Category Archives: poetry

Resolve

I don’t believe in resolutions revelations or sudden fixes. All I believe in is the warmth of your body against mine, your lips tucked into the curve of my neck and the fireworks outside lighting the way.

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Job Hunting Haiku

worn interview shoes so many times I’m used to who I am in them

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For the Lost

foreign winds in trees carry whispers to turn back very far from home

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For the Unknown

dark road crossed with light silent company waiting rest nameless, but known

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Origami

I am origami folded up tight, inside out pattern hidden inside just a pale side showing a crane within a butterfly within a paper box. I was crumpled now I relax, shaking out the tiny folds in myself, smoothing, loosening … Continue reading

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Home Sweet Home

This entry is part 30 of 30 in the series NaPoWriMo '11

Hanging in plain sight A cross stitch sampler of instructions That you ignore again and again A beautiful script To a movie full of left feet, Corpses, and awkward pauses

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Immortal

This entry is part 28 of 30 in the series NaPoWriMo '11

a shivering night campfire light stars you, warm against me moon rises fire dies as I’m dozing, you stand feed the flames til they dance tall step forward, stand among them and gesture for me to join you I burn … Continue reading

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Pluto

This entry is part 29 of 30 in the series NaPoWriMo '11

my finger stick slightly to the ice, the pain shivers up to the elbow I drop everything close my eyes feel the space around me at least now it’s quiet

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Neptune

This entry is part 27 of 30 in the series NaPoWriMo '11

you’re lying right now I can tell, you stupid bitch I’d call you on it if I could get any oxygen in my lungs all I can taste is salt water and bitter copper so stop apologizing and let me … Continue reading

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Uranus

This entry is part 26 of 30 in the series NaPoWriMo '11

you said you liked the kinky shit until it was actually time to play you’re too theoretical for your own good theories don’t take you to bed stop waiting to be transformed into a fairy tale porn star the blood, … Continue reading

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