"My poetic tribute to fatuous fate and infatuation."
Behold six pairs of doomed lovers,Slain by their own hands or by another.With poison, knife, serpent and lust.Ah! But whose marriage really went bust?Heloise and Abelard. Both were brilliant.He was unmanned but still proved resilient.Paris and Helen launched ships and...
"Marco's morning gets a whole lot fucking better..."
Marco was stalling now. He was early to work this morning, earlier than usual, to avoid the unexpected spring heat. It was mid-morning. He cast long looks back at the house hoping to catch a glimpse of her in one...
"Though lovers reach their autumn, their tale will still be told."
There's a tension in the mellowing;A striving in the firelight;A beauty in the darkening air;A gentleness in the autumn fury.Aging love, steadfastly kept,Is still a thriving, broad-shouldered youth.Well-worn hearts are entwined in ivy,Bursting with berried, passionate joys.These ancient days of...
"A young lady takes a short route home."
It was late, and Cassie shivered with the night chill. She was walking back from the city centre. It was only half past eleven, but after breaking up with her long-term boyfriend, Matthew, in the club, the last thing she...
"I watch them, just as always..."
Splattering raindrops drum the rooftops,Winds surround two loves out there;In torrential downpours, soaking;They don't notice; they don't care.Gale-blown leaves both shout and whisper,Trying to catch their smiling eyes;The laughing raindrops try to prod themFrom the ever-darkening skies.These sad eyes both...
"They've been friends for long enough"
Itook a deep breath, knowing I was about to either ruin the best thing that ever happen to me, or make it ten million times better. I looked up into the car mirror again, still startled at my reflection. My...
"Nothing ever really changes."
We broke up. I didn’t bother trying to make it work anymore- I knew it wasn’t going to. He was already gone from me; we were gone from each other. But I decided not to throw away ten years of...
Football season is here, and along with it we have the chips, the beer, the big screen TV, the pool up and ready to go, and of course, the friendly football rivalry. What is football without a little friendly competition....
"I look at you All glowing and beautiful And thank God you are my lover."
Scents of her lingerIn the airLong after she leaves.The sweet smellOf her presenceFades in the breeze,Like the sunsetFloating over the oceanGiving way to the night,She silently drifts awaySlowly until There’s nothing but moonlight.But when the door opensAnd my head turns,She’s...
"After being denied all month, Lauren planned to sate her desires."
Jack had a rough month, first he had to fire half of hisdepartment, then his car got towed, he lost his house key, and to top it all off he was coming down with a cold. Lauren knew it had...
