Tagged: poem

self poems 0

Seriously

Poem   Forsooth Betwixt daylight and moonlight I fall like the rain that sees only it’s falling like a looking-glass an incantation a charm that let’s me see I look so deeply to find...

losing love poems 0

Anna

Poem   All at once, you were someone else. I nearly introduced myself. I wondered at the child before me- A child. My God, had it always been so? Had the wine been that...

read online poetry 0

What If

Poem   What if the grass stopped watching, What if the snow stopped icing, What if the robins stopped bleeding? Would you look at me? Would you actually see? I wonder sometimes If my...

storm poems 0

Hurricane Sandy Serenade, Part Two

Haibun Poem   October 30th Wisps of breeze and a steady drizzle replace the shearing winds and punishing torrent. Our trees stood. Branches, twigs and leaves litter both yards and the driveway. Our house...

morning poems 0

The World’s Exhale

Poem   Waking up I hear the rain, the wind rustling the tree branches The rushing of car wheels spinning over the wet streets I see the blue light peeking from behind the curtains...

poem about legacy 0

Finally, a Will

Poem   So childlike I can’t be like love, like that Strength, yes The heirlooms passed down from fathers To sons like sparks given to an anvil From hammers Greatness laughs As a child,...

fall poetry 0

What Was Lost

Poem   It was a shame we met just a little too late to enjoy The walks through the fields, the smell of the lilacs in bloom Seeing the leaves change colors in cascades...

first snow 1

First Snow

Poem   Swollen, the dark sky opens at last; From the cloud pours swirling white. Flakes come drifting down like fairy feathers From the afternoon sky. Softly at first, then heavier and heavier, ‘Til...

freedom poem 0

A Window, True and Real

Poem   The paper is too white, the pen – unwilling, the horizon’s out of sight, my hand is trembling, my heart is locked between walls and dust, this door I cannot trust, All...

By Any Other Name 0

By Any Other Name

Poem   True, it hadn’t grown a sleek, tall stem. The delicate petals, though vibrant, were easily torn. And thorns…well, who knew they would sprout? Yet it bloomed, against all odds. We furtively watered...

poem about anger 0

You Don’t Know What I Know

Poem   Keep pressing my buttons why dontcha I’ll give you a chance here and there Let you attack and test my anesthesia I’ll let you stare and glare and compare You don’t know...

poem about storm 0

Hurricane Sandy Serenade, Part One

Haibun October 29th I tremble starting the job. Ebony curtain rods are still in the original packaging. So are the wall anchors and screws. I had already lost myself to a fever-pitched rage over...