Too Brief

Too Brief Virginia Carraway Stark In the winter the days go by too quick And you miss the sun In the summer the night’s are too brief And you miss the dark The moon becomes a pale faced stranger Who whispers in the light The…

Northern Solstice

Northern Solstice Virginia Carraway Stark Crisply glistening under the starlight Although it was solstice Skin was white as apple flesh Naked after shedding her night colored cloak She shivered under the northern lights The longest day meant something here Already the sun was edging its…

Crazy Little They

Crazy Little They Virginia Carraway Stark I wrote a little poem about a girl beyond the pale they all thought it was about them it was like the song being ‘so vain’ they all thought this poem was about them but it was the crazy…

Lame Ducks

Lame Ducks Virginia Carraway Stark It isn’t asking very much context is everything and yet… it sounds like a lot of fun to me learning is fun and so playing but I guess it’s a bit of goatish thing to be a kid and have…

Gaokao

GaoKao Virginia Carraway Stark If there was a battle cry And all the years were packed Into an afternoon Of luck and hard work The future determined By what that day might bring I don’t know that I’d be more or less capable Than any…

Those Choices

Those Choices Virginia Carraway Stark Beautiful Ascended A thousand times I died Promising to return I saw no reason not To keep away from the other side Because It seemed like giving up And I didn’t want to leave the stage -plus there was this…

White Chocolate Lover

White Chocolate Lover Virginia Carraway Stark Gently he melts against my tongue Orchid taste gently darkening his ivory to cream Vanilla the only thing marring the perfection Differentiating The purity of his taste Into something of sensational beauty tempting me to nibble yet again and…

The Bigs are Coming to Town

The Bigs are Coming to Town Virginia Carraway Stark Bigs come When they come to town They move the streets They turn the dumpsters upside down They put in DUMBS They do as they please because They’re Bigs And they do as they please Rewrite…

Every Time

Every Time! Virginia Carraway Stark Every time I have begun It’s time to begin again Every time I think I’m done I find I’m half undone every time I’m half done I become undone again! Becoming done is half the fun Becoming undone isn’t such…

Rushing and I can

Rushing and I Can Virginia Carraway Stark Sometimes when I’m rushing I have to wonder why there are way more missiles and satellites than stars than I can count in the sky sometimes when I can I wonder why I let so many golden chances…

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