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Matthew Henningsen in Scribbles

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Notes Found in the Deep

Wooden walls sitting in slow silence In slow, eternal winters. Up bark Covered stairs built by colorless Photograph men near a lake Awake…

Jun 7

Notes Found in the Deep

Jun 7

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Road Songs with Theo

Great maternal roads as Great and wiry cords cut, Mile-by-mile, down soundless Tracks of so tired time.

Apr 12

Road Songs with Theo

Apr 12

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For Theodora, Once

When you first came into the world I thought I saw fragments - A life lived once by pale, Broken forests I frequented once.

Feb 16

For Theodora, Once

Feb 16

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Lovely Palmyra, Ruined Again

They came upon it in the very dead of night. Palmyra resting like a palace burned by conquerors Who swept down mad from mountains long ago…

Feb 8

Lovely Palmyra, Ruined Again

Feb 8

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Will You Find Me?

Once I went so far off. Away To beaches by forlorn waves washed Up on barren edges of Earth. To Crawls through tunnels to dead beating…

Jan 31

Will You Find Me?

Jan 31

Matthew Henningsen in Scribbles

Impromptu 1

Red paper behind warm plastic going round and round. Drops of water through mesh. A face with blond hair bangs.

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Impromptu 1

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Matthew Henningsen in Scribbles

The Day After the End

Dawn walking through mystic yellowed streets of smog that lifts. Of foot-prints in drying mud ending at edges of red canyon cliffs that…

Aug 9

The Day After the End

Aug 9

Matthew Henningsen in Scribbles

Downer Street Starbucks, Milwaukee

A man sitting all alone in the barren back of a still quiet room. A white small mug steaming, near an old book darkened by age. I can make…

Aug 2

Downer Street Starbucks, Milwaukee

Aug 2

Matthew Henningsen in Scribbles

The Day Rome Fell

A spotless day with warming winds Swaying soft and so supple trees; Warm wood burning smells gentle In breezes by beautiful crisp and cool…

Jul 15

The Day Rome Fell

Jul 15

Matthew Henningsen in Scribbles

The Day the Dam Broke, 1939

Baked earth blows up billowing, Circling and circling round Dented and fragile flagpoles – A tattered and frayed flag limply hung.

Jun 28

The Day the Dam Broke, 1939

Jun 28

Matthew Henningsen in Scribbles

Matthew Henningsen in Scribbles

A traveler and lover of learning, seeking inspiration from trips and people. Published around in multiple journals over the years, but now writing for himself.

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