Stories tagged poem

Handiwork

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People speak of wordsmiths, as if they hammer text into shape; smelting down clunky prose, recasting from white-hot ink.

The poet. Pt. 3

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I think I remember now why people write poetry.

AnythingAnythingAnything

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I’ll sit up all night, I don’t mind. I don’t have to Go to work, Or Wake up early.

The Sound Of...

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What if Everything I have been doing Hasn’t been heard By anyone?

Another, Another, Another

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It’s just another Day where I feel tired, but I Don’t know why it’s so.

In Real Life

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I’m starting to feel more interested in my savings account.

I Haven't Slept Properly

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The rain is filling up my shoes, I can’t see through my glasses, Rain all inside me.

My Back Hurts

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There’s a room Full of white And it smells Like bleach and Iron

A Dream in Brick

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A man walks up and faces this new red brick wall The bricks are all perfect as you might expect in a dream And the cement is tuck-pointed without a dribble, anywhere He looks at the wall and puts his head through it And when he pulls h

Time Passed to Time Present

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Four Quartets is a slender book which/ can be read with intensity in its entirety

2 poems

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What if your teeth fell like so many rain drops gathered in a river

Now

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I'm looking for the perfect/passage, a safe, sound/jettison to now.

No One Is Listening

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Bum on a Parisian stoop begging with his big Jackson Pollack bare head in the rain The water running in streaks all over his brain reminding him of a painting he once thought of Man standing outside a bar talking to his own reflection

Capital Offense

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They can’t exterminate the poor just yet

Cache

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Could I cache your kisses?