window dressing
elegant long bluetaildragonflies, wingsiridescent like stainedglass art delicate upturned spokesof dandelion seedslifting, leaving each motheron an invisible wind intermingling, conversingon a pale turquoise wash of …
Category: Poetry
Too important for goodbye
I tell you ‘later.’That I’ll see you next time.I remind you to stay safe,Or eat well.To take care. Sometimes I’ll laugh and add‘Be good’Even knowingYou …
The Rival
You never come to the door anymore, Flatmate, the unwilling deputy, pushes it open again Silently All out of small talk, she’s evaporated I trudge …
Acts of Love
Paris drew onthe thousand shipsand burned the ancient world But Itake a coinfor the trolley Looking for bananasjust betweengreen and yellow Read the sugar contentof …
Apology to the Tooth Fairy
Do you know how manyhalf-drunk glasses of waterwere left out onbenches, tables, desks, chairslast night I had to roam the house likea Victorian match girlcollecting …
Sky
When I am beneath the open skyI think about how it’s nothingThe sky is nothingAnd there is nothing above my heart There is nothing between …
Here Is My Ocean
A seat, a puddle of sunlightNot much, just a small circle of light that bounds meAnd a viewA view of the world outsideAs I riffle …
Resolution
This year,I will Set aside time tostare out the windowand wonder why my headis full of nothing Open my heart to all inspirationand waitwith widespread …
Can you do the things to me that I can write poetry about
Tears don’t swallow me whole anymore. They just kiss methe way you do. Salt lingers on my skinfor a while. Then gone,the way of waves, …
Paper Airplanes
My words are likePaper airplanes They’re only perfectbeforein that blank, white space I line up the edges soso carefullyI don’t know whythey go a bit …