Frances Raeburn

Frances Raeburn Feb 9

Home

I see you
and you look like home
I turn away
but home is always where
the heart is.

Frances Raeburn Feb 9

Name

I am a book
without words
I am a song
without tune
I am a poem
without rhyme
I am a movie
without sound
I am a play
without plot
I am a painting
without colour
I am a sculpture
without stone
I am a woman
without name.

Feb 9

Kurt Philip Behm

But Winners & Losers

I have no regard
for other poets
how could it be other

As they conscript
the words away
of which I’ve not discovered

A battle royal
zero sum
as phrases block and parry

The winner left
his voice reclaimed
— the loser most disparaged

(The New Room: February, 2024)

Frances Raeburn Feb 9

Brothrt

reveal your thoughts
yes, all of them
let them tumble upon the floor
naked and raw
the little bits of you
no one has ever
ever ever
seen before

Frances Raeburn Feb 9

Marc with a C

of all the smiles
ever given to me
and there’s been a few
the best smile
was the one you gave to me
in ‘94
as you ran to me
arms outstretched
love unattached
straight into my arms
with your love for me
written all over
the man I knew
you would eventually be.

Frances Raeburn Jan 29

Nothing

All of this
means nothing
the grandeur
the opulence
the pride
if we are both dead
inside

Frances Raeburn Jan 29

Do

Do you love me
he said
I will try
I said