by Ward | Nov 13, 2025 | Poetry, Writing
tattoo the outline of love onto your imaginationetch your name on swirling winds, blow awaythe sand of the desert to see what is written beneatherase your epitaph, replace it with a dateof your choosing; ink is mightier than the world
by Ward | Nov 11, 2025 | Poetry, Writing
now that you seeher naked in her beautydo you understandthe love at her commandshe lends love to allthat surround hershe sets her beauty freeon those who confound heradrift, she is wonderto menow that you seethe pain in her facethe place of each tearthat every...
by Ward | Nov 10, 2025 | Poetry, Writing
parallel clouds incise carmine and burgundybrazen pink, sultry purple, jewels, fine winesrusset dry bushes vainly weavein field of golden strawthat lay down long agohorizon of radiant line betweenswirl of ink wash cloudssodden clusters of leavescollapse and removal of...
by Ward | Nov 5, 2025 | Poetry, Writing
Curve of gunwales, pair of lips that skirt a kiss,point into the wind, and cut through like a beautifulsmile cuts through a room of empty compliments; try to keep up, you are tested on the crest of each wave,the full mouth of your canoe sings into the storm,you...
by Ward | Oct 31, 2025 | Poetry, Writing
Carved flickering monstrous faces, magiclight bends trees with molten sneers,street bobs with pumpkin globes,channel markers to guide the dread.Wind carries little goblins and cats overhouses wreathed with whispering leavesthat tremble by warm blind windows,deaf to...
