Tammy M Darby

Mar 2019

Mike Hauser

dark are the eyes
through which we see
hard is the heart
that inside beats
only the lonely
know of the deeds
cold are the hands
that outward reach

follow the progress
that gets in the way
swallow the innocence
in what we say
two-sided knife
baked in the cake
savor the flavor
of the escape

hold onto your breath
if there's any left
along with the secrets
that you have kept
tossing and turning
in unmade beds
knowing the deeds
cold are the hands

Mar 2019

Pagan Paul

Fool's Diary 1

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At the table of eternal sorrow
sits a fool with a crooked smile,
faking interest in a world obscene
and feigning the mood of yesterwhile.
Couched over bent with quill extended,
he writes his heart with a bitter beat,
floating in the mire of a memory stained,
poised with nib to command the sheet.
Capering words form across the weave
with capricious intent and shadow play,
smoke and mirrors intersect and disperse
whilst his mind carries the story away.

© Pagan Paul (04/03/19)

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#poetry #fool #mediaeval #diary #script #shadows

Mar 2019

Onoma

At a Frozen Distance

winter has begun groaning--

sounding the colors flowers

are settling upon.

full-throated as what he lets

out to see coming at a frozen

distance.

whereas the vapor of his breath

is changing color--heeded as a

sign that loosens his grip.

slowly internalizing his death.

Mar 2019

Pagan Paul

The Storm

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Alas we are cast into an ocean of grief,
prey to the monsters that lay deep beneath,
to shake and rattle the core of our beliefs,
rendered shipwreck shattered by jagged reefs.
Are we to grace our souls 'pon Neptune's teeth,
adorned and garlanded with a salt kelp wreath,
should our existence be so stunted and brief,
I beseech to expire like a storm silent leaf.

© Pagan Paul (03/03/19)

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#poetry #storm #lost #leaf

Mar 2019

Colm

Steaming Tea On A Windowsill

Tea
Wisps of steam
Arise from dead leaves
To grace the presence of my windowsill
And the snow
How it blows and falls between
My future and me
But in the immediate reality of me
Is tea

Steaming Tea On A Windowsill

#steaming #tea #on #*** #windowsill