My mother was a bird long of neck, wading in slate waters and afraid to fly a gray choking sky peppered with cracking snaps shot off by a Browning Gold 10. Those wingless aliens had no home in the wood, appeared in deafening shells no hermit crab could conceive, and wielded such branches that splintered,…
no one wants to be the fat girl friend, ‘cause something must be wrong with her, some sickness slowing down her pace, she’ll get us killed with her wheezing, the predator comes when it hears the call of our teasing, then we bolt from the sacrificial lamb, let her die where we lead her, survival…
Snow skin, pink cheeks, smooth brow, brown peeps, blue lips, chiseled teeth, black tongue, banshee shrieks, rough palms, tiptoe creep, needle claws, lack of sleep. Her life is lovely, dark, and deep: a storybook lie so no one sees spread spider-veins, stained memories — the blood-red soul she should not keep. AUGUST 2022 UPDATE: Obviously,…
My ten year high school reunion would have been this year. But as you know, the sickness began. The riots started. And we hid ourselves away. I decided since I had to hide my body (something I don't mind too much, being an introvert), it was time to reveal my mind. I've been writing poetry…
National Poetry Writing Month
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"The silence of the night awakens my soul"
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Saralyn Caine Poetry 