Daily Archives: May 19, 2015

floating toads

  . shared at toads tuesdays.

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vanilla poem

. ain’t got no sprinkles or hot fudge marshmallow fluff. ……………word scoop is enough. .

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murmur blue

  . in less than two months, i will be here. in the agonizing flurry that is the end of the school year, i needed this bit of blue tonight.   play magnetic poetry.

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Sparrow Hieroglyph

.. We wiggle around the letters (the most familiar of all wild birds will happily {eat} {drink} {dance to} virtually anything) with small, gregarious well -marked (h)(l)eads, scratch a hole in the page and lie in it awhile (helps stiffen … Continue reading

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This Poem

. This poem is pooped, stooped low and begging for a slow burn, a quiet turn of phrase that might just sizzle. This poem (fo’ shizzle) has nothin’ new to say, no la-di-da way of making sense of its own … Continue reading

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The Significance of Snow

2am and she calls me ’cause I’m still awake. “Can you help me unravel my latest mistake? I don’t love him…winter just wasn’t my season.”                                                          – Anna Nalick, Breathe . It falls soft on everything, makes even harsh seem beautiful: … Continue reading

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Her Dark Passenger Rides Long into Midnight

.. Shall we dance? He whispers from my shoulder, a stance he has grown accustomed to, as I have not yet figured out how to bid him go. No, I breathe low, but he doesn’t hear, too busy crooning in … Continue reading

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Patent, Pending

Photo Credits: Zvaella The trouble when you click your toes together instead of your heels is that nobody knows what you’re wishing for or where home is, or why these side -walks are made of leather instead of yellow brick. … Continue reading

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Loose Change

prompted by margo’s tuesday tryouts.

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