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    Trio: A Collection of Previous Volumes
    Trio: A Collection of Previous Volumes
    Trio: A Collection of Previous Volumes
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    Trio: A Collection of Previous Volumes

    By Elise Skidmore

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    Poets are dreamers by nature, but having three books of my poetry and photographs published over the past five years is more than I ever dared to dream. TRIO is a digital compilation of those books: Poems From the Edge of Spring, When Leaves Fall, and A Dance of Dreams.

    If you've been a long time fan, then you won't find anything new here, only the books you already know and love in one place. However, if you're new to my work this is an excellent way to get all three books at a bargain price. (And who doesn't love a bargain?) If you're someone who waited to buy the paperback versions first, you might want to include TRIO to your digital collection so you can always have it handy when you have a few minutes for quiet reflection. It also makes a wonderful gift.

    Whatever your reasons, I thank you for your support. Every life needs some poetry in it.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHeart Ally Books, LLC
    Release dateApr 15, 2016
    ISBN9781631070099
    Trio: A Collection of Previous Volumes
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    Elise Skidmore

    Elise Skidmore is a native New Yorker, who has been writing poetry since she was a child. In 1994, when her husband and several of her friends were trying to get her interested in email and switching from a typewriter to a computer, she stumbled upon Compuserve’s Literary forum (Today it’s called the Books and Writers Community). There she met a bunch of wonderful people, including her favorite author, Diana Gabaldon, who helped broaden her horizons and delve into fiction writing as well as poetry. She eventually joined the staff, spending nearly 10 years as the section leader of the Writing Exercises and in Compuserve’s Poetry Forum. In 2004, when Compuserve opened to the web, she and a friend started a private writers’ forum called SectionSixx, which nurtured writers for more than 10 years.Elise lives on Long Island with her husband of 40+ years and feels blessed to have had the best parents, husband, and children a woman could ask for. The strong bonds of family are often the subject of her writing, but there aren’t many topics she’s afraid to tackle, including stories of vampires, devil possession, WWII POW camps, and gunslingers in the old west.Her hobbies include reading, photography, travel, and making people smile.

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      Trio - Elise Skidmore

      Combined Cover

       TRIO

      An Introduction

      Poets are dreamers by nature, but having three books of my poetry and photographs published over the past five years is more than I ever dared to dream. TRIO is a digital compilation of those books: Poems From the Edge of Spring, When Leaves Fall, and A Dance of Dreams. 

      If you've been a long time fan, then you won't find anything new here, only the books you already know and love in one place. However, if you're new to my work this is an excellent way to get all three books at a bargain price. (And who doesn't love a bargain?) If you're someone who waited to buy the paperback versions first, you might want to include TRIO to your digital collection so you can always have it handy when you have a few minutes for quiet reflection. It also makes a wonderful gift.  

      Whatever your reasons, I thank you for your support. Every life needs some poetry in it.

      Fall0075

      Poems From the Edge of Spring

      by

      Elise Skidmore

      Heart Ally Books

      Camano Island, Washington

      Smashwords Edition

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      Poems From the Edge of Spring

      Copyright © 2011 by Elise Skidmore

      All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever.

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Published by:

