100 Day Project Three – Day 3
DAY 3 (June 14th, 2018) WAITING IN VAIN I waited in vain for a warm word— too much a burden, I suppose for you to bear. Daily Word Count: 124 EXCERPT “Wel...
DAY 3 (June 14th, 2018) WAITING IN VAIN I waited in vain for a warm word— too much a burden, I suppose for you to bear. Daily Word Count: 124 EXCERPT “Wel...
DAY 2 (June 13th, 2018) IF I COULD REACH If I could reach into the past and pluck a petal from that ghostly flower I’d pull you back and tell you that I l...
DAY 1 (June 12th, 2018) ON WRITING POETRY The first verse is easy. The second one strained. The third one is broken. The fourth one maimed. Daily Word Count: 12...
A Short Poem Shameless Gestures You come only when I call with this solitary voice– you listen– only when these bare-toothed baubles, brimming with promise both...
A Short Poem Between Two Seas Look upon the young faces, and see a springtide that lasts forever. Look upon the old faces, and see the dead on graves’ precipice...
A Short Poem Uncommon Heart I first saw my heart hanging in the sky and cried, “Share your secrets, Uncommon Heart.” I was born that day yet those w...
A Poem Was It Last Night or a Life Ago? Was it last night or a life ago? When I was an old, frightened Pharaoh turning in hapless circles like a wounded ape— my...