A Wigwam for a Goose's Bridle

poetry

  • Florida!!

    He asked why I don’t want to travel Florida. If I get too close to Disneyland…

  • Fresh Out the Slammer

    Different cells in different facilitiesbut the white washed walls and cold metal barsare the same. We…

  • But Daddy I love him

    I can see what you’re thinking,eyes brimming with one of those types of painonly a parent…

  • So long, London

    The first one ruined Paris for you.I hear your sobs down the lineand I know this…

  • down bad

    I remember the fall. I knew I was down bad. I really thought you’d catch me…

  • my boy only breaks his favourite toys

    You took me by the hand,showed me the evidence:it was not my fault.reliefbut thena void If…

  • The Tortured Poets Department

    The natural history is that you become a memberbefore you realise your eligibility.You start to write,and…

  • Fortnight

    I remember the roller coasterthat was that fortnight; the buzz bardown and locked in position, a…

  • Anemone

    Wind swept, storm tossed adriftI try to anticipate a blooming beauty born of bloodbut all I…

  • Perseveration

    A recurrent theme: I return time and again to the ideathat I will lose you, andthat…

  • Just Give Me a Reason

    Different perspectives: we walk this city again and you gush over happy memories of the first…

  • I gaslight myself because you’re too polite to do it

    They are fragile yet heavy, these broken pieces of me, and I hold them gently, here,…

  • Starlight

    Scintillating. Shimmering. Sparkling. I am not deserving of this incandescent Starlight, this glimmering beauty that pierces…

  • Moonlight

    The heart calls out to kindred spirits, and I knowwhy you love the moon. You share…

  • Gratitude

    Grasping.       Reaching into the corners of my mind, my memories;       clutching at straws. I am…