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Winter Goddess

A soft sigh escapes her

as the last leaf falls

into the darkness of Winter;

now

only the cold remains.

©ACG

01 November 2012

The Last Sunny Day

As the sun sets slowly

above the water's edge,

I see the Fall fade away

with a sigh of gemstone leaves;

I feel the icy fingers of Winter

creep over me

as the night air chills

and the dark night falls.

©ACG

18 October 2012

Written In The Stars

Long before our Lives entwined,

we were Written In The Stars;

the Threads of Fate woven through

as Kismet so conspires.

Destiny played her hand

with the Moon upon the Sea,

and Equinox and Solstice met

in the forms of thee and me;

whilst Moonbeams forged our Hearts,

two Souls became as one;

mere Death cannot our Love eclipse,

a Fire brighter than the Sun.

Brightly burns our Ring of Fire,

fueled with Love’s caress,

swirls of Stars embrace us

in Eternal Tenderness.

©ACG

04 September 2012

~ for Cris

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Stars aligned for you

mysterious Blue Moon shining

a fierce Lion roars

© ACG

08 August 2012

~ for Aly

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On Watch

Non sibi sed patriae.

always on watch;

not self but country.

© ACG

30 June 2012

rose photos

trees photos

tree photos

indiana photos

indiana prints

indiana paintings

Wandering

Wandering the aisles,

fingers itching,

reaching spastically,

for this oh that,

gasping in

oohs and ahs,

desiring

supplies,

even the ones

I know not how to use;

so expensive.

at home,

I kneel

to paint,

cramped legs

longing to stretch,

my visions

so clearly defined,

my work

a reflection

of something else entirely;

so mercurial.

© ACG

08 May 2012

hydrangeas paintings

bayou paintings

cemetery photos

st. louis cemetery photos

acrylic paintings

awareness mixed media

garden prints

photograph photos

statue photos

flowers art

roses art

french quarter photos

landscape greeting cards

roses greeting cards

roses paintings

flowers greeting cards

garden paintings

landscape paintings

landscape canvas prints

flowers canvas prints

flowers paintings

mixed media paintings

new orleans photos

Lost Days

I gaze backwards,

longing to recapture

something of the past,

sadly aware that the view

has lost certainty,

a crispness gone,

from a thousand yesterdays.

Lost days linger,

suspended over me

in my medicated haze,

a thickened humidity in my brain,

a gloom of memory drapes

like the Spanish Moss

in southern swamps

hangs heavily swaying

descending yet never

falling to the ground beneath.

© ACG

23 March 2012

Panther Island

Forever the Swamp stretches on,

its sultry air presses down

upon me,

yet I stay

~ my Island in the Bayou ~

a living monument,

my refuge,

for my Sanctuary lives here;

quiet as a shadow, he comes,

my panther, my Savior,

he glides in silence,

with liquid eyes that mesmerize,

muscles moving beneath his skin

like a magnet irresistible,

a guttural purr comforts me

as I nestle in,

safe at last;

And yet, suddenly a storm rages,

the Beast is free,

a violent eruption of cruelty

with petty excuse

of words misunderstood

or forgotten

~ it matters not ~

I cannot

move or speak,

paralyzed as he becomes not my Savior,

not my Sanctuary,

just a haunting echo

of my Nightmare past;

Until I remember

~ this time, too ~

I can leave.

©ACG

09 March 2012



The Last Druid Dance

Through morning mist they shall move

easily, dancing up the tortured paths

to kindle their waiting holy fires,

each his own Master,

leading the people in eternal dance,

awaiting this New Dawn.

Alone, Patrick climbs;

with no followers he trudges

up the highest peak,

the lonely place of his destiny,

the Holy Mountain beckons;

the Night sighs gently as he bends,

lighting his fire first.

Patrick's Holy Fire rises;

the long dance of the Druids

abruptly ends.

© ACG

29 February 2012

Be My Valentine

Be My Valentine,

forever and a day;

for my heart

belongs to you

forever and a day.

