unsplash-logoDmitry Bayer Hey Everyone. I am really excited to bring to your attention something that I think I should have been doing for a while now. As most (all three of you) know that I post my poetry online for free, I have decided (my husband has decided) that I should post them as […]
You loved my fire….
unsplash-logoMohamed Nohassi You said you were attracted to my fire, passion you saw me burning from ten thousand miles away We were born on the same date two children of the God Mars and I was enchanted by your kindness toward me It was an easy thing Fire and fire burns brighter, higher, illuminating the […]
Empty Threats (poem)
unsplash-logoChristian Sterk It started with a statement on the television from the leader of the free world ‘He want’s to hang all of em’ he said with a smile and a hand gesture as they talked about men, like me My chest tightened the floor fell away and suddenly I was falling without moving Shaking, […]
Filos (Poem)
the clouds drift in blue skies above my head pirate ships in silent sailing masts filled golden sunlight kisses my body in midst of wildflowers and tall grasses buzzing sounds as sweet as a lullaby lay next to me interpret with me the holy writ in the stars we can’t see and let us disagree […]
What Contentment tastes like (poem)
I can hear a dove sing in the tree outside my window with sore muscles and tired eyes I listen to the sound of my husband shuffling through books he’d brought from home muttering to himself about the wisdom of they who’d left part of themselves for the world to learn from. […]
The man by the river (poem)
(Photo by Farrel Noble) Three a.m and the wind blows heavy across the night I’ve been writing about a man I once was A love story about a man I once knew Who loved me years ago In that city by a river He was a good man Deserving of so much better than I […]
What makes a man, a man? (poem)
What is it about my sex? exuding strength, agility, power is it the energy? potential and kinetic? that makes a man a man? Is it the muscle, the scent virility? is it the potential to create life from my loins or take it away with my hands? what makes a man, a man? […]