NO 1. PROMPT: “old times” Maybe new times Are just old times in disguise NO 2. PROMPT: “feelings” How deep is the well of my feelings take a bucket and drain me dry don’t worry how i collapse into dust NO 3. PROMPT: “tragedy” Life took me one tragedy at a time until i wasContinue reading “my latest moody poems”
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“The Virtuous Woman” — A Short Story, P2
Click here to read the previous installment. The villain begged the gardener to free herself. He constantly gave her ideas. Sometimes he made her lists of ways to dirty her soul. One such list is as follows, written on a day when he was particularly salty: Ways to sin without even leaving your chair LieContinue reading ““The Virtuous Woman” — A Short Story, P2″
IRONY
My mother said the other day that what I want in love Is something quite ridiculous and not in Heav’n above. She said that if I list too much the things I want in him Then fate will slap me in the face, and negate ev’ry dense whim. I’d like him dark with big blackContinue reading “IRONY”
SIMILE
It’s like the sea missing the desert; The moon kissing the sun; The priest looking after the heathen. It’s like my heart pumping ice; trees shedding blood; clouds dripping leaves. Like snow in July; Flowers in December; Harvest in March. It’s like black seeing color; Guitars singing vision; Mouths hearing sound. Like life loving death;Continue reading “SIMILE”
GRANTED
What would the mother tell her daughter If she knew she wouldn’t make it home That night? What would the husband say to his wife If he knew he’d never come back Across the sea? What would the teenager tell his brother If he knew they’d never come Face to face again? What would you tell me If you knewContinue reading “GRANTED”
POWERFUL
– Questions are powerful. – I remember a long time ago, When the world was just beginning to collapse into darkness, I loved a boy And the boy loved me. My brother once asked him, “When you see my sister when you’re Old and kissed by Time— Maybe in the grocery store Or a parkingContinue reading “POWERFUL”
SOCK
Just a Dumb, gray polka-dot sock– Alone, without a match. Unraveled and dirty, I sit, unworn. Unloved. Unmatched, Under a pile of socks. They are pairs. They are matches. But not me. Until someone takes me out of My comfort zone. Out of the bin, Out of the box. I’m lost afraid. But nothing isContinue reading “SOCK”
PIGTAILS
I never wanted to grow up– While my friends dreamed of Cars and Boys and Freedom I was content with my dolls And my daydreams And Elmo. I wore pigtails with pride And romped the world, Gathering dandelions, Riding bikes, Shying away from boys. But we all age Regardless of Whether we want to orContinue reading “PIGTAILS”
Amanda Michelle Brown 