Tender poems that still tell the truth
Tender poems that still tell the truth.
These poems hold the reader gently without going soft around the truth. Care is present, but so is backbone.
Redirect
Ribbons unfurl and dance across your field of vision in the sunshine, their curls and shimmers as imaginary and concrete as a dream seen through blinks
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I watched her hair catch fire On the promontory. My heart burns in the twin chestnut flames Cascading off either side of her face. Dual elevens shimmer
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Imagine a crystal vase Filled with clear warm water Floating in a pale blue sky. As you watch and observe You may start to see
Keep readingRight There Waiting
One day, when you're six years old you may watch your Dad leave, and have just the vaguest sense of where he's going. But what you won't know
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You can't grasp what you'd most wish. Tiny dust motes dancing and shimmering In the early morning light of the office— A perfect angle, a perfect brightness
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One day, you'll discover a way to do things— a logical structure to your thoughts and a method to enforce
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