Why I Can’t Have Good Things By Shannon P. Laws I overwatered my plant yesterday The liquid flooded over my fail proof double-layered system a concave plastic trivet atop a faded Christmas cookie plate adopted decades ago at a bake sale from a forgotten charity It was hot all this week and the dirt gaveContinueContinue reading “Poem: Why I Can’t Have Good Things”
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Poem: Another God
Another God by Shannon Laws I cannot sleep next to you The porch light on the other side of the curtains tricks me awake You look frozen on a canvas, painted in oils by a master, shadows lightly brush your shape I study the back of your head your ear lobe a quiet beating veinContinueContinue reading “Poem: Another God”
Poem: Tongue in Ink
The best poems are not written in ink but by the tongue Spoken into the air never finding paper Touched by the mist of breath against your neck Said in the dark rooms where lovers meet Not at all recorded nor syllables numbered But art form just the same Once activated and released the wordsContinueContinue reading “Poem: Tongue in Ink”
Poem: No New Day
The days return familiar momentseyelashes point at paperno words can dance onflower faces openlook inside the windowfingers weave the story of usa braided rug used to cover the blemishOn my shoulder you perchsquawk as a chore, as a word to cross offYour kiss is a temporary tattooplaced onto my flesh with spit***
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