Monet’s ‘Water Lilies’ at L’Orangerie
I spent months in battle with a city that smelt of home but had no place for a young American at large; all grey walls and closed elaborate doors– gates that offered a glimpse into lives that never asked to be shared. Parcs, sans any sign of life, left wanting Me, that could not live [...]
The Blind Gunman (fanfic poem)
Ripped from the life he’d known His center shattered, the shards Breaking the shell of his self regard Or, indeed, of any regard- The world overturning headlong, Tumbling, And Pain his boon companion, He finds himself reborn to Fate, That monstrous parent. The evil he once was- Human, small, informed only By human needs and [...]
Day Divides the Night (RPF)
Written in, I think, 1997, at the behest of the very same Kvetina mentioned. This story names, but does not slander I hope, the great Prince of Rock and Roll, Jim Morrison. search
“Drink Me”
You pay more attention to the glass in your hand than you do to me. Running your finger round the edge ever pouring the vintage red into its complaisant mouth and then- what a melting of tongue, And teeth meeting the rim! Yes, I’d rather be your wineglass than your lover. guidelines
Sonnet; Band Practice
We met beneath the highschool bleachers where The benches faded in the chilly mist Sweat-shirted and fifteen I met her there And touched her on the arm, and nearly kissed her lip brushing my lip, so I could taste The sugar in the Maybelline she wore And breathed, in shy and startled haste The grown-up [...]
Tags: dykeslash, memoryfic, poems and wordplay
three (3) ten (10) word poems
1) A sonnet tasting of you I add a piquant memory. 2) A child’s indigo shadow is running behind sunlit drying sheets. 3) Prosody enrapturing your delicate mind my sly smile invites wanderlust
Singer not the Song (Ice Age Of The Heart)
lyrics are not complete as poetry. They are created with an additional element, and you just can’t take that away- it’s like printing a poem without any vowels. The music is integral to the form- most of the time. And, yes, there are poets that write poems that can be set to music- Leonard Cohen, [...]
Challenge; Write a few paragraphs on a simple pleasure
My daughter was a stay-awake baby. Sometimes, to shorten the process, we would load her in the car and drive out into the lyrical Pennsylvania countryside, watching the colors of night gather in the sky, the green trees enrich their hues as night fell. One night, my stepdaughter was visiting. Jessica was a sarcastic, defensive, [...]
