Songs From the Umbra
...we found each other's bodies
in a pile of bodies
writhing and squirming for the light
you were pulling petals off flowers
I was teaching young children how to swear
and in that moment of passi...
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Categories:
woodcut, deep, mental illness, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
The Only Star For Me
...The Only Star For Me
It’s my corner coffee shop, Starbucks
The cheer starts here with hot coffee
I’ll get yours, it’s nothing, awe shucks
A home away from home, my family
A blended Frappucci...
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Categories:
woodcut, addiction, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
The Burning of the Jews
...It was a woodcut in our high school history text, Unit 4 Beginnings of the
Modern World, that so disturbed,
from the Nuremburg Chronicles depicting the burning of the Jews, flat
perspe...
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Categories:
woodcut, beauty, christian, dark, garden,
Form: Free verse