Category Archives: free-verse

Thanks to a fierce storm I’m without electric power. Woe is me! A girl cold from air conditioning, Read of florescent bright night lights, Spoiled by spellcheck and wordweb Bathed in ones and ohs: I am becoming digitized with each … Continue reading →

With the clouds spreading like cotton above my head The crisp blue bright expanse of sky ever peeking through Green grass creeping up through the dead brown earth A sweet cool breeze gently caressing my face Intermittent sunlight, like the … Continue reading →

Out of place he stands rigidly at attention Alone, shunned by the others like him A tooth incompatible with my mouth My secret shame hidden behind my lips Yellow dingy and discolored, too far Out of place for the toothbrush … Continue reading →

Birth, the beginning Death, the end New, fresh, vibrant, green Old, crumbled, broken, grey Both with blood, pain, tears Anticipation, announcing hope for the future Evasion, eventually yielding to the inevitable fact of life Both keeping secret their itineraries Ripening … Continue reading →

communities all of our hopes, fears, dreams; shared joys & shared sorrows starving hand-in-hand; shoulders to cry and lean on humans men women and children loving living crying dying ethnocentrism anything you might think, feel, say, do, hear, taste, see, … Continue reading →

Once upon a time I was a princess, Hiding in a castle from the world. A knight in shining armor for my love, And so I thought would be my fate. Until one day the spell was broken, So quickly … Continue reading →

All the people pass me by Traveling, conversing together Engrossed in their own lives No-One taking notice of me As he’s walking down the street The man with the crazy eyebrows Looks at me but through me as he Walks … Continue reading →

the shoes that she wore the night he loved her still live inside her closet the red silk is still stained from the rain that fell and the shoes are never worn the left strap is torn from when she … Continue reading →

Daytime and the sun shines bright; the world is limitless to me. Life exudes from all around and happiness turns to delight. Warmth enfolds me and I feel the essence of life, heat. But night will come haunting soon; it … Continue reading →