Tag Archives: Poetry

Don’t Die On My Wedding Day (poem)

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Marie

Don’t die on my wedding day I know I’d feel your absence As an oncoming storm The heaviness Of incipient rain Or tears Don’t die on my wedding day I don’t believe In psychopomps Attar of roses Or flocks of … Continue reading →

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The Kite (poem)

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Marie

Languishing atop the wardrobe the kite dreamed Of breezy, balmy days Its painted eyes gazing fixedly at the sun Watching the clouds racing ever westward In their formless, fluid beauty Weaving ever-changing patterns in the haze. Its wings dipping, soaring … Continue reading →

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The Indian Tree (poem)

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Marie

The Indian tree stood tall on the hill If lightning hadn’t struck It’d stand there still. With rotted black heart And bleached white bones. Passing at night Its shadow stretched dark As fingers of dread Clutch at my heart.

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Stars

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Marie

As I marvel at the Winter Triangle of stars The ruddy light of Betelgeuse shines redly As Procyon and Sirius cavort and leap.. The majesty and mystery an endless canopy Space dust..supernova and white giants Hurtling at unimaginable speeds Strange … Continue reading →

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I’m Not Meat

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Marie

I’m not a piece of meat hanging on your every word I don’t need your approval your lascivious lustful lechery leaves me cold I feel your eyes crawling over my skin unwelcome intrusive grasping and emboldened by the curve of … Continue reading →

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Worries (poem)

Posted on August 29, 2016 by reecemjones

I really wish I knew for sure What concerns people do adore, That keep them wrapped inside their head Until they may as well be dead. Concerns are like people So many which produce so little. So like any chump … Continue reading →

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Endings and beginnings (poem)

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Marie

To find Peace of mind I’ll leave it all behind… Marie

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I Don’t Love You (poem)

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Marie

For Reece, my muse. ’nuff said. Marie I love the colour blue But I don’t love you I love the smell of cut grass The cries of birds that pass Scything overhead I love your bed My head Pillowed … Continue reading →

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Whispers

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Marie

A weeping woman slouches at the foot of a grave. On the headstone sits a raven, but in his black eye is nothing and nothing is reflected there. The wind whispers, it blows upon her tears but it does … Continue reading →

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The tree

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Marie

Happy Christmas everyone. The tree In childhood days when I was low there was a tree to whom I’d go And spill my heart of all its woes but that was many years ago. When sorrow choked me thick … Continue reading →

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