alexandra-carlyleWhisper

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3AMThese are the moments when I marvel / at the way darkness reinvents itself / in shadows that move with moonlight
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Jun 26, 2010
alwaysIn those quiet moments / stolen between pockets / of swollen sunlight
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Jul 31, 2011
artistic licenseFirst I’ll change his eyes / from brown to green / because I’d rather be reminded
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Aug 7, 2010
cacophonyI am always caught / on the ragged / edges of your breath. There are too many
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Oct 11, 2010
cellar doorThat summer the sky was hedged in / by clouds, as if to stave off emptiness. / When trees unfolded their fragrant bones
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Jul 23, 2011
denouementIt arrived in silence. / The sound came after / the suffering,
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May 21, 2011
departureMost days I am broken / breeze and glass / eyes. The pinched
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Aug 14, 2010
father's day (a sestina)The features that distinguish the person you used to be and who / you are today are becoming clearer, although I no longer remember what / caused you to change. But I can still recall that distant time when
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Jun 25, 2010
fill in the blank*In others we can know only two things:* / (because there was smoke in my eyes / because your eyes are just embers)
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Jan 26, 2011
hindsightLater, you will wonder / how you never saw it / coming. When you kiss her
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Aug 5, 2010
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