Maggie 1/2 marathon poem #1

Maggie 1/2 marathon poem #1 The Iron woman with an iron fist Cast her long shadow over Britain’s poor Maggie the destroyer of miner’s hopes Cast her long shadow over pit and moor The blue dragon with an icy soul Spits her bitter breathe over…

Roxane

She read to our class about rape and race, More freckles than tears on her beautiful face. She smiled and said reach out anytime, A few months later, I did, when I felt my prime. The kindness was gone, the smile dead. Her rejection drilled…

I am

I am displaced I am finding my way I am feeling my power I am lifted above the chaos I am shining through I am returning the love  

One metmorphisize fits all

Happily-ever-after mythology only prefacing the sequel continuing the saga tacking on the index onto volume one having read this scene from life movies writing, rewriting the books playing déjà vu-all-over-again never more than countless times here-we-go-again monotony of changing times same cast of characters different…

Fragile

In such a narrow margin, close confined, Between the crushing depths and empty space. This thin, sustaining band where life can grow. How perilous existence is for fish. PROMPT: Set underwater. FORM: Unrhymed blank verse.