Nancy Katherine

Nancy Katherine Dec 2011

Through every door and window,
gushes the water of my discontent.
Currents of his resentment pour through.
Waves of Water

A futile try
to hold back the tide of my anger.
I turn in time to watch
our marriage
float away,
one more dead and stinking fish.

Nancy Katherine Dec 2011

10 Word Poem

...to start again.* I want to start again.* I want...

Nancy Katherine Nov 2011

Winning?

You won and won
again
Pyrrhic victories
lost your
war

One of my new favorite words!
A Pyrrhric victory : a victory whose costs outweigh any advantage that may have been gained.
Neat history on the origin of this noun, if you're interested.

Nancy Katherine Nov 2011

Time Runs Hard

Thoughts fly through memories
past time run hard,
followed fast by experience.

(Eyes coax out smiles,
lips reach each jut and hollow,
blessed sturdy hands hold on)

With blind bias
I am completely
u n d o n e

Nancy Katherine Nov 2011

blue

why is
the blue of your
eyes
always a surprise?

Nancy Katherine Nov 2011

Wince (10 word poem)

Are you
my detour,
my shifting road,
my dead-end street?

Nancy Katherine Nov 2011

Better Yet

Better
than
a new lover
is
a newly born
baby.