My Body Is Too Big
...My body is too big
My bones loom over me
and my flesh wraps around them
Heavy like the bricks of a lighthouse tower
The waterfall of my tears posted proudly on a magazine cover
Eighth wonder ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
sewing needle, body, mental health,
Form: Free verse
Monet- Madame Monet- And- Child
...One little sidestep off the beaten track,
Is a colorful garden of dazzling shades,
With blood red geraniums of scintillating hue
Interspersed by those of white and baby pink,
Where beauty sings ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
sewing needle, appreciation, beauty, garden,
Form: Ekphrasis
Remove Splinter With Sewing Needle
...Sewing Needle Horn Haiku.
with sewing needle
mother removed my splinter
needed her to do....
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
sewing needle, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Tonight Tonight
...And so I wake from the sleep of a thousand years
Clawing out from my eyes a desert of dried tears.
And so I scream with a voice that is harsh broken
Repeating the words of the last lie spoken
E...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
sewing needle, conflict, death, faith, judgement,
Form: Lyric
Sharp and To the Point
...
*Sharp And To The Point
Written: by Tom Wright
10-12-2019
I’ve never been one,
being inclined to wheedle.
And sometimes my words,
resemble a sewing needle.*
On occasion I’ve bee...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
sewing needle, words,
Form: Lyric
A Torn Piece of Fabric
...Two patterns of fabric weaved together
Interlocking and Interlaced
Joined in union as one piece of cloth
Complete in color, texture, and functionality
These two fabrics were joyful and complete...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
sewing needle, absence, desire, hope, i
Form: Free verse
Animal Within
...There's an animal deep down inside me, deep in at the depths where my soul lays to rest.
And no, it's not a bunny, or a cute little puppy dog, or even a tiger.
It's more like an ancient wolfman in ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
sewing needle, animal, , cute,
Form: Free verse
Splinter
...I’m not a cook; my housework stinks.
My writing looks like scrawl;
But if you get a splinter,
I’m the one that you should call.
I have a knack for digging out
Those slivers ‘neath the skin.
W...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
sewing needle, me,
Form: Rhyme