Poetry

  • Maryn (haikus)

    It's sand, mud and dirt

    but some see the blue beyond

    and call it a beach.

     

    She almost forgets.

    Summer nights still taste like smoke

    and fireflies still dance.

     

  • Anchorless

    Sitting at a desk

    staring into space

    scratching your head

    I'm sorry it was me you chose

    I took away your anchor

    and now you're just

  • Poetry

    By wph

    Why I Was Late To Band Today

    "So I was in English class, right," said the kid, "and the bell rang, and while I was switching classes, I got super thirsty, so I stopped at the water fountain, but then I remembered that this fountain is out of order and the only other one is in

  • Oaths

    Sailing in the rain

    moonlit sky in the dark
    overcast shadows

    a world of shards

    broken

    for the ones we love

     

    promises mix with the impurity of dreams

    we wish we could have

  • Small Things

    I’ve started looking forward to the little things a little more 

    Than I look forward to next year

    Because it feels like next year is uncertain.

    I’m excited to eat peanut butter toast in the car before skiing,

  • Concert sick

    I'm

    the concert kind of sick

    just-one-more-day-of-health

    feeling-the-sneeze-coming sick

    sniffles and tissues and begrudging resignment

    but if I can just make it

    one

  • Something to get used to

    He went out with her last month,

    something I will have to get used to,

    the glances they'll pass,

    and the shadows that will dance at night when there is no one around to watch.

     

    She gave him a nickname,

  • Field of Roses

    Have you ever seen dozens of roses?

    A field perhaps

    Covered in red beauty

    Have you ever tried walking through dozens of roses?

    Your fingertips perhaps

    Covered in red blood

    From afar roses are gorgeous

  • chamomile

    i drink chamomile in the evenings

    vanilla and honey 

    forever sweetening

    so as the taste travels

    and my mother stops and leave

    i stick to my chamomile

    my evening retrieve 

  • earl grey

    in the mornings i drink earl grey

    warm and darkening

    as the weather today

    so as i'm forced to close doors

    and the dog and cat quarrel

    i stick to my earl grey

    my morning formal