      Heart Ally Books

      26910 92nd Ave NW C5-406, Stanwood, WA 98292

      Published on Camano Island, WA, USA

      www.heartallybooks.com

      ISBN-13: (epub) 978-0-9835133-4-6

      Table of Contents

      Dedication

      March 1 - My Mother’s Hands

      March 2 - Down the Highway

      March 3 - Pre-spring Malaise

      March 4 - A Lifetime of Love

      March 5

      March 6 - Like Love

      March 7 - Spiderweb Clouds & Angel Hair

      March 8 - For Susan

      March 9 - The Dying of the Day

      March 10 - Faces

      March 11 - February Remembers

      March 12 - Escape

      March 13 - Through Countless Millennium

      March 14 - Fairy Friend

      March 15 - London Remembered

      March 16 - Avian Suicide

      March 17 - The Eagles Mating

      March 18 - Living Al Fresco

      March 19 - Love Abides

      March 20 - Remembering Grandma

      March 21 - Karma

      March 22 - Mosaic of Joy

      March 23 - Blooms

      March 24 - Eating the Dictionary

      March 25 - So Close

      March 26 - Dreaming of Maui

      March 27 - Odd Memory

      March 28

      March 29

      March 30 - Look to the Sky

      March 31 - Counting

      April 1 - To The Point

      April 2 - Postcard to Heaven

      April 3 - Without Me

      April 4 - Doctors

      April 5 - Monsters

      April 6 - Don’t Just Sit There, Write Something

      April 7 - Sadie’s Song

      April 8 - The Wedding

      April 9 - 10:05 pm

      April 10 - Never Again

      April 11 - Maybe It’s True

      April 12 - Winter’s Been Long

      April 13 - The Music Store Clerk

      April 14 - Mind Your Own Business

      April 15 - Magical Thinking

      April 16 - Daddy’s Home

      April 17

      April 18 - The Memory Keeper

      April 19 - Love is Easy

      April 20 - Message in a Bottle

      April 21 - Second Thoughts

      April 22 - The Only One

      April 23 - Procrastination

      April 24 - Prayer

      April 25 - The Nightmare

      April 26 - Stormy Night

      April 27 - In the Mirror of Your Eyes

      April 28 - A World Without Sound

      April 29 - In the Thrift Shop Window

      April 30 - Behind the Mirror

      Dedicated

      to my parents, whose love and support was never ending

      to my husband, for all the lifetimes of love

      and to my daughters, who are my finest legacy

      March 1

      My Mother’s Hands

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      I find comfort in aloneness

      where I can let my thoughts drift

      like a discarded love letter

      fluttering in the breeze

      inhale deep gusts of imperfect memory

      or contemplate my hands

      I have my mother’s hands

      their shape, texture, and dexterity

      not finely manicured but

      working hands

      helping hands

      loving hands

      I hold her hand and we are one

      in silent communication

      pleading not to let go

      reassurance I’m still here

      speaking love through

      entwined fingers and kissing palms

      With my mother’s hands

      I stroke her face and hair

      willing her to know through my touch

      that I love her more than she ever loved herself

      that her best was good enough

      and she deserves so much more than life ever handed her

      I find comfort in aloneness

      for I am never alone

      My mother is always there

      in my hands

      and in my heart

      March 2

      Down the Highway

      Wrapped tight in self-control,

      propelled down crowded highways

      with scores of duty to untangle,

      I silence vague notions

      of driving into the sunset

      as far as the cash in my pocket will take me,

      wondering how far that would be,

      and what

      would I be

      running away from

      or forward to.

      Too timid to take the steps

      to advance or retreat

      I stick to the tedious route before me.

      Reflected in the rear view mirror,

      pallid and monotonous life

      that seems to simultaneously

      race ahead

      and lag behind,

      yet leaves me standing still

      looking for guarantees

      of a trip worth taking.

      Knowing full well life holds

      no such promises,

      I keep hands on the wheel

      and head for home.

      March 3

      Pre-spring Malaise

      Weak and apathetic

      nothing feels right

      even my favorite things

      taunt with malicious intent

      nowhere I want to go

      nothing I want to be

      except

      alone

      and even that’s only a maybe

      Don’t want to inflict myself on friends

      they deserve the very best

      not this dull bovine creature

      staring back from my mirror

      spouting soporific nonsense

      guaranteed to raise a yawn

      spring is coming

      time to be reborn

      dress up my soul

      in pastels

      and hunt for leprechauns

      and colored eggs

      but oh I’m so tired

      and full of the blahs

      and I don’t want to follow

      the bunny building a hutch under my bed

      I might find my track shoes

      and have to join the race again

      March 4

      A Lifetime of Love

      (Lady Lost in Shadows)

      Her eyes flashed

      and defiance shielded her doubts

      on the day I proposed.

      Marry someone without a history, she said —

      someone young and untouched.

      All I could say was I love you,

      over and over again,

      until her soft shell cracked

      and she said yes.

      We spent a lifetime holding hands,

      with me saying I love you

      over and over again —

      when her eyes flashed defiance,

      when bravado and my love

      were her only armor

      against a world with too much history

      trying to repeat itself.

      More than a lifetime ago,

      I thought her spirit indomitable —

      that nothing could dampen the fire in her eyes.

      Until her steely gaze turned soft,

      and I watched gray mirrors reflect empty rooms,

      I never realized how much

      you could miss someone

      even when they’re still there.

      March 5

      Hands tenderly stroke

      head resting against my heart

      Butterflies enter

      The delicate dance begins

      Float away on fragile wings

      ~~~~~

      breezes whisper love

      I bathe in their soft caress

      wishing you were here

      March 6

      Like Love

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      Like love, spring snuck up on me;

      one day when I wasn’t looking,

      the trees stretched bare arms to the sky

      and the next thing I knew,

      the world was amass of green,

      rich and alive,

      and smelling oh so sweet.

      Like love, it filled my heart

      near to bursting;

      the sheer beauty of it

      left me walking in circles

      with this silly smile on my face.

      March 7

      Spiderweb Clouds & Angel Hair

      I remember love

      sifted through spiderweb clouds

      and angel hair

      Crystalline memories

      ground more fine than

      hourglass sand

      A shimmering smile

      crinkling your cheeks

      and delight in your eyes

      All for me

      Tangible evidence

      of your heart’s desire

      Nothing perfunctory

      no counterfeit kisses

      Alive in

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