It is hard to leave the room when you are the one who lit the match Because fulfillment only comes when you see the flames grasping for the ceiling This is the curse of fire Anytime I see a fire rage it still fills me…

There’s a burning deep inside, a fire that yearns to be set free, and one that longs to breathe heat, light, and life into every corner of the world. The flickering of passion grows within, embers igniting new sparks, inspiration looking for an outlet to…

Perseid’s Shower Submission #5 Ann WJ White We laid on our backs. Lake Itasca, the beginning of the Mississippi parkland. A family waiting for the dusk to transmogrify into night full of stars and silence. Waiting for meteors to travel at thirty-five seconds per mile…

I am the air the wind the freedom You cannot hold me contain me predict me You are the earth steadying, supporting they’d say grounding firmly on your feet I have bits of earth in me. Resonating with yours Just as my breath rekindles bits…

Oh how my inner being shakes, Like how the earth trembles in earthquakes. Inside me beating so loud and fast Are unsaid thoughts I cannot cast. My feelings sweep me like a gale, And I am moved deep within. But forceful wind did not let…

Each feeling its power The knew that they could win alone For nothing surpassed the need for a solid foundation Earth was proud to be the support of all creation But when is as stagnant, cold, or thirst for life The absence of everyone only…

Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire, fueling all that we desire. And yet that base is often attacked. Yes, based on history, but more myth than fact. The world dangles not on elemental ire- As science has shown whenever we enquire. Yet still, this spell asks…

Poem SIX has been removed and now appears on chocolate is a verb, 27 August 2016.

The air thickens miasma Blood orange sun touches mountain scorches Vapours curl on eddies pungent Flames creep over parched ground crackle Building momentum rising hugging Trees stand defiant shrubs wither crisp Creatures scurry frantic directionless screams Fire-fighters scramble water flows hiss Steam rises heat dissipates…

I want to watch it with you The flames in the sky the fiery sun – exploding or The waves crashing the liquid ice overtaking what’s left of their world or The earth shaking cracked open ready to swallow their world I want to watch…