She handed me the pattern Walked away; left me there – alone for a while She refused to answer my questions Looking over my shoulder Sighed, tisked and smiled   I figured it out.   by Karen Sullivan Form: Free Verse; Recipe Poem    …

Silence portrays peace When you sleep In heaven I need you Daddy I’m seven And never been seen Under the stars of eleven Take me Daddy I need you Take me with you So I can see the stars With you Let me look down…

it’s been said a lady doesn’t have a memorie; when soul exchanging its the subject. i must said my memorie its alive; it replays on its on. im her target each and every nigth. we oneself when letting go of any rules; the only witness…

I miss How that little stubby tail Of yours Would wiggle Like the speed of light Every time I’d come home From a long day At work You became not Only my spoiled Baby But my confidante You’d look at me As if I were…

The symbol of your soul, The dirty streets of your rustic dream, Of that winter home in the forest. Or perhaps the muddy earth, From after the rain, The defeated walk, And the stains on your feet, The brown, copper world, Of your life, The…

The have to lick. It’s how they think. They’ll lick your face and make you blink.   They’ll lick their balls in front of you they’ll lick another’s Really? Eeeww…   They’ll lick a bone that has no meat they’ll lick the floor they’ll lick…

Marry me for my bad jokes. The ones that our dad would probably make. And that sometimes you know… you find them funny. Or make them to yourself. Marry me for the way we watch sad movies together. As I cringe and cry with you…

Another symbol of adult life That escapes me, Like being a wife Or having a baby, But let’s remember That with these things comes great responsibility, And that’s something that’s never appealed to me – I like to come and go as I please, Or…

7:43pm   20 years old not even old enough to to buy alcohol   “The troubled words of a troubled mind I try to understand what is eating you.” My teeth clanked against the glass I held her glass castle in my hand I lit my…

Loping through the grass That loving gaze trips my heart Bright pink tongue lolling