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Iambic pentameter by Patricia Sykes

I watch myself how I use my voice how much I give away rebellion weighs against obedience prayer against fantasy rote against the thrill of words that lately arrive It was hearing a girl recite Ode to a Cabbage that made me want to write verse myself I hide my poems like hoarded love the taste of secrecy is delicious (Nun- the-Big-Irish gives the girl curry when she catches her

Uncoupling by Jac Jenkins

Ice clasps its thorny cloak with filigreed brittle lace against my breast bone. The pin sticks my skin when I inhale. I stay close to his mouth; his heat breathes an early thaw as Winter opens its teeth on my throat. Spring stitches my scabs to scars, my scars to silver. I am bare beneath bridal lace and veil. When I inhale, his hands clasp me like whalebone; I stay close to the

I WOULD STILL HAVE YOU

You were there you were gone so quickly I became attached In love.. Yes, I was. It will never be patched the feelings seem gone to you for me, they linger and pop out of the blue they stick and won't go away. I dont have a way to express them so I hide them every day I wish I could rewind my life back to that moment. I would do everything different and maybe now I wouldn't have this dent and maybe... just maybe... I would still have you.   Author: Julie Rutter  

I WOULD LIVE IN YOUR LOVE

I would live in your love as the sea-grasses live in the sea, Borne up by each wave as it passes, drawn down by each wave that recedes; I would empty my soul of the dreams that have gathered in me, I would beat with your heart as it beats, I would follow your soul as it leads.

I WOULD GIVE ALL I HAVE

I would give all I have to have you with me, To see tomorrow with you, To touch and hold the one thing dear to me, I would climb the highest mountains, I would swim the widest oceans, Closed my eyes and be blinded by your love, Trusting in you to lead my way, I would give all I had for you, To love you and be loved in return, To adore you, and be adored in return, I would give my all to be with you, To make the memories of yesterday forever, To see me and you in the future. Come whatever, I would give all I have for you, Lay down my life for you, To sacrifice my soul for your pardon, I would give all I have for you, Be it to travel to the ends of the earth, To catch the falling stars out of the skies above, I would give all, To hear you say the words I so needed to hear, The word that would heal my broken heart, The words that means all the world to me, To hear you say "I love You", And look into your eyes knowing you meant it, For I would give all I have in life for you, For

I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER

I love you so deeply I love you so much, I love the sound of your voice and the way that we touch I love your warm smile and your kind, thoughtful way, and the joy you bring to my life each and every day I love you today as I have from the start, and I'll love you forever with all of my heart.   Author:Jamie  

Bogong Moth by Joe Dolce

A Bogong moth darts out of darkness to seize fire - it�s burned away its tarsi, yet continues to swoop, kiss, careen, sizzle, fluttering and candle-banging like fawn-crazed Nijinski. I look up from my book accepting the immortal, fatal dance of life and light, like Icarus�s father resigned to watch his flying boy hurl against brilliance. When you were a baby night crying, often the