Sophomoric

entanglement
in the parking lot,
heartless honks
and cars backed up
in jagged lines
like zipper spines--
walk with a book
on your head--
need not lead to death,
but saggy pants just might

~~~

Poetic Inspiration~
Poetry Jam: Back to School
3WW: entanglement, death, heartless

Faith, Fiction, Friends: Laurie Kolp’s “Upon the Blue Couch: Poems”

Faith, Fiction, Friends: Laurie Kolp’s “Upon the Blue Couch: Poems”: Write what you know, the experts say. As I sat reading the poems that comprise Upon the Blue Couch by Laurie Kolp , the thought ke...

Afternoon Snack

his eyes were like almonds
drawing me into a secret place inside
where only I existed
and nothing else mattered
except us

those eyes that shined
when looking into mine
satisfied an insatiable appetite
from the very first taste
after which nothing else mattered 


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Poetic Inspiration:
Poetry Jam~ Almonds
PU Mid-Week Motif~ Happiness

** EXCITING NEWS **

Robert Lee Brewer interviewed me over at Writer's Digest Poetic Asides. 

You can read it here if so inclined.