Sad poetry
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sea swallowed,
gulped at the beauty of her legs,25 lines, 8 comments, on Apr 23 11:53 AM 2006. In Nature -
when the touch is gone
so I will know it.27 lines, 18 comments, on Apr 27 7:30 PM 2006. In Love -
The curtains shushed her as she drew to see
Her hope slip off on another’s wings.44 lines, 5 comments, on May 28 8:34 AM 2006. In Hope -
Sliver of the moon in her heart
ripples through the bone and tissue26 lines, 17 comments, on Jun 1 8:21 AM 2006. In Contemporary -
is sometimes not enough
to make you believe forever.37 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 9 5:12 PM 2006. In Personal -
Gray billowing curtains
Escaped the brightest panes24 lines, 10 comments, on Jul 24 8:26 PM 2006. In Society -
crocheting another rainbow
patterned afghan9 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 8 5:01 AM 2006. In Love
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Bitter dawns were sweetened by the comfort of fine foam.
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I no longer love you I love the very loss of you44 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 22 4:38 PM 2007
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It is best walked alone, this sorrowed path
when gray has settled like lichen foam67 lines, 8 comments, on Nov 25 12:00 PM 2007 -
Stop your simple dark stutter
and come, carefully,34 lines, 7 comments, on Dec 8 11:50 AM 2007
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sailing on double-dream
shewolfnative35 lines, 10 comments, on Nov 25 7:26 AM 2006
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Came time, as all times come, when grief51 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 29 7:01 AM 2006. In spiritual
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I allow a chunk of dry hair
to fall into the fire as a shadow11 lines, 10 comments, on Dec 31 5:03 PM 2006. In Grief
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My lips taste your
Hello forever. -
I shall always be
the extra piece that really belongs elsewhere31 lines, 14 comments, on Jan 21 8:59 PM 2007. In Angst
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I was touching soft stone
bones of belief in your return,28 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 26 3:41 PM 2007. In Sad
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a lakeful of tears
that you sink into30 lines, 7 comments, on Feb 5 11:55 PM 2007. In Loss
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bringer of Spring closed cold crypt
over this long latitude of mine28 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 13 4:08 PM 2007. In Sad
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a simple segue and waiting key
hovering on abandoned ear16 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 15 6:04 AM 2007. In Sad
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Another broken heart
Bent into sharp shoulder blades10 lines, 7 comments, on Feb 15 6:27 AM 2007. In Sad
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I have long been a gray cloud
sucking up sad things to cry over19 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 2 9:16 AM 2007. In Dark
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Searching sky for signs
of God, perhaps, or simply Spring23 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 9 6:53 PM 2007. In Loss
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Little slivers of flesh
where you pressed “I Love You,”35 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 11 3:44 PM 2007. In Sorrow
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I wrote “ Love”28 lines, 9 comments, on Dec 12 8:38 AM 2007. In Life
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You left no thumbprint
but your face is burned on my eyelids -
Once, before words, and real gestures,
world was nothing but tight-stretched canvas27 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 16 11:24 AM 2007. In Sorrow
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Wound like shroud, silent like death,
as if asleep, I was dumbstruck, -
My mother wore wire framed corsets,
that, I believe, squeezed the life out of her.26 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 18 11:42 AM 2007
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There was a sign: "No Trespassing Hearts"
stamped on my forehead. I breathed it41 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 15 11:26 AM 2007. In Sad
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A sudden shift of shadow to skin that waits for cooling:
This, this is love that has not been reckoned with;15 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 30 9:29 AM 2007. In Sorrow
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I can not love you
for like sting of nettle,11 lines, 6 comments, on Jan 1 12:31 PM. In Personal -
It is no ancient accident that navy turns pale
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Sorrow knows this dress I wear
and beneath, skin and bone21 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 5 9:46 AM. In Sad
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You said you dreamed me, said, you hoped I would be valiant and I dreamed you would simply be kind29 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 29 9:35 PM 2007. In Love
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Gulls crying help help help over kelp,
shushing waves try to calm them, -
We feel so pitiful
in our little play of pathos’32 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 9 10:02 AM. In Society
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Sorrow has a way of incising
through to bone and sinew29 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 29 8:50 PM 2007
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by dying breath of dragon,
did you pass21 lines, 12 comments, on Apr 11 10:42 PM. In Society
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Cold as marble, armless, left to sink
in Grecian dust42 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 27 5:06 PM. In Society
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After being beaten soundly,
sky puts clouds beyond backyard fence -
I. she was filled up, like a burlap sack waiting92 lines, 11 comments, on May 24 4:33 PM. In Sorrow
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Cement would crumble should I cave in to it now,
this weight wanting to break loose;17 lines, 14 comments, on May 22 5:59 PM
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littered layout of my land,
wrinkle-scroll of loosening life21 lines, 6 comments, on May 31 6:24 AM. In Memories
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sucking on icy comments
sets raw nerves15 lines, 8 comments, on Jun 4 10:15 AM. In Sad
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I.
a few sips down the throat50 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 6 12:43 PM. In Angst
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moon rides on back of loon,
humming silver notes along a lonely call19 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 17 9:59 AM. In Nature
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breath on a window pane
memory etching a name on my heart -
Like dog that circles round and round its bed,
like flock of geese spiraling over the downed,46 lines, 13 comments, on Jun 18 9:55 AM. In Thoughts
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hand on guitar
that lacks its fifth string29 lines, 10 comments, on Jun 17 9:55 AM. In Angst
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I.
she sees things in shades of gray,68 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 18 8:53 AM. In Pain
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does it have a voice?
it has a word, maybe a phrase,41 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 17 5:48 PM. In Sorrow
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I no longer love you: I love the very loss of you
I resent that drag, like grabbing fists29 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 15 11:37 AM
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whispers on cheeks, on throat, on chest;
tears trailing down your hand28 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 20 9:57 PM. In Sad
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Quote - 'The blossom may drift away upon the softest breeze, but the scent remains forever'.23 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 26 11:06 AM. In Personal
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We do not often think of Love as “Train”, nor do we cling to Love as Journey;33 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 27 9:37 PM. In Angst
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35 lines, 11 comments, on Jul 20 9:11 AM. In Adult
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Not a total eclipse of the sun, a partial
like trying to remember a whole face -
oh hide me, wrap me
in the shelter of anonymity,40 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 18 12:26 PM -
Perhaps you thought
words I work at40 lines, 12 comments, on Aug 10 9:24 AM. In Angst -
winter’s grip and rip and stippled fear of freezing
solid31 lines, 10 comments, on Aug 17 11:10 AM. In Sad
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I could not save you;
13 lines, 8 comments, on Sep 8 8:15 AM. In Personal
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