Sidewalk Blessings
One day at a time One word at a time One moment to the next One moment better than the rest One time to make it work One time to make it last One...
Author: Anna Elise
Mandy Knows – Part Two
But Mandy knew And yet she tried harder. “This way they’ll see,” She thought, “All the hours I spend To make them happy.” But Mandy kept getting Disappointments and sighs Sometimes they’d even Roll...
A Photo of Maui
A photo Looking straight at you Of grand skies and Dramatic low-hanging clouds Of lustrous tropical plants and Sinewy trees There it is The warm beaches and soft sand, You feel the gentleness seep...
Winter Night
Trees wrapped in fog Bundled on the hilltops Twilight weaving A silver blue shawl. Pale cheeks, flashing eyes Running through the shadows Fallen leaves, broken twigs A forest of obstacles. Tripping through rocky mud...
Breakthrough
Watching cement crack Why is this so entertaining? Is it purely sensory? Listening to the chalky rubble Feeling it chunk away with my eyes. Wow – This rock of man And its ubiquitous stubbornness...
Morning Dew
Dampened morning early quietness still and alone chilly and cold a bittersweet silence. The school’s hallways dripping torn streamers faded posters paper airplanes and sleeping chalk monsters. Sunlight sailing moving across rust of monotones drying...
Confide in Me
Let the green grass breath on me and the dried flowers lay their heads on my shoulders. Let my stomach churn and flutter. Let my weightless eyes be cooled by the ocean air and...
A Collection of Short Poems
Another Angle Wind loops through the rain. Dark, grey, cloudy silence. No more rocks, worms, and twisted corners to battle with. The sky will be blue from another angle. Mist It falls, soft...
The Black of My Mind
In the black of my mind, I ride the waves and follow them to the island in my hands. An undercurrent, a melody of an unknown song, an invisible rope pulling me along. A...
Not a Dream Anymore
Stumbling across the sparkling purple sand in a dazed confusion, Learning the way through this beautiful, desolate place. Not looking at it as a dream anymore, but as a second home. Feeling the rich,...
Jelly Bean Spirit
A bright crisp breeze of happiness fills my chest, filling the specific corner that usually aches. Jelly bean spirit kisses. It’s a ridiculously sunny day today, makes me feel all is right in the...