© ACG

01 February 2012

New Year

In quiet moments

I find all these words

unclear,

as my Interpretations vary

and Dreams leave me confused;

Resolving to drive

with Fury Unleashed

through the middle,

with no extremes

with no dangers;

A flash of Lightning

illuminates The Tower;

briefly I see it,

 the glory of destruction,

crushed and broken,

transformed,

only in my mind.

©ACG

01 January 2012

The Long Hard Fall

With a gentle aire,

it comes,

seemingly sweet,

the breath of Fall;

deadly harsh,

a silent shove

over the precipice

of Spring.

Amidst a gale of falling leaves,

a tinge of Bitterness,

gray clouds wandering

swiftly across the Sky,

brightness dims

with each skirting swirl;

Winter is coming.

Darkness has descended,

I fall into the Void,

slowly at first,

then with the speed of Inevitability

forcing and pulling,

with nothing left

in my grasping hands,

simply

 

falling

 

slowly

 

down.

Or perhaps the Fall
is a Journey
through,
an unexpected Path
provided by
the Abyss:
downward
beyond the Darkness
to some perfect resting place
Unknown.

©ACG

23 December 2011

In December

With red and green

and sparkling white,

Christmas comes around,

through Winter's chill

and darkest night,

a melody of sound;

bells a-ringing,

choirs singing,

yonder falls a star;

merrily meet

and happily greet,

loved ones from afar.

© ACG

01 December 2011

Today

 

Today I heard

a mournful bird

sing a song

so sad and sweet

of love and loss

and loneliness;

a broken heart’s beat.

Out rang she

a melody

as Dawn so

boldly rose

with chill of air

and frosts beware;

a melancholy pose.

Today I heard

a mournful bird

as Summer’s sunlight faded

to shine no more,

with Winter’s song

she sings along;

bravest Troubadour.

© ACG

20 November 2011

November Sun

November sun brightly shines,

echoing past warmth;

one yellow rose blooms.

© ACG

15 November 2011

Sweep Past

Sweep past, Delights of Autumn,

as the Witch's Broom doth pass

over Air and Earth

and through Fire intense,

sweeping asunder

with a laugh Merry and Evil

all you ever held dear.

© ACG

29 October 2011

First Frost

October falls with sudden force,

a swiftly swirling blast of dancing leaves,

taking every memory of Summer away

the last roses desperately blooming,

thick folds of velvets come out,

the first frost burns

with clear and cool fever,

a bite of Winter coming;

unavoidable.

© ACG

01 October 2011

Autumn Comes

Autumn comes in slowly

with the breath of love,

sweetness kindles

gentle passions, lingering

like a lover's first soft kiss;

tentative.

© ACG

30 August 2011

Coming Home

Within these walls of stillness,

sliding in and out of sleep,

through darkened rooms

of ancient nightmares,

my dreams carry me;

a gentle pressure deepens,

a mauve reverie,

with care enfolding me

in a slow caress,

softly calling my name.

Coming home.

Just a heartbeat away,

like a sigh of relief,

sinking into my own,

my paradise of you.

© ACG

05 August 2011

There and Here

Sighing softly there,

a sweet kiss of salt sea spray,

just a hint in the air

of what’s to come,

when later great crashes

roll and tumble,

driven,

no longer kiss so sweetly.

Growling thunder rolls overhead

as screams of lightning

pierce the black sky here;

dawn breaks wet and tired,

storm’s aftermath a gentle wisp,

a softly falling ruse

according to the darkening sky.

© ACG

03 July 2011

The Swamp

Endless reaches

with entangled pockets

a thickened soup,

The Swamp

endures;

even the air

is overcome

by dankness,

moisture conquers

with humid insistence,

levitating heavily

dully suspended

into what once was oxygen,

like a magician’s trick

without applause;

the hell of life within

this grotesque environ,

bizarre and malformed

hideous and foul,

with strength overwhelming,

a devastating army

with their special

horrid stench

they rupture up,

roiling

roaring,

upward they stretch

densely,

adding to the airlessness,

as if to choke any life,

their murderous intent

a thickened growl,

upward they rumble,

as if to reach the hidden stars.

