All Entries in the "Poetry" Category
The Fire Inside–Andrew Massie
She was waiting for me
At the bottom of the stairs,
Cinderella lips pressed softly together,
Her eyes standing pools of morning dew
Reflecting scarlet light from the rising sun
“Are you ready?” she asked coolly,
Her earthy brown hair tied back in a tail,
Her body tight, ready for action,
Coiled in dissonance with that voice
And those deep blue eyes
“I am,” said [...]
Hypothermia–Robert W. Wilson, Jr.
Numb hands grip rigid blue walls,
stepping carefully on frictionless white.
Picture frames are frosted over,
becoming ancient silhouettes.
The wind howls, biting at my eyes,
winding from where two snowmen sit.
I glide, softly and silently,
as not to disturb their quiet contest.
Hear the Silence–Fadia Mereani
I hear the silence;
It does have a sound!
I do hear the silence;
It is so profound.
While the kettle is whistling
In the neighbor’s house;
While the kids are running
Toward the school’s bus,
I still hear the silence.
While the birds are singing
And fluttering their wings;
While the cats are mewing
And chasing the insects,
I still hear the silence.
While the builders are working [...]
Dead Man in My Closet–Robert W. Wilson, Jr.
There is a dead man in my closet
he is just behind the door;
staring at the wall
a heap of mass upon the floor.
The dead man in my closet,
he wasn’t always there;
like my thumbprints on his neck
or the drag marks on the stairs.
I wonder if he was happy,
before I approached him from behind;
he breathed the air and [...]