Away From The Flame
Poem Stories are like marshmallows Burning in campfires Goey, messy, tough to control A dance between you and the world Burning in ways you didn’t expect But making it all stick together All the...
Author: Anna Elise
Time Capsule
Poem Sandalwood coaxing your velvet dreams Melting them like butter and cream A moment shimmering like honey Each ring a thousand years Each step swirls and disappears A delicate time capsule Ghosts, lifetimes, oceans...
Making the Day’s Music
Poem I took a walk It was a long awaited walk The day was happy of my return “You’re back!” she cried, “You’re alive again!” The world became visible to me So clear, so...
Fact or Fiction
Poem Listen to the fiction Breathe in the wonder Breathe under water Waste your time With the frivolousness of color Feel the green And value your emotion Like your life is one big vacation...
Watch Your Step
Poem Wandering in the morning light Change is happening left and right Will change take me by surprise? Or will it pass me by? Sweep me away But don’t kill my history Give me...
From the View of a Stranger
Poem These buildings are my old friends These smells of warm rice and cool mist Are my family It’s a different city here It feels so far removed So many memories Like a heartbreak...
Embrace It
Poem Singing alone in an empty stairway You feel brave enough to kiss the freeway Your cement box collapsing Your heart unwrapping Thrown into the noise Standing reverent and poised You cut what’s not...
Hearing Our Name
Poem Time is precious, lost time is everywhere Lost friends, lost connections, lost chances We are always struggling to not be left behind The boats keep moving forward And we keep fearing the fall...
