Rick K. Reut Around A Word

(LINES IN THE SNOW)

…the tyres that type

lines in the snow.

Old drainpipe

dreams hardly show

up anymore.

You search your mind

behind each door,

trying to find…

…the tyres that type lines in the snow. Old drainpipe dreams hardly show up anymore. You search your mind behind each door, trying to find…

December 2016

(STRANGE SKIES)

…the room is dark.

The room is black.

A snow-white shark

swims through a crack

in time into

a window made

of what we, too,

are now afraid

to see in each

other’s strange eyes.

Upon the beach

of two strange skies…

…the room is dark. The room is black. A snow-white shark swims through a crack in time into a window made of what we, too, are now afraid to see in each other’s strange eyes. Upon the beach of two strange skies…

October 2017

(DREAM BOOK)

…book open between

things seen and unseen.

There are many words

around. They seem

to chirp like birds

inside a dream…

…book open between things seen and unseen. There are many words around. They seem to chirp like birds inside a dream…

November 2017

(SUNDAY SUMS)

…as Sunday sums

up all the suns

in the night sky.

Your eyes don’t lie

to you. Just look

out of the book

you want to write

or read tonight…

…as Sunday sums up all the suns in the night sky. Your eyes don’t lie to you. Just look out of the book you want to write or read tonight…

December 2017

(OF MELTING SPRING)

…of melting spring.

Now everything

is melting like

evening sunlight

upon a sky-

line drawn by

a sea of snow.

It’s seen in slow

motion and white

desert delight

mixed with the dessert-

like, fresh, wet dirt…

…of melting spring. Now everything is melting like evening sunlight upon a skyline drawn by a sea of snow. It’s seen in slow motion and white desert delight mixed with the dessert-like, fresh, wet dirt…

Match 2018

(DONE AT DAWN)

…are done at dawn.

Someone’s long screams

can be heard on

the record. Dreams…

…are done at dawn. Someone’s long screams can be heard on the record. Dreams…

April 2018

(ACROSS THE LAND)

…rhyming with rime

on morning grass.

Space blends with time

on tinted glass

clocks counting grains

of running sand.

It sometimes rains

across the land…

…rhyming with rime on morning grass. Space blends with time on tinted glass clocks counting grains of running sand. It sometimes rains across the land…

May 2018

(IN THE AFTERGLOW)

…also known as the sun.

This day is married to

that night. Does anyone

think that it isn’t true?

Some words don’t seem to mean

anything. Others — even

less. You look at their lean

letters while the evening

skies are starting to grow

dark as the easiest thing

to sow in the afterglow

of the day’s wedding ring…

…also known as the sun. This day is married to that night. Does anyone think that it isn’t true? Some words don’t seem to mean anything. Others — even less. You look at their lean letters while the evening skies are starting to grow dark as the easiest thing to sow in the afterglow of the day’s wedding ring…

July 2018

(OF THE NIGHT)

…where doorbell rings

shine in the ears

of the night. Fears

seem to have wings.

You know they’re here

when every sound

falls to the ground

level of sheer

madness. Your head

then turns around

the shadowy bed-

room. Once they found

you hiding behind

a shuddering blind…

…where doorbell rings shine in the ears of the night. Fears seem to have wings. You know they’re here when every sound falls to the ground level of sheer madness. Your head then turns around the shadowy bedroom. Once they found you hiding behind a shuddering blind…

August 2018

(BY THE DOOR)

…two weeks before

winter should show

up. Autumn snow

drops by the door

some wind forgot

to close or just

left open past

a time no thought

can put into

words that ring true…

…two weeks before winter should show up. Autumn snow drops by the door some wind forgot to close or just left open past a time no thought can put into words that ring true…

November 2018

(SNOW-WHITE FOLDER)

…before you both become older,

watching the trees get balder.

It’s getting colder and colder

as the night’s naked shoulder

shivers. You want to hold her

in your arms as you fold her

dreams in a snow-white folder…

…before you both become older, watching the trees get balder. It’s getting colder and colder as the night’s naked shoulder shivers. You want to hold her in your arms as you fold her dreams in a snow-white folder…

December 2018

(SOMEWHAT STRANGE)

…more trains of thoughts

and somewhat strange

events show lots

of words that change

the things they mean

and the things they

may even be mean

to. By the next day…

…more trains of thoughts and somewhat strange events show lots of words that change the things they mean and the things they may even be mean to. By the next day…

May 2019

(RAIN’S REFRAIN)

…to the rain’s refrain

again and again.

I like it when

it rains at night.

As a rain man,

I like to write

rhymes to the rain

woman. She likes

to see new lines

on her window pane…

…to the rain’s refrain again and again. I like it when it rains at night. As a rain man, I like to write rhymes to the rain woman. She likes to see new lines on her window pane…

August 2019

(TIED TO THAT TIME)

…even start to

understand. Too

tied to that time,

you try to rhyme

about what was

then put on pause.

But every thought

is about what

you ought to do

to make it through

another fall.

Across the hall,

you see a cross.

You start to cross

an empty street,

hoping to meet

someone you know.

But there is no

one there except

you. You accept

that because you

know that it’s true,

just like the fact

that GOD can act

in ways no man

or woman can…

…even start to understand. Too tied to that time, you try to rhyme about what was then put on pause. But every thought is about what you ought to do to make it through another fall. Across the hall, you see a cross. You start to cross an empty street, hoping to meet someone you know. But there is no one there except you. You accept that because you know that it’s true, just like the fact that GOD can act in ways no man or woman can…

October 2019

(SEA OF STARS)

…if it’s a Word

of GOD. It’s heard

at the right times.

Some think It rhymes.

Now and then, I

stare at the sky

at night and see

a shining sea

of stars. They seem

to be from a dream

come true. One word

can change the World…

…if it’s a Word of GOD. It’s heard at the right times. Some think It rhymes. Now and then, I stare at the sky at night and see a shining sea of stars. They seem to be from a dream come true. One word can change the World…

February 2020

(SHADOW AND LIGHT)

…are words also things?

Are things then words?

Are there strings

attached to all worlds,

tying them like

shadow and light?

Are they like Life

and Death as Part

of Life? Is the heart

of this world the sun?

In the Eyes of THE ONE…

…are words also things? Are things then words? Are there strings attached to all worlds, tying them like shadow and light? Are they like Life and Death as Part of Life? Is the heart of this world the sun? In the Eyes of THE ONE…

May 2020

(THE WORD OF GOD)

…of GOD, THE ONE

WHO made the Sun,

the Earth, and All

there is. Recall

what it may mean

not to be seen.

Sometimes you see

the sky as a sea

that is turned up-

side down. Stop

reading and look

out of the book

to see the World,

and thus — the Word…

…of GOD, THE ONE WHO made the Sun, the Earth, and All there is. Recall what it may mean not to be seen. Sometimes you see the sky as a sea that is turned upside down. Stop reading and look out of the book to see the World, and thus — the Word…

June 2020

(AROUND A WORD)

…in the Beginning when

there wasn’t a single man.

GOD created the World.

So, every single word

that may be found in

It can also be seen

as a word that has got

to be coming from GOD.

Whenever a word is found,

it is bound to be around

a word and, of course,

the Word that was…

…in the Beginning when there wasn’t a single man. GOD created the World. So, every single word that may be found in It can also be seen as a word that has got to be coming from GOD. Whenever a word is found, it is bound to be around a word and, of course, the Word that was…

February 2021

AROUND

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