Coyopa » Poetry http://create.coyopa.net Lightning in the Blood Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:18:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 The Wild Breath http://create.coyopa.net/poetry/the-wild-breath/ http://create.coyopa.net/poetry/the-wild-breath/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:18:40 +0000 Coyopa http://create.coyopa.net/?p=109 Today, the earth began exhaling. All Winter, it held its breath, Kept its fragrance to itself, Held itself so tight, I could feel its ribs ache. But, today, the earth began to smell again.

What had been locked in its chest Began to push back out at the world today. Soon, primroses and garlic will follow that Path of life’s breath into sunlight; Now, [...]]]> http://create.coyopa.net/poetry/the-wild-breath/feed/ 11 Love and the Sparrow http://create.coyopa.net/poetry/love-and-the-sparrow/ http://create.coyopa.net/poetry/love-and-the-sparrow/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 21:51:01 +0000 Coyopa http://create.coyopa.net/?p=12 Who am I to speak of Love? Every word I have ever said Was untrue; Whatever I thought, Was wrong. Each time I make a shape for it, The shape is wrong; Always too small, or too wide. Incomplete, Or too complete. Love resists the corale of reasoning, Infinitely Wild, Endlessly Free.

Everything I have ever held of it Was a handful of dust. To say, “I love you…” Is to [...]]]> http://create.coyopa.net/poetry/love-and-the-sparrow/feed/ 3