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Tag: poem

Ashes- by Fiona Catherine Clark

Moonlit snow lies thick. Dark pines shelter the still garden, their shadows lie
elongated, spear-head sharp, on  crystal whiteness. Dawn comes late.

Read More Ashes- by Fiona Catherine Clark

Little Boy – by Susan Duffield-Lodge

Children immortalized for all eternity, their last moments frozen in time…

Read More Little Boy – by Susan Duffield-Lodge

On the way to your dying – by Leslie Casey

We’ve become an island. Distant from the moon moving the tides,
the wind blowing rain in a slant song through the night.

Read More On the way to your dying – by Leslie Casey

Reason for Return – by Nancy Huggett

This: my daughter’s purple palm-sized
vibrator breaking over & over again:  
charger, prongs, buttons, its own rhythm

Read More Reason for Return – by Nancy Huggett

Deterrent – by Adrienne Stevenson

it has pretty yellow flowers, but is armed
with three-inch thorns—you bleed

Read More Deterrent – by Adrienne Stevenson

The Ghost of Blueberries – by Lori Green

We pick wild blueberries, yet my mouth stains purple
as she places one on my lips and I suck it inside,
crushing it with my eager tongue.

Read More The Ghost of Blueberries – by Lori Green

Mama Says – by Finnian Burnett

Wedge your keys between second and first finger, Mama says,
with a thumb pressed against the back of the key.

Read More Mama Says – by Finnian Burnett

Human Parcels – by Fiona Clark

Hidden in my right shoe’s hollow heel, a gold watch ticks.

Beneath my under-bodice, neatly stitched, my mother’s

turquoise ring. The water in the harbour coils, black ink

Read More Human Parcels – by Fiona Clark

What Will You Say? – by Andrew Shaughnessy

Should warmth be a word reserved to the world of touch? Laughter

and joy, reserved to the world of emotion?

Read More What Will You Say? – by Andrew Shaughnessy

Thoughts and Prayers – by Renee Cronley

The pungent scent of sulfur

fires out from the gangrenous fumes

of societal decay we don’t smell anymore

Read More Thoughts and Prayers – by Renee Cronley

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