“Just fancy the look on the unlucky guests,
and the entertainer, who’s even smarter
at faking it.” #gabriellagarofalo #poet #poetry #italianpoets
Category: Poetry
Jesus and How He Must Have Felt
“My body detaching from myself,
numbed by winter’s fingers…”
#newpoetry #michaelleejohnson #poems @poetryman1130
Poets in the Rain
“All poets are crazy. Listen to them soak
sponge in early rain medley notes sounding off.
Crazy, suicidal, we know who they are: …”
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Want to read more? Click the link in the bio. #poetry #newpoems #poems #michaelleejohnson @poetryman1330
Mazes
Do not confuse / being the foundation / of your house // with being the bones / In the basement. #newpoetry #creativewriting #inspiration
4 Steps for Troubleshooting a Marriage
1.
Turn it off and back on.
If your marriage has been in continuous use
for a lengthy period of time,
Muskrats of Madison Avenue
“How much should she gain
before we fill her head with
dreams of
how her wishes will come true?” #poetry
Carry Me
“…Seeing shattered
faces looming in
horrid places…” #poetry #sampsonmathis
Time Warp
“1940:
The long, endless lines waiting for trains taking you—perhaps to safety.
Is there safety?
Déjà vu Time warp.” #poetry
Spring is the saddest season
Spring is the saddest season
winter is famously hard to shake. #poetry
i never got to say goodbye to my friend in the straw hat
“…only empty seats are tokens of envy & someone moved my parcel, my puzzles, and my wait of indeterminate suspense.”
Pieces
“Every day I erase pieces of myself…”
#goodpoetry #blackpoets
Lust Lost
In his flat.In his second flat.The hippie house.My cars, first and second.A houseboat.That old country hotel with no towels.On our beach.The caravan out on the lookout point.At my parent’s house, my single room.The island, resort, nook down by the river.A city park.Camping.Quieter now and in the dark.You still seemed near.But you were gone.Left,moved on. Written…
45 Magazine Women's Literary Journal 