aka, The Abject Muse

Tag: Poetry

  • Guilty Gifting

    Guilty Gifting

      crisp, Shasta daisies strands of black, freshwater pearls — you cheated again?  

  • The Burn

    The Burn

    A Cinquain Memories of us (tender, sublime, captivating) — like wildfire in my imagination      

  • The Live Oak

    The Live Oak

    the old live oak dripping with Spanish moss and tenderly inscribed with our initials gentle and forever to the stars and back    

  • Settling

    Settling

    Shooting star wishes Daisy petals & wishbones — Somethin’s gotta give. O, the conundrum! The heart wants what the heart wants: What it cannot have.    

  • A Cinquain: One Night

    A Cinquain: One Night

    The Cinquain poetry form consists of 22 syllables following the challenging 2/4/6/8/2 pattern. One night alone with you without interruption to talk, to laugh, to cry, to be in love.