tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96474662011-12-06T00:21:29.618-08:00chasing Helenconfettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288257296384740103noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9647466.post-11196968829372326792009-11-23T14:20:00.000-08:002009-11-23T14:34:19.239-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><h2 class="date-header" style="margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal bold 78%/normal 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4em; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.2em; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(170, 221, 153); font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25px; text-transform: none; font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:18px;"><a href="http://chasinghelen.blogspot.com/2004/12/wake.html" style="color: rgb(170, 221, 153); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; font-weight: bold; ">wake</a></span></h2><div class="post hentry" style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); padding-bottom: 1.5em; "><div class="post-header-line-1"></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.6em; ">- for Nick Gabaldon,<br />pioneering waterman<br /><br />stuck<br />in life<br /><br />at a loss<br />for words<br />or witnesses<br /><br />drifting back<br />to the day<br />you first<br />paddled<br />up the coast<br />from Santa Monica<br />to surf<br />Malibu<br /><br />years later<br />your oracular<br />poem<br />played out there<br /><br />light still<br />warps<br />where you hit<br />the pier </div></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9647466-1119696882937232679?l=chasinghelen.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>confettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288257296384740103noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9647466.post-58079298928578618852007-05-21T11:46:00.001-07:002007-05-21T12:01:25.091-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_eAUHW7D6pBc/RlHpGzMLE6I/AAAAAAAAAAM/jsXhGxoyZtU/s1600-h/Cleveland+Dreams+Icon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_eAUHW7D6pBc/RlHpGzMLE6I/AAAAAAAAAAM/jsXhGxoyZtU/s400/Cleveland+Dreams+Icon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067087358798271394" border="0" /></a><a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/clevelanddreams">http://tribes.tribe.net/clevelanddreams<br /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/clevelanddreams"><br /><br /></a><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9647466-5807929892857861885?l=chasinghelen.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>confettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288257296384740103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9647466.post-1103238170174573892004-12-16T15:02:00.000-08:002011-01-31T12:34:39.256-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/confetta/2425561317/" title="Cleveland Dreams Icon by Confetta, on Flickr"><img alt="Cleveland Dreams Icon" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2166/2425561317_54d29ff1ae.jpg" width="368" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9647466-110323817017457389?l=chasinghelen.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>confettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288257296384740103noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9647466.post-1103237441544485672004-12-16T14:50:00.000-08:002004-12-16T14:50:41.543-08:00I measure morphine <br />and Dilaudid <br />and hope <br />greed makes cancer <br />careless enough <br />to drop the leash <br />that pulls you away <br /> <br />you get lost <br />without moving <br />as the labyrinth <br />shifts <br />inside your head <br />breaking the thread <br />of my touch <br /> <br />you've become <br />unbearably beautiful <br />but like a bird <br />crossing the sun <br />blinding <br />to follow <br /> <br />~ kent taylor <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9647466-110323744154448567?l=chasinghelen.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>confettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288257296384740103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9647466.post-1103237117587419632004-12-16T14:38:00.000-08:002004-12-19T18:41:07.166-08:00Einstein <br />couldn't chart <br />your passage <br /> <br />fate brings you to earth <br />not gravity <br /> <br />no one <br />at fifteen <br />is subject to <br />the laws of physics <br /> <br />you fade <br />in and out <br />as the dimensions <br />of the known world <br />struggle <br />to accommodate you <br /> <br />the trick <br />is to cast <br />what's indistinct <br />far enough ahead <br />to be recognizable <br />when you catch up<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9647466-110323711758741963?l=chasinghelen.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>confettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288257296384740103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9647466.post-1103235212585774222004-12-16T14:13:00.000-08:002007-05-21T11:56:27.334-07:00we disappear<br />from the ground<br />up<br />cut off<br />by the curvature<br />of the earth<br /><br />empty nooses<br />pass for<br />halos<br />as a coin<br />flipped<br />at sunset<br />catches<br />the last ray<br />of light<br /><br /><br />~kent taylor<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9647466-110323521258577422?l=chasinghelen.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>confettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288257296384740103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9647466.post-1103227589103226922004-12-16T13:06:00.000-08:002004-12-24T08:07:42.990-08:00 <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/93853993@N00/2286253/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://photos2.flickr.com/2286253_b777a010b9_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/93853993@N00/2286253/">James (Jim) Lowell</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/93853993@N00/">aarasmussen</a>.</span><br clear="all" /><p style=""></p> <br />the living <br />know nothing <br />of the dead <br /> <br />but hopefully <br />you sense <br /> <br />what went unacknowledged <br /> <br /> <br />all the poems <br />were really <br />for you <br /> <br />~kent taylor</c><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9647466-110322758910322692?l=chasinghelen.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>confettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288257296384740103noreply@blogger.com0