I will bring down the stars
Tag: Poem
the thinnest measure
the thinnest measure #Poem #PoetryCommunity #5amWritersClub
Falling through my fingers
Moments fall through my fingers, grains blown in the wind of turning planets. This is all I have, this square of grass, this pinprick of time. A heartbeat. A flashing thought. And so I dry my eyes, and start again. ~~~
The world, on the page
The world, on the page #5amWritersClub #poetry #amWriting #WritersLife
Poems from novels-in-progress
Every #novel starts with a kernel of #poetry. Journal notes for novels-in-progress include poetry #wips.
like a prayer
Make it
like a prayer
that first step
onto fresh snow.
In this small, quiet moment
you have not yet
invented yourself.
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Will you
Will you // I have cut my heart / into petals, strewn them / at your feet. // Walk to me. //
For O
Loneliness has gaps where joy or lovecan live for just a breath ~~~
1998
The year you died the rain fell frozen in weeping sheets
This morning at the farms along the road
Twelve wild turkeys on their barnyard tour lumber from the woods
