by Ward | Mar 12, 2026 | Poetry, Writing
The photograph is aged. The red leeched away,leaving more blue green so it appears aqueous,the entire piece older, rare because of it.The picture shows a window within what appears to bea bedroom wall. The window frames within it the outside,a river, perhaps an outlet...
by Ward | Mar 10, 2026 | Poetry, Writing
He had a spider web tattoo on his elbow,a holograph of an eye on his lapel,his complexion was smooth and uneven,a killer and a scholar, you could tell. No, you wouldn’t want to make his acquaintance,become another to fall under his spell,his sweet breath stinking and...
by Ward | Mar 9, 2026 | Poetry, Writing
First, disregard the word shimmer.too rapidly it decays into simmer,shunner, slimmer, suddenly slumslam, slammer summer. It will notstand, it dissolves upon reflection. Beware the words wash, wave, lave, dash,for they will not withstand the toss of oneinto the other...
by Ward | Mar 4, 2026 | Poetry, Writing
to inspire such a feeling within someoneI must really get under your skinto think about someone, a lotwhether to know what to do, or notif anything special will be requiredyesterday, I was no one, but today I‘msomeone, because I was chosen by youI know, you think...
by Ward | Mar 3, 2026 | Poetry, Writing
Leaving the subway station,the tile floor is bandagedwith hundreds of magazine coversall featuring Britney Spears,and the headline,“Living with Mental Illness.”Trappedbetween the coversI realize I havestepped over a dead pigeona wingbeat from the exit.
by Ward | Mar 2, 2026 | Poetry, Writing
all the glue on earthis not enough to holdthis broken heart togetherall the brains on earthare not enough to disprovewhat has been saidall the tears on earthcan never makea substitute oceanso I will cryeat this saltinstead of breadif I must dietell me whereto find...
