Author: A. M. Laine

28th November 2018

A Good Little Girl in a Big Bad World

Poem Like the echoes of a crumpled sketch I threw into a tin waste basket the beats of my heart continue. It is empty except for the ripped, wrinkled, discarded outlines of the...

Poetry

BY A. M. Laine

24th October 2018

Wandering

Walking down a sparse street Heavy hands Slow feet Heart strings tight like rubber bands Blending in like an unknown brand A street lamp shines with faulty light Giving false hope A cruel joke...

Poetry

BY A. M. Laine

3rd October 2018

Orphans

Poem About Nature Are like pine needles Fallen from their mother tree Landing on the shaded concrete Too many to count Too many to care for All pointing in different directions Some together...

Poetry

BY A. M. Laine

5th September 2018

Now I Leave You For the Birds

Poem I went for a walk and found you growing in a small clearing of mulch and rocks. Few would hear if the tree of you fell. The birds in your hair would,...

Favourites / Poetry

BY A. M. Laine

22nd August 2018

A Collection of Short Poems

Short Poems Dishes Silverware askew, two empty plates, bits of food still clinging to the white china before being emptied down the sink, are all I have left of your voice, your face,...

Poetry

BY A. M. Laine

8th August 2018

Indecision Den

Introspective Poem Here I am again Thinking yes, saying no Staying here Wanting to go Stuck. Again. In this indecision den Stuck in fear of possible growth and change and expanding my range...

Poetry

BY A. M. Laine

27th June 2018

Happy

Poem The wheels on this rickety country bus continue humming along the warm pavement, turning, just as time turns and ushers me towards that place where you are wherever that is whoever you...

Poetry

BY A. M. Laine

20th June 2018

My Sole Dominion

Poem I betray the age of this earth. With my tongue I paint the flames of evening wheat fields; With my hair the billowing debutante gowns of willows; With my toes the dripping emerald...