You’re My Delilah

"This poem is a song, written to the woman I love."

Oh, my soul, my heart’s troll. You’re so nasty,  You’re so dread, You’ve got me  Drowning in devil’s sin. You’re a strumpet in my bed,  You’re an itch that won’t scratch. You’re my Delilah, You’re Eve with an apple. Oh,...

Taking Her To Heaven

"Girl tries to win back ex-lover"

She hurried down the path to the old graveyard in the woods outside of town. Dear God, she thought, please let him be there. There was a light breeze, wafting the smell of the woods with it, but it did...

Just Like A Peach

"Student parties can be very loud and finding a bed that isn't occupied can be almost impossible."

I met Ralph Clarke at my flatmate Jane’s birthday party between Christmas and New Year.Like most student house parties, the music that night was perilously close to deafening, and conversation was generally carried on by lip-reading and sign language. Jane,...

Silence Regrets

"Thoughts after a great love affair suddenly ends"

You asked if there were regrets. I said there were none. But the silence made me think When the silence fell, I didn’t know Either of two extremes you felt. Except to know it must hurt. My reflections brought forth...

Bulky, unwieldyAwkwardly arrangedPlunked on the paperLike big clods of clay That is how wordsAppear now to beWhen I want to conveyWhat you mean to me Needing to craftNuances of thoughtInstead a NeanderthalPounds with a rock Inadequate languageInartfully clubbedUnable to voicePrayerful...

Shake meWake meWhen you hear me scream. Take meMake meFeel what you have seen. Hold meFold meYour words dripping sweet. Scold meMould meCreate your favorite treat. Suspect meReject meWhen I am being bad. Erect meProtect meWhen I am feeling sad....

Sparkling sun raysBeam across the skyOn this glorious day. The trumpets blareA symphony of soundAs they lift their voicesSoulful hymns of devotion.Dressed in whiteSimply angelic withOverwhelming beautyBoth inside and out.Such a heavenly sight,One that takesYour breath away.Her eyes tell a...

I only want the winter's cold to wrap around my every step, tonight is a mirror of when you and I first met. Stars blanketing the infinite above, each glowing point illuminated the way to find you again, some still...