Breathe a little, Live a little, Yearn a little, Burn a little

Poetry

  • Don’t look back, My Love!

    Don’t look back, My Love!

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    There is nothing left thereExcept ghosts and regrets.Hidden land mines ofWhat should have beens andPainfully unpaid debts.Reminders of the you…

  • Her That’s Me

    Her That’s Me

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    I am her, and her, and her, and her.Constructed carefully from bits and pieces.From how it should be toHow it…

  • Poem* Don’t Look Back, My Love

    Poem* Don’t Look Back, My Love

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    There is nothing left thereExcept ghosts and regrets.Hidden land mines ofWhat should have beens andPainfully unpaid debts.Reminders of the you…

  • Another Year

    Another Year

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    Another year has almost passedAnother eternity went by so fastFrom who I was and what I didTo what is gone…

  • Times Squared

    Times Squared

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    The neon starlight flashes brightInto the room dark at night.Familiar hands smooth down my skinTangling in my hair and thenSoft…

  • Poem: Unfeeling

    Poem: Unfeeling

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    One can, perchance, mourn the passing ofThe restless coils and toils of grief.Even as the heart expands in freedom fromThat…

  • Poem: Quiet moments

    Poem: Quiet moments

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    I sit here, among the flowers that now bloom In the gentling dusk gilded by the quietly setting sun,

  • Poem: On being a poet

    Poem: On being a poet

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    Can a poet be happy, I truly wonder?Except as a temporary passing whimIf she decides, weary of angst,To allow mundane…

  • Poem: The Whys and Wherefores

    Poem: The Whys and Wherefores

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    All the whys and whereforesThe thus and therefores.All the times I thought of you and smiled.All the wishes and dreamsThe…

  • Appearances

    Appearances

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    She looked like a serene angel, glowing in the depths of rancid hell. Smooth alabaster high brow, swathe of dark…