It's no wonder that the bowis almost shaped as a heart,or a pair of lips so tautfrom the ache in anticipation.This should be obvious by now,our skin animated from contact,a silent contract that survivespast what bodies remember.I'll touch you and...
love
Just Dessert
"Dessert first"
Tara was just a small town girl working at a big name publishing firm in New York City. She was working hard on getting her first book published. Everyone said she was crazy to try to get a recipe book...
Lucy opened the paperback a little wider and tilted it towards the light, but she read only one paragraph before dropping the book into her lap. Sighing, she rubbed her eyes."I shouldn't be reading," she muttered. "I have to work."Placing...
Balls Head
"Can you recapture the past?"
Balls Head Reserve, as always, made me think rude thoughts. Not because of the name – it's a headland, named after a Lieutenant Ball, who captained one of the ships in the First Fleet. And not even rude thoughts about...
Our lives were perfectWe lived a normal lifeI was happy when we metI enjoyed being your wifeWe loved each other alwaysEnjoyed living our livesEverything changed one dayThat night when we diedWe went out to an affairEverything was alrightThe evening turned...
A Bookish Love Story
"she wanted him, as a man, and wanted him now."
The dream had returned--so had the eyes. They hovered in an angry sky just above the horizon, seeing everything but focusing on nothing.Amy knew those eyes—knew a time when they’d been filled with happiness and a love of life....
Your Poem
"Showing my love and feelings for someone special"
I thought thatI would writeA poem about The feelings thatI have for youThere ain’t a momentIn the day that goes byWhere I’m not thinking About youEvery second of every minuteEvery minute of every hourEvery hour of every dayThat doesn’t go by without Having...
Reaching you will unmake us,it is the end and start of our impossible divide,placing our every mistake in a clouded hourglassand hiding flaws in time's delicate folds.All of these moments have their own weightlike stones of different shapes and sizes,decorated...
Naughty Old Man
"Not the usual job at the senior home."
I had turned sixteen and it was suggested by my father that I do something to give back to the community. It was decided for me that I should volunteer at the local retirement home.It started out just talking to...
Poetic Seduction
"Emma loved poetry, but this was the first time the written word engulfed her."
Emma had listened to ‘Moments of a Welsh Village’ by her favourite author a thousand times. Well, not actually voiced by him, but by a cast of actors and actresses. The leading voice was of the best narrator, in her...