Author: A. M. Laine

12th June 2019

Capacity

Do I have one large enough to love? I sometimes wonder if the cage of my chest is strong enough to hold another’s heart without casting a swift shadow of a doubt that would...

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BY A. M. Laine

24th April 2019

Sunrise

Celestial Poem I watched the sun rise today and, of course, saw your hand making it happen As if you were the monarch of Circadia retiring from an extended day of ruling the...

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BY A. M. Laine

10th April 2019

Finding Middle Ground

Beauty once lead me on high Then dropped me down, a base reprise Colored blue, de-sensitized In purgatory, compromised I want to live, I want to die Feel life flash before my eyes Pinch...

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BY A. M. Laine

20th March 2019

Poem I found a clay hut while the desert stormed. Inside a monk sat on the packed ground Indian style, chanting the blues of the Ancients; centered soliloquist, unaware I laid prostrate before him....

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BY A. M. Laine

13th March 2019

Sands of My Broken Timing Glass

How long until the sands run out Of your ticking, tracking eyes That look so freely in and through me And gaze upon shores of my muddled tries How long until the sands run...

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BY 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...

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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...

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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...