Tagged: poem

In The Bus 0

Catching Up

I feel the ache in my hip while running for the bus. At this time of the day it’s full of pensioners. As I sprint with hopeful but ever fading youth, I am quite...

Piano 0

When

Poem   She asked, “Can’t we ride a bus anymore?” No, we cannot speak in our tongue or they’ll carve it out of our disgusting Hebrew speaking mouths. Before we could go to Paris, now,...

Three Chairs 0

Encounter

Three of us sitting there, silent. Not knowing what to say next, stunned by the moment we find ourselves in. The vast emptiness between us is like a dinosaur in the room. It’s presence...

Ice Cream Child 0

How The World Should Be

You look at the world With brand new eyes And guard the secrets of everyday`s adventures You hold the key of wonder Smiling at the passengers of time That lost the faith in themselves...

Cat 2

My Cat, Therefore

My cat can cook. I know this ’cause she drops food into her water bowl. Even she can’t stand the taste of boredom. It makes me more sympathetic toward alcoholics and people hooked on...

Haibun Poems, Feast 1

Unexpected Feast

Haibun Poems   All thirty of us sit at folding tables covered in plastic in Oscar’s hot, unfinished basement. Pipes emerge from the boiler in the back corner. One of them runs the length...

Mountain Lake 0

When It’s Done

What’s in that place beyond the pines? The dark recesses and cragged peaks Valleys that swirl with sumptuous lavenders and honeyed golds Caverns enswirled by misty hues of turquoise deep The fronds that billow...

Dust 1

The Color of Ash

One day your heart will turn brittle. It will crack open and every love letter you composed in your mind, but never sent, every song you hummed to yourself while you fell into your...

Wine 0

Tasting Wine

When getting wasted tasting wine, you’re clearly never wasting time. Choose to spit and waste it, fine; as long as you’re not tasting mine.   more by LUCAS HOWARD Photograph by Emanuel Feruzi

Happy Girl 0

When I Think of You

When I think of you, I see the stars You touched my heart so much it sparkles. Who am I, that I was given this light? Starting this day with new intentions, Until the...

Feet 0

Touch

The weight of your fingers pulled by gravity with each fall. Landing on keys as if they were always meant to be there. Magnetic attraction; like my heart is to your music. You shape...

On The Road 0

Murphy’s Law

whatever can happen will happen we can lose or win live or die go or stay but we are here, that cannot change and while you fight your fight with everyday miserable moments you’re...