By Your Side
Poem Sitting here, it’s a late night with you You warned me of how you were feeling I don’t know why Trying to protect me from disappointment, expectation Even though it builds concern...
Category: Poetry
Supposing I Said…
Surreal Poetry I take it the granting of wishes line Starts here The squeak sound of cheap soles against Silicone, empty chambers of What was that? You’ve got your three Lined up nicely?...
Another Renaissance
Haibun Poetry The maple tree by the deck blooms. Small leaves sprout from the tiniest tendril branches growing from her moss-infested trunk. She wasn’t supposed to live this season. Now sparrows perch on...
Esther – Part Two
Free Verse Story Poems Esther pinched her shearling’s collar tight to her neck, stood dazed and stared at the grey pavement before her as if it were possible to pull up and fold the...
Of An Autumn Winter
Love Poem You starved the emotions out of me as a winter’s frost Bringing forth the sugars from the leaves Turning them to the rusts and yellows that bleed out through these pores...
The Faded Man
Poem On the bed a shadow of a man can still be seen, If you squint enough, And there is still enough. They say he had it rough; He won’t say anymore, So...
Not Afraid
Poem The wind was trying to outspeak me, the sky was a frozen sea, my hands, my legs did not believe me, I could barely see, the dreadful night was almost there, it...
Add – Ambiance
Surreal Poetry Undeniable is a word That I can leave out of my vocabulary when I hang with you There’s…there’s just too much of A take away in your midst People reflect upon...
Restless Day After
Haibun Poetry A Nickelodeon version of Cinderella plays in the family room. Bella, our neighbor’s golden retriever, barks at a passing dog and walker. The pine-scented aroma from our freshly mopped tile floor reaches...
Portrait — Part III
Poem It’s fate. There’s nothing to grasp — but worn air of a future lapsing. It’s how we mitigate, how we squelch to years, minutes and the hour. It was the drag of...
