Photograph by Kim Stapf
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An Ode to Charlie Clevenger
Photograph by Kim Stapf
Humble Glow
Photograph by Helle Gade
Stars Switch On
Photograph by Kim Stapf
Haiku in Memory of Tom Petty
~
i smell of the moon –
one last time to kill the pain
and taste rock candy.
~
no, i won’t back down
among the wildflowers
we belong to them.
~
music and chaos
free fall into nothing, the
sounds of nineteen guns.
~
she was an american girl…
a nurse, a teacher, a veteran.
~
© Ben Ditmars 2017
Photograph Courtesy of Helle Gade
Revelation
i consumed the jabs
at my demeanor, because
i knew no other way
~
now others risk
self-worth to wash their hands
or take a piss?
~
it ends, humiliation in all forms,
or hell begins.
___
© Ben Ditmars 2017
Photograph by Kim Stapf
2 Haiku
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Ocean heard through walls
The slow roll of TV sounds
An inner sadness.
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Towels folded like
Sky is indiscernible
But we are nothing.
*
© Ben Ditmars 2017
Photograph Courtesy of Susie Clevenger
Cataclysm
branches
hang like braided hair
caught between my
fingers and
a cataclysm
so like
red veins
seeking respite in
a sanctuary city.
© Ben Ditmars 2017
Photograph Courtesy of Kim Stapf
Endure Illumination
in my crystallized pink lace
near twisted limbs
*
i illuminate,
am worthy of respect
*
beyond the gray cast
condescension
*
i endure.
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© Ben Ditmars 2016
Photograph by Kim Stapf
Atrophy
Photograph Courtesy of Helle Gade
