Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Facing life

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Window ShadeEarly morning gray:The feeling of old porridge weighingOn the chestTo remind me of the day aheadStruggling past the burdenI notice the shadow of myGrandfatherDead 22 years yet still raisingWith my window shadeBeckoning to me through theBarrier of deathRevealing an option beyond thisDripping, lonely dayI reach for ... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Skin

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The Trouble with SkinMy issue with the skin ofOur bodiesIs not with its palenessIts drynessIts refusal to hold beautyI don't mind its betrayalIn the sags and the flakesCreases and burnsThe stretching and dying.The issue I have with the skin ofOur bodiesWith the promises it bears as a containerOf animation, wisdom, affectionIs... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Prejudice

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AutumnLeaves fall:Generations of colors and shapesBend in the breezeand recoil.Red from yellowYellow from brownCacklingConspiringThey fall.Until an old manPatched and scarredMerely rakes his yard.And against their will,they are joined once again. More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Marriage

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CookingI am making a clam dish. He is watching.6 slices bacon (crumbled)He talks of nothing. The seafood sparks him, though dully.He looks quite satisfied with himself.We should take a vacation, he tells me.2 medium carrots (thinly sliced)I stare blankly at him. We should try the Caribbean, he says.4 inside stalks celery (sli... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Childhood

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Hudson LineOver the heads of the passengersReading the paperI can see the riverKneeling, neck stretched to the cloudsI am pulled off the seat by a conscientious parentYet, not before I saw the Hudson for myselfI feel the sun is grateful to have the riverFor a mirrorSuch a venue in which to danceAnd I try to watch againDon't d... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Christmas

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Merry Christmas, DarlingRinsed in multicolored lightsAs we snuggle on the couchHe looks like rainbow sherbetSo I laugh.My laughter mingled with hisShatters into a thousand piecesLike the beginning of fairies.They dance with the angelsDisrupt the nativity sceneCause general disarray.The disorientation of our delightIs wrenched... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Actors

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FaultsWhen gazing upon your rehearsed and perfect smile,As the stage lights flicker and create shadows on your faceI notice a crooked tooth.When glancing at your carefully chosen, painfully planned clothing,I notice a tear in the fabric.When listening to your professional, booming, theatrical voice,Reaching up into the balcon... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Alone in the dark

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Caller IDA ringing telephone sends a joltThrough my contented nightmareAnd my long-dead grandfatherAppears on the caller IDTwenty-two years and another marriageMy grandmother still wasn't readyFor changeThe universe is specifically flawedWhile I'm generically sadThe dull glow fromThe computer screenIs sharper than my ownSense... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Unheard voices

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SpectrumAs a little girl, I met a kind old man.I couldn't understand theDistanceBetween the way he positionedThe muscles of his faceAnd the way I positioned mine.I felt we were the same.The sparkle in his left eye was taintedWith experience.Suddenly my inferiority was suchThat I believed I was small enoughTo fit inside the wr... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Domestic abuse

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Small Town BlissA tiny boyruns happily acrosshis parents' yardchasing his dogwho barks merrilywhile his young motherwatches in silly worship,content, until she turnsand is met with the angry eyesof her husband-so she finishes her turnand goes backto facing the joyful yard,leaving her secret behind her. More..

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