CliveReed

So true💙♥️

Blind Accord

We chart the course with cold eye,
And swear the map has no lie,
From steps of those who rule high.

The nation's tale gains its might,
When we overlook each blight,
That stains the record we write.

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Up through the soil
a million meatless bones
looking for a home
Foot and hammer
I push the down
Down beneath the ground
#vss365 #bones #poetry

Not just broken bones
but the ligatures
they've come undone
How long will they hold
Or will the structure fold
Now the nexus has been sold
for gold
#vss365 #bones #poetry

through the icy arms
another frigid sunset
naked bones undressed
#vss365 #bones #haiku

#vss365 #poetry

Sometimes the world’s
Just a spinning cube
The moon a yucky #pale yellow
With the stars barely holding
The sky up

But still I wake up
To march on
Thinking about the sunshine
While my soul slithers away
Withering invisible with time

Draining out
and draining in
that disappearing sage
marks of age
made greater
by the paleness
in your face
the pulse of a
withered finger
just a beep
from far away
and gathered round
they pray
and silently I pray
#vss365 #pale #poetry

unable to grow
the lust on your fingers
their blood is still cold
#vss365 #blood

There in the finality
I see empty ships
with bones sailing
on rivers of blood
and they drop to their knees
and drink with bare hands
at the edge no cup
and the blood drips through
and they thirst still
there is never enough
#vss365 #blood #poetry

Thank you💙♥️🙏

open wounds
in the back of the room
triaged
#vss365 #wound #poetry

Alone
in waves of cold wind
the door of grief cracks open
no resolve to close it again
too wounded to take a hand
isolated and fettered by the pain
I remain
wrapped up and swaddling
#vss365 #wound #poetry

In that last few minutes
When the lambent skies fade
Through the cold of my breath
I catch a flickering
There on her chest
As she puts on her dress
A large diamond on onyx
In the middle of a million
Gently set
#vss365 #lambent #poetry

Some say death isn't death
Feel a breath on their neck
Cold dread and distress

From the phantoms of memory
The fear of mortality
They create the calamity

In the ashes and bone
They are left so alone
They bring the ghosts home
#vss365 #ghost #poetry

a black and white photo of a dandelion growing in the grass . ALT: a black and white photo of a dandelion growing in the grass .

on a breath of wind
torn from the stem
the pappus rises

both happiness
and pain within
as it churns and spins

sailing and surveying
a foreign vale
no root or anchor there

so unknowing then
swirling through
that unfamiliar air
#vss365 #pain #poetry

pain from the soil
three layers deep
branches grow crooked
and brittle and weak
that affliction
where nothing will stay
even the birds fly away
#vss365 #pain #poetry

A fun-packed dog sledding adventure, with plenty of magic!

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The sequel to Housie Mousie and The Big Cheese!

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Lovely!!

grief comes
in waves
like the salt
in the sea

and the dawn chorus
outside my window
calling your name

I miss you

#StandUptoBullies with this kids'winter wonderland woodland adventure.

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The image presents a wide, layered mountain landscape under clear daylight. In the foreground, dense vegetation fills the scene with a mix of textures and shades of green. Tall coniferous trees—likely firs or pines—rise vertically, their dark green needles contrasting with lighter, leafy shrubs and smaller trees below. The vegetation appears thick and healthy, suggesting late spring or early summer, when new growth is at its brightest. Beyond the foreground, the land opens slightly into a gently sloping valley or meadow, still heavily interspersed with trees. The forest continues uninterrupted across rolling terrain, creating a continuous blanket of green that stretches toward the hills. Subtle variations in color indicate differences in tree species and sunlight exposure. In the background, forested hills rise gradually into a larger mountain ridge. The slopes are uniformly covered with trees, growing darker and more compressed with distance. Near the top of the highest ridge, a small patch of lingering snow is visible, clinging to a shaded area just below the summit. This hint of snow contrasts with the otherwise lush greenery and suggests higher elevation and cooler temperatures. Above the mountains, the sky is a clear, vivid blue with no visible clouds. The lighting is even and bright, with no harsh shadows, indicating stable weather and strong visibility. Overall, the scene conveys depth, calm, and continuity, with forested land flowing seamlessly from the foreground into distant mountains under an open sky.

Happy #BlueskyMonday and #MounainMonday a June view of DeerLodge #NationalForest

#Hiking into this valley- #flyfishing the river below ❤️

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“To see clearly, one must first be willing to stand quietly.”-John Muir

Beautiful!!

ice fog
no horn blows
it's too cold
#poetry

-
the Holly King
once told me,
beware the free folk
they’re in service
to the oak.

a snowflake melted
upon my cheek
slow as a tear at solstice

he glowered deep,
there is no soul
only meat
and blood
and bone

salvation is in
what you take and
what you try to keep.
-

#poetry #vss365

in the valley of souls
three twirls across the gorge
your soul dances
#vss365 #soul #haiku

he couldn't be found
when he looked himself
in the eye
#FromOneLine #poetry #poetrycommunity

We are two
body and soul
years to go
years to go
It seems for the moment
we have buried our souls
and they have grown cold
under the snow
yet on we go
half blind
yet on we go
#vss365 #soul #poetry

Tilley enjoying -22 #Tilley #photography #borderaussie #dogs #pets

The #vss365 #prompt for Feb 1 is #shadow

"my selves go with you,only i remain;
a shadow phantom effigy or seeming
(an almost someone always who’s noone)
a noone who,till their and your returning,
spends the forever of his loneliness
dreaming their eyes have opened to your morning"

e.e. cummings
#1