Barely visible,

through overburdened branches

creaking downward

with a glopping stickiness

that mocks the beauty

of Spanish Moss,

the secrets of life linger

in distant diamond stars;

out of reach,

beyond hope,

yet still just there,

the frailest edge

of a dream

or memory;

O my Soul!
sinking back,

into The Swamp

of my lungs.

© ACG

27 June 2011

Solstice Moon

Indiana moon

shines through

Summer's midnight haze,

she brightly illumines

her fallen diamonds

suspended thickly,

tears for a lost dream

or memory,

a longing breath,

a weary gasp

of desire.

© ACG

20 June 2011

One Word

Life

begins

with innocence and love,

yielding

later to a journey

fraught with joy, pain, and sorrow;

oftentimes with self-inflicted haunting

and regret.

Time

takes over;

behind

lie the ruins of yesterday,

burdens carried forward

~ the past stays with us ~

as obstacles flung ahead,

all scarring the path.

What chance have we to overcome?

We carry our pasts with heavy hearts,

we walk uncertainly forward;

as a delicate line

demarcates

old habits from new resolutions;

a fragile distinction,

an invisible thread

can hold you to it:

one word

for you,

one word

changes everything

~ “Daddy” ~

© ACG

15 June 2011

for Charlie

1st Father’s Day

June

Swirling dizziness,

heat thickening,

stickening

sickening,

diamond morning dew momentary,

vanishing into heavy humidity

looming

consuming

dooming;

roses blooming.

© ACG

04 June 2011

Embrace

With walls closing in and darkness

falling softly down upon me,

I hear

The End approaching,

I know he is near;

It becomes impossible

to breathe,

there seems nothing left

for me here,

but Dreaded Pain;

With everything that I am

or ever was or could be,

with every ounce of me,

I long for him

to hasten;

Take me into your Embrace,

let me succumb

and go under

forever into sweet Peace,

released;

Folded into the Embrace,

no longer will I struggle,

or battle for every breath,

O, how I long to lightly drift away

within the Embrace;

And yet some stubborn part

of my Gemini soul

says, “No”

~ not yet, not now, not ever ~

raggedly, I breathe in.

© ACG

02 June 2011

For Jamine

 

In our youth,

you stood before me,

stronger wiser better,

flashing eyes and

bouncing step,

the fearless tread

of a goddess;

In our youth,

you were a Tyger

fiercely burning bright,

the personification

of every heroine

in my books

fact or fiction;

You were Scarlet,

to my Melanie,

you were Jo to my Beth,

you were Elizabeth

and Joan of Arc,

Athena and Aphrodite

and I a mere mortal,

In our youth,

twins inseparable,

I tagged behind,

as you forged ahead,

always first,

always fastest,

always free;

Time takes away

so much,

age dampens

the spirit of youth,

with aches and pains

and the haunting

mistakes that linger;

Little girls

grown and aging,

yet my heart sees us

standing together

wearing our colors

of purple and red,

cloaked in memories,

Time and age

seem the enemy

yet for me,

you will always be:

fierce

first

fast

and free.

© ACG

18 March 2011

Unfurled

Velvet petals yawn,

stretching finally,

unfurled by May sunshine.

© ACG

01 May 2011

Storm

Lightning danced across the night sky

shocking the stars,

pulse-pounding thunder like a heartbeat

drummed deeply,

resounding,

pounding,

moving the Earth;

Once-in-a-lifetime such a Storm

comes rolling in,

slowly and gently building,

pressure rising,

electricity tensing,

until it crashes wildly into us,

lifting us in a whirlwind

that seems beyond our control;

Like eternal Salvation,

that elusive miracle

after trial by fire,

overwhelms with its grace,

the Storm rages along,

embracing us,

we rise

into the starlit sky,

riding the Storm forever.

© ACG

05 April 2011