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Posted on February 1, 2017March 27, 2019

Soil

My parents are gardeners not by trade but by passion, And I was raised to love plants and climb trees but I was afraid of creepy-crawlies and often found myself…

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Posted on January 2, 2017January 31, 2019

Beginning again, again, again

This is a beginning that will be repeated again and again and again This is a story that is being retold, the same but new Beginning is the oldest thing…

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Posted on October 30, 2016November 1, 2016

Late October

Persephone’s term begins the year’s dry lament Even while nymph’s paint gold dead leaves on the cement They force the evergreens to stay to cloak Demeter’s curse. That steals their…

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Posted on April 15, 2015

Abrasive

I am abrasive. I am armed to the teeth with knives of hand and mind and fangs and quips behind these lips so it can be unwise to tell me…

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Posted on March 18, 2015July 2, 2015

Blaze

It is as simple as skin on skin, And as pure as day’s first light, No words can justify the thing That against all odds just might Save the very…

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Posted on March 12, 2015October 27, 2016

Contrasts

There are contrasts and you’ve got to laugh. I am nearly finished university, brushing out my hair at the top of the stairs, the longest it has been in eight…

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Posted on September 6, 2014February 5, 2017

My Body is a Battleground

Are you the subject of debate? Not a debater or a judge but a motion waiting to be carried or defeated. And to hate someone not because they are evil…

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Posted on July 18, 2013

Hello Old Friend

This would feel like the middle of a beautiful friendship if I wasn’t explaining where I’ve been – again and this might take a good few lines. See, I know…

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