With but the soul of a poet
and the heart of a clown
my heartfelt intention
was to not let her down

But you can't cage our madness
with the rules of the sound
for if not for us poets
there would be no more clowns...….

R.A. Ries   (C) 2017

The best way to edit that one was to delete it...

Writers own the night

     the solitude of darkness

Brings thoughts to words







R.A. Ries (C) 2016

Write from inspiration


                  Anything else is just a ******* fraud....




R.A. Ries (C) 2018

She
      was
             the
                  perfect
                             storm
                                      of
                                         chaos





R.A. Ries (C) 2017

Silver icicles gleam.... scattered in the snow
   like the kind you had on your Christmas tree when you were a kid

what happened last night

she left with him

Valentines wrapping paper in shreds

       I step barefoot out on the balcony
                               in the frigid morning

I light a smoke and do a shot to clear my head

and then I remember a note she gave me...…

      "sometimes if I listen close I can hear your eyelashes curl when you sleep"

R.A. Ries (c) 1994

It never ends good.....


     If it was good it wouldn't end


but there's always that one.....







R.A. Ries 2018 (c)