Christmas Fashion Poems

Do you remember the way Christmas was,
when we gathered with our family and friends.
Cutting down a tree from out in the woods,
and hot chocolate never...

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I pondered the patent plastic pumps
From a Chepstow market stall 
Surely with these I thought
I would be the belle of the ball

My first heels ever...

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"Parvati and Oxum" or "The Last of Us"
is the concern of a whorish woman
who grew up with five brothers 
and five sisters. Her father and...

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Hold the phone, hold the freakin’ phone. Lisa’s got a boyfriend!
I’ve never seen Lisa with a boyfriend. Lisa draws men like fireworks on a dark...

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Sweet honey of harmattan 
What a season you are 
To see thee at the eleventh hour 
At the end of the tunnel 
And flown come...

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Once a Christmas 

The sun was blood red looked like a big wound
on the flank of an elephant shot by poachers.
Dripped blood on white, wholly...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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When autumn leaves on tree branches disappear
And chilly winds spoil outdoor fun
The warmth of a fireplace beckons me to draw near
That’s winter to me.

When snowflakes...

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went out in a new outfit and car, to find I had a flat tire

 
Date Written: 8/24/2020

2 Place     When plans...

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Grandmother Elfrieda's birthday is today,
She would be over one hundred years old.

The beautiful grandmother that helped raise us,
I remember her well.

She was the nicest grandmothers...

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The High Night of the Dark Wind

Dancing fairies on the lake of ice, 
leaving no marks as they pass. 
The tiny birds, chase them...
not to...

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The Fashion Zebra

I am a flake. 
That is the term for people that do not follow through. 
It may not be fair. I have spent...

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The countryside looked like a Christmas postcard,
Spruces were covered with snowflakes .

Looked like God's painting,
There were tracks in the snow where friends had walked.

Skiers ascended...

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I retired gracefully, happily, knowing I could never be fully completely replaced even to this day.
I was slick, photographic, revered by so many, loved by...

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Dangerous dreams flood 
over me in darkness and 
the weight of them drowns me 
like a tidal wave 
sinking me into my mattress
and spiraling me...

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