she roamed the mornings alone over sand and weed and stone along the lines of the wandering tides she spent the nights in this arms for his warm breath on her hear to protect her from nightmares as she journeyed between worlds. …
Category: Marathon Poem
Diamonds are forever
The backstreets are our eternal home. We’d run through it all like diamonds in the rough who never knew their full value. I still miss the endless nights we’d capitulate to our inhibitions and watch the chips fall where they don’t. The tranquil autumn breeze…
Destiny
It was beautiful The valley was vast Full of Flowers There was no trek to follow You decided your own path Her wish came true Finally she was bale to take her own decisions Decide her own fate Master of her destiny She was no…
Best Pet
I live for your furry face To come home to your warm kisses and thankful eyes We don’t deserve dogs, you keep me alive. I would die without your calming face Sweet whiskers and purr that relaxes my mind Cats are the most perfect companion…
The Minister
He was a man of cloth A minister and mere mortal He took communion Broke chastity Lived without confession He never took the cloth off
Hour 8: Sevenling: Lover to Lover
Lover to Lover skin all cream flashing sun on water wings that shimmer silence and echoes looks of ice unanswered questions lover to lover
Pine
Christmas smells like this sometimes in homes of wretched women, jealous of my mother. Those who would be “foul defacers of God’s handiwork.” Such “excellent grand tyrants of the earth! They reigned in galled eyes.” My “weeping soul.” They chase me to my grave. Yet…
The Night Sky (Poem #8)
I look up And I am lost I am speechless Even the darkness of night Is covered in the brightness of the stars The stars show how many people are in heaven They whisper in my ear that dreams come true They shine and reflect…
Poem 9: “Music Explained”
“Music Explained” by Mandy Austin Cook from emotion to mouth from emotion to heart from emotion to soul from emotion to spark magic movement of moments all keeping time dancing lyrics somber steps comforting whispers of rhyme rhythmic beats of beautiful treats cadences reaching out…
A Fictional Love
I read about you, And you seem real, But I know it isn’t, And yet I fall for it, And love you In my way. I follow you somewhere, And get excited, By a word, Or a mention from you. Knowing, behind the scenes, It…