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Julissa Neely
Dec 22, 20203 min read
Aloha
Black lava rocks White Yellow Pink Gold flowers Grey-blue starlit skies The hum and whir of the jacuzzi jets The sound of passing cars In...
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Julissa Neely
Dec 19, 20202 min read
A California Christmas
I just learned the wise men arrived a year late It’s Ave Maria and The Carol of the Bells and the guilt and the glory of the stories we...
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Julissa Neely
Apr 29, 20181 min read
Heroes and Villains
Silent Like extras in an old western movie Covered in chaos and dust Arms entwined Tumbling down the mountainside We cannot deny it, and...
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Julissa Neely
Aug 17, 20171 min read
21st Century Savior
21st Century Messiahs: The 21st Century Messiahs: Science and technology They don’t bleed They don’t cry We get a response in...
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Julissa Neely
Apr 20, 20171 min read
Fear
Invisible bars Phantom jailor Ghosts of doom Cornered in an empty room Blinded in the sunlight Most potent when undefined Fear is a lie...
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Julissa Neely
Jan 21, 20161 min read
This Dream in the Dance Hall
Eleven sisters slip down the stairs staring down at their mothers closed eyes Cold lids, lifeless, beautiful Fallen too soon from the...
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Julissa Neely
Jan 20, 20161 min read
Cab Driver
White satin robe and a crown framed in intricately woven golden threads wrapped around your head You tell me,” it’s a Holy City we are...
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Julissa Neely
Jan 20, 20161 min read
Conversations
George and his real-life love story “When we got married we laid our cards on the table – about what we wanted for ourselves, our...
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Julissa Neely
Jan 20, 20161 min read
Conversation with Erisa
Erisa says ” All of my family members were killed. They killed everyone, burned our houses down, took our land. There is nothing to go...
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Julissa Neely
Jan 17, 20161 min read
Palm Trees
Palm trees with phantom wings whisper a lullaby Across the wind and sand and sky Grey white whirling clouds fall free mysterious and wise...
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Julissa Neely
Jan 16, 20161 min read
The Ghosts of Frank Sinatra is Singing in Palm Desert Again
The desert holds your secrets Your voice that skipped loves heartbeat Old blue eyes you were the toast of every town Still you landed...
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Julissa Neely
Jul 23, 20151 min read
King of Tango
King of the Tango I am sitting under a banyan tree…. sounds poetic but not really true, I am in Texas. I remember you so well dancing...
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