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Eruption

Eruption

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Excerpt from my poem "Just A Body" with half of a simple sharpie drawing titled "What's in the Grave" - check out my website in the bio for these full works.
Puzzles, ourselves... the photo after - takes hours to assemble and seconds to destroy.
Soft sky paired with some soft words breathed aloud... sunset stroll around the tidal basin, DC
Flowers are not meant to be made of stone... from my poem "Becoming Velvet" with a close-up of the rose in the bouquet currently at the center of my table.
Poem titled "What I Will Call You" over a pair of photos - snow and ice - taken in DC and in Rochester.
Excerpt from my poem titled "On Being Watched By Birds" and photo taken on a snowy National Mall, Feb 2021.
Drawing titled "A Trip" with excerpt from "Memories" - published most recently in Exeter Publishing's anthology, From The Soil. For full image/poem go to www.chrisbiles03.com
Excerpt from "Dinner in Paris" - published by Fleas on the Dog, September 2020. Photo: Summer 2012. Full poem at www.chrisbiles03.com
Excerpt from "Stillness" - published by Fleas on the Dog, September 2020. For full poem: www.chrisbiles03.com/poetry-3/selectedoriginals/stillness/
Excerpt from "Purpose" - published by Fleas On The Dog, September 2020. Photo: Foggy Bottom sunset, DC.
Drawing titled "Into Darkness" with excerpt from "Inspirational Confusion" - poem originally published by The Clementine Zine, August 2020... inspired by On The Road by Jack Kerouac. For full image and poem: www.chrisbiles03.com
The way the trees grow. My mantra.
Settling into the golden leaves on a Sunday morning... photo: Rock Creek Park, DC
From "Memories" - published by Fleas on the Dog, soon to appear in Exeter Publishing's Hometown Anthology. Photo: curbside garden in DC
Early voting starts tomorrow in DC. If you haven't already voted by mail, get to the polls! The choice is simple... vote for love.

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Lion's Gaze
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China Poot Lake
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Orphan's March
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Ready to Run
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Down by the Water
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Life at Hell's Gate
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Point of Connection
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The Fam
In the Words
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Honeymaker
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Lincoln Sunset
National Cathedral
A Hand
Mossy Falls
Barney
Harriet
Adele
So Turn Your Face to the Sky
Marks in the Adirondacks
What's Between Us
Eruption
In the Frame
In the Forest
What's in the Grave
A Drowning
A Trip
Falling
Where Dreams Meet Reality
Into Darkness
Roots
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