Category: Poetry

amazing haibun 0

Another Day Passes

Haibun   The sky deepens from blue to violet. The last dull, orange line above the darkened Ramapo Mountains fades. A distant cloud carries a hint of it along. Twilight comes. It’s Friday. The...

service poems 0

In Her Service

Poem   The knight took up his sword and shield In service to his Queen He served her well When all else failed her His life was forfeit for her His sword drank deeply...

new year poem 1

The Old Year

Poem   2015 is wearing thin: Like a rag scraping Across the kitchen floor One last row of stitching left Grey with grime and grease. The old year’s like a horrible old woman creeping...

aftermath poem 0

Richardson

Poem   As the wallpaper curled we lost everything every gift we gave every word we ever said from the basement explosion that seeped into carpet fibers and looked out over the car port...

Independence Poem 0

Them and Her

Poem   And they hated her, not for what she did, But because she did not do it with them. They hated her smile, when they didn’t cause it. Only tears held value, if...

one-night stand 0

One-Night Stand

Poem   Scent of lust swarms into them, Love challenged by lust, Lust and love entwined. Tantalizing foreplay, Sensuous massage, The nail strokes, the pinch, Play of the Tongue, a whisper of sweet nothings....

goodbye poem 0

The Next To Last…

Spoken Word   The year we take away The heights from which we’ve fallen Sound asleep we hit Pavements lined With shining footprints Worlds sequined against Frantic outbursts of making it Nor desire Neither...

new haibun 0

Legacy’s Beginning

Haibun   She has grime on her hood and quarter panels. A torn fender and scuffed tire guards. Some scratches. But she is midnight black with heated leather seats and a moon roof. Her...

spoken poems 0

For I Cannot In The Darkness

Spoken Word   For I cannot in the darkness for the life of me how it ever seemed so easy to let you go It was a meaning then some words and more words...

Christmas Rhyme 0

Karaganda Christmas Rhyme

Short Poem   Sporadic firecrackers (An explosive bundle of fun) Go POP! In the snow Foretelling all the festivities to come So buy a fur hat and snow-proof your gown It’s Christmas day in...

Nature poem 0

Hive

Poem   I am the queen. Everyone longs to be near the hive but only you may enter.   more by JULSEY DAHLING photograph by Andrew E Weber   Image Curve’s Manifesto

beauty poem 0

Stone

Poem   It sparkled in the sun, causing brilliant colors to flash in all directions! The small stone was set upon a large Rock along the road, And all who passed stopped to look....