Hello readers! Bongo roll please— Glad to announce that my first book of poems Madrona Grove: Poems Written Under the Canopy is now available in print or Kindle on Amazon! Click the title or the photo to get to the page in a snap It took a few days to get it properly formatted,ContinueContinue reading “Amazon Kindle: Madrona Grove”
Tag Archives: Love Poems
Poem: Introduction to Discovery
You touched me You touched me the way I wanted you to The way I wished you would You read my mind, —And you touched me Your fingers moved along the ridges of my galaxy in search of the ignition: old crate of dynamite hidden in the shed sweats with glycerin delicate to movement so my loveContinueContinue reading “Poem: Introduction to Discovery”
Book: Odd Little Things
So happy to announce that my book is out, and ready for purchase! “Odd Little Things” Released June 2014 Purchase your copy here: http://www.villagebooks.com/book/9780692222355 Description The 2013 Mayor’s Arts Award recipient, poet, author and community radio personality, Shannon P. Laws, celebrates glory in the little things, the odd little things to be exact. “Odd LittleContinueContinue reading “Book: Odd Little Things”
Poem: Rondo
Did I love thee? I only did desireTo hold thy body unto mine,And smite it with strange fireOf kisses burning as a wine,And catch thy odorous hair, and twineIt through my fingers amorously.Did I love thee?Did I love thee? I only did desireTo drink the perfume of thy bloodIn vision, and thy senses tireSeeing themContinueContinue reading “Poem: Rondo”
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”
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