is there</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Buried down below</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I fear it erupting</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Moving over</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My heart must withdraw</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To keep us both safe</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I must stop</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Moving over</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">[07 July 2019]</span></span>Puerhanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08694501881853398233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27406562.post-90927115628129826722019-09-17T00:43:00.002+12:002019-09-17T00:43:40.565+12:00Taken its place<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7 days was once</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Far too long apart</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the two of us</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But love has gone</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cruelty taken its place</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7 days is now</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fighting hard to get</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the two of them </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">[16 September 2019]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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