It's no- thing but a game that fucks me up ya know  and i  can't  take a pic- ture

Nocturne   In the dark field                                     When moonlight and starlight All hide away A crisp sound drifts i...

Heart flames fanned for me My ticker unknowingly is worn on my sleeve. Wrapped up in clover. Green and awe struck no envy. He does not even ...

How eternal is the broken heart? How eternal is the broken heart? She walks with labored, heavy steps A lifetime of accumulated regrets Sorr...

Gentle Rain   A gentle rain falls on the earth as heaven cries with those who lost so much in the flames of the wildfires

Let Me Tell You --after The Zombies “She’s Not There” Well let me tell you about the way  she looked sleeping next to me: Blue  hair, brown ...

hurt heart *pomo haiku She wears a hurt heart            a secret tattoo. No one                     pretends to see her. *pomo: post moder...

Heart Flames Valentines Day massacre three pounds of Sees gone in an hour his Purple Heart he doesn't talk about shot in the butt Red Cr...

Hurdle, Part 14 Every pen new tale tells you. Run takes all pens’ solution. Regulate camp fire’s flames bodies easy burn. Keep coal hot thro...

aflame the western sky all tinged in flame, while bright dying embers flicker in the night sky as crystal stars dance in some sacred rite wi...

SOAKING UP THE FLAMES The biofeedback boy has been preparing to steal a kiss from the redhead who lives in the burned-out house on the next ...

What’s at stake how long does it take for a heart to burn not with love or devotion nor passion undying how long does it take for a heart to...

A PERFECT AIM (Haiku)  His heart felt the flames. Cupid's arrow hit its mark. Love is ignited.  A PAINFUL LOSS (Haiku) Trees went up i...

Smoke (Haiku) Joan of Arc in flames Combustible heart History in ash

Fire, Smoke and Wild Love Blood flows faster through each organ as it pulses to a flagrant rhythm knee deep in red orange  flames that consu...

Job Performance Review By Dog: To Mom Just do your job It's not like I'm asking you to go to cooking school or even follow a recipe ...

Nostalgia Pictures Soft and indistinct Knife-sharp edges sanded smooth Remembrances Long past, yet linked Whispers voiced in other rooms Mem...

Fire Season             a house divided against itself cannot stand.            — Abraham Lincoln, quoting the Bible  I'm a recent immig...

Everyone Still Alive Is Young No one ever called this city the Big Easy when we lived here a couple of hurricanes ago, on some street long f...

The Salamander Heart salamander heart,  cold and untouched  amidst these sacred fires - Bulfinch’s Mythology I watched the carnage with a mi...

SCHOLARS The Great Library of Alexandria never revoked your card for not returning that Bobby Darin tape in 1996, the one that got shredded ...

A SESTINA VIEW OF THE 2025 LOS ANGELES FIRES Global heating causing more frequent and intense wildfires Drought leaving reservoirs with low ...

The Upright Piano After Piano on Fire by Andrew Ferez I see myself out in the cold, draped in a silk nightgown, seated barefoot on a stool...

Lose the Stone   Lose the stone in your heart. Don’t let it become a marble statue. Keep it soft as a rose. Turn the other cheek.   Take a s...

Flames We act as if our hearts  will burn forever. So why do people die,  snuffed out like cigarettes in the rain? The one  who scratched a ...

*** Dust glides on a breeze Grief, let loose this volant soul Tether not, with flame set free. *** Carefully pressed petals of daring dreams...

Memories Our love mixes with seaweed, a sweet memory, sprinkled with salt. It grows between the breeze and the hurricane, the fruit of an in...

Altadena  Don’t you love to be strangled into submission by the city you live in?  Reclaim your sense of home among ashes Everywhere I know ...

Empire of the Lost   Raised head and paws curled over, wiping sleepgrime from the eyes of centuries A carpet of smoke rolls over fur,  heart...

 

A New Flame I have put aside all past flames for you, my new flame. It’s you who lights up my heart and makes me steam and sparkle. I wonder...

passion’s flames they rush together passionate mouth-to-mouth bodies tightly twined hands prowl backs people nearby clear throats some look ...

blue your eyes this edge of snow in silent sky brown eyes soft tree bark patterns as yellow flicks sparkle in wintry sun and now it seems yo...

Waiting for My Second Child   Sitting on my feet too long makes my feet fall asleep I have waited so long for my second child that I feel my...

Presently, A Dream Of delicate hands Working a flame Climbing, burning Between two X shapes Constructed of fragrant wood And there are Spark...

Dadgum Dog  Dog’s Eyes Frantic blue eyes looking anxious  Shaking in cage at town’s pound             Crouched down in corner in fear Co...

HEARTH  Circle round  On a cold  Dark night  Inside your house    Place logs  Paper  Splinters of wood  Add a match    As the flames  Ignite...

 OPEN OPEN UP
OPEN WIDE OPEN SEASON OPEN the door  Open your heart OPEN YOUR MOUTH OPEN HEART SURGERY OPEN SESAME OPEN A CAN OF WHOOP ASS OP...

Deep there’s a certain strength they don’t tell you when you’re born one that reaches for the door when things go wrong or when life comes t...

Fire (Here God Speaks Flames) driving through the mountains, grey smoke emerges, and the road long  and wide is so small for the indomitable...

 

Memory Into my life a bird of remembrance has flown And I recall glass breaking on that day I had to wash dishes alone for the first time I ...