Category: Poetry
Unacceptable Outcomes
Haibun AP Cherry informs me he can’t suspend Tavaughn. Instead, he removed him from our class for three days. He sounds sincere. But that insincere smile coupled with those tired wrinkles on his...
Winter Gloaming
Poem Winter gloaming has finally come, Bleak, pale days and frozen white nights. The leaves had whispered From forest to forest All through the endless summer days That winter was just a rumor....
The Solitary Ruin
Poem Without you My world Utterly Crumbled And collapsed Burying me Under Tons of Jagged pieces Of rubble. I am Crushed by the Weight Of Solitude more by KainThornn photograph by Jake Melara...
Northern Light
Poem The light was still ours. It leaked from your eyes And your smudged hand Remains forever poised over Blank sheet. Night is never ending In that, we can agree. What little sun...
Borrowed People
Spoken Word People walking in borrowed shoes on borrowed ground Will show no difference in the past or future of the universe in my life or another’s. Should I stand directly in the path...
Addictions
Poem Givens: things you can’t subtract -and those you won’t. Time was needle-sharp when new to separate skins. Each longs for unadulterated blood: the fresh pink veins of childhood’s girl, the blue of...
Early Riser
Haibun A fawn takes two steps, lowers her head, then nibbles snow-covered grass. Lifting her head, she walks a few steps on, and then lowers for another bite. cirrus clouds morning twilight breakfast...
Strange Chinese Hat
Poem There is Pâquerette in sepia toned photographs like a ghost in strange Chinese hat and shimmering dark dress. She sits beside Pablo in the old cafe on boulevard Raspail. Their knees nudge...
