A new season arising

“I am going  out to clean the pasture spring” from “An Invitation The Pasture “ Robert Frost’s Poem by Louis Untermeyer   a new season arising just like springtime in our lives encountering and enriching forever refreshing and ever inflaming in our hearts   moving…

Granny from Salem

There once was a Granny from Salem Who peeled all potatoes and ate um She liked them to be mashed And served with corn beefed hash There was never a need to save um   by Karen Sullivan Format: Limerick

Sestina sex

Feel my gentle caress, my fingertips of lust. As you slowly undress, I could nearly combust. Teasing what I obsess, making your body thrust.   Yet as your hips thrust, to this tender caress. I feel your heart combust, stopping your undress. Now your eyes…

Proverbs

He who stands on toilet Is said to be High on Pot And water, when you heat it, Won’t boil if it’s watched They say April showers Bring Bushes and flowers In the merry merry month of May   If an apple can keep the…

Demons

Late at night, my flaws shine bright. They magnify and become permanent convictions. Conditions, Apparitions. Devotations. Why can’t I wake and do, act, think, look as I want? Wish my worries and flaws away. Wish them away very hard. Almost pray. Don’t waste a prayer…

Seventeen…

Would I save my soul if I could from this fire smouldering in me anger burning gnawing seething anger orange fire burning red smoking from my singed heart white hot I burn blue and cry great tears squeezed from the depths of hell my childhood…

Wild Thing

You see of me what I want. Little beast of camoflague, dark of pelt and sleek as rain. Forest-eyes that peer through branches of distrust, wary, curious, silent. What words flow out of me, soft and silent as sighs on the breath of need. I…

the bar

I want to wrap your legs around my head and wear you like a crown” She said to me. My cheeks turned red, like the cherry in the bottom of my glass. massive amounts of alcohol flowed through her I slid my jello like limbs closer to her….

The Bible (Hour 19) King James Version

In the beginning God created the Heaven and the earth Oh how magnificent creation is The earth is so beautiful The flowers are blooming the fruit trees blossoming Birds are chirping Animals playing Children are laughing Oh what a beautiful day it is I am…