Every time you smilean unfolded love letter,black familiar curvesin combination treasured. I never tire of readingyour body languagea ravine, a … More
Tag: Love
Sweet By and By
That’s How Strong
Flashback Track #62 asks us to share a song we associate with someone. This one is for love. I met … More
Love without Possession
Never, My Love
Tis of Me
Time to take out the creativity kit
channel Betsy Ross and try to stitch
a new flag of unity
from the chiaroscuro scrapes
of tunnel-visioned division,
the bias binding of a social disease
Frost Bit
It started when we touched, a twitching, aching burn. The freezing warmth of our final embrace. I traced your image … More
Forever Fallen Timber
I love you for the fleecy mountainsideof your faithful forearms;for the backwards rollercoaster ride,in your eyes, my lucky charms.
La Gommeuse
Flamingo Girl
NaPoWriMo Day 23. This poem is written for Twisted Tuesday a radio show hosted by Late Night Poets. This episode … More
If I Told You All
The moon illuminates loneliness,shadowing the sting of full moonshine,sand and hands combine. If I told youI’m flighty and tangent-taking,I confuse … More
TWT-How the Heart Burns
Today’s Prompt: Heart “Lemme teach you ‘bout love.” Grandpa scissored. “Love’s diarrhea. It’s unexpected, unstoppable and unclean.” That VDay, I … More
So You Won’t Forget
Biking through the snow’s tearsbetraying this place’s years,weeping in the sidewalk cracks,but age ain’t always wisdom,lest we forget. The man … More
This Old House
Our love grows oldand will be condemned soon.Cracked glasstinkling underfootlike a forgotten toast.Creaking timbertaken slowly byignoring all theinvisible infestations. Ripped, … More
VDay–Quips and Arrows
In the spirit of this silly holiday, I’ve collected a few of my favorite jokes, creating a few of my … More
Flashback Track Friday #3
Shakespeare described love as, “Brief as the lightning in the collied night.” Hmm, I was a skeptic. Love was more … More
Only You
If nothing else is true,my favorite cave to hide in’s you. I’m willing to bet my canoe,the safest barge I’ll … More
Tights & Tightropes
Tights and tightropes,I’m crossing overto your thinking,in baby steps. Balancing all the books,you taught me to interpretthe varied looks,the windy … More
TWT-The Deeper the Fall
Spring in his step, the bachelor makes the most of each fall, drilling ever closer to love’s molten, magnetic shield. … More
Thoroughfare’d
Oh, to be your highway,stretching and connecting you.I’d memorize your signs,plan the stops, open my lanes,sleep to the rhythmof rush … More
My Voyage Home
The weathered face of the cliffreveals her age,freckled with snow and ice,stony wisdom of a sage. A waterfall of chiseled … More
The Colors We Made
After colors were outlawed, we rode monochrome teeter totters and learned to describe the sky using an achromatic scale. Lying … More
Fandango’s Flash Fiction #100
This is my first Fandango Flash Fiction. I was impressed with the stories I read for this contest. This flash … More
The Light in Your Eyes
The light in your eyes is always on.I look for it now,my lighthouse,steering me safelythroughsleepless seasof turbulent thoughts,keeping me farfrom … More