Expressionist

Poems are things you write when you feel things too big to say, and things too big to feel. Everything here is my own work, picked up from flashes and memories and small remarks that stayed with me. I hope you find something that stays with you

My Book Reviews

  • Words

    Words take the hearts of manyThey can be soundOr seem uncanny But words can do what actions cantThey illustrateAnd are not scant A sandy desert Of sadness you tuckedAway from yourselfTo distinguish it’s tell Perhaps you’ll shovel this sand to your heart Read more

  • cat

    When I cryYou prance inYour loving eyesFill to the brimWith tears for meSo purely prettyI wish thatYou’d stay foreverYour eyes of a million colorsHave said a million thingsHave felt a million emotionsHave so much to bringHold me tightAnd we’ll make it throughThis rainyWeather. Read more

  • do not crydo not weepI repeat thisto my willow tree Your tears are goldenthey cause bloombut I can’t standthe sight of you crying quiettrying to helpmy darlingmy willow tree i’ve feltloveand sadnessall under your arms if you understandI mean no harm You’re as darling as my mom Read more

  • Lover’s Lake

    A heart shaped lakeSits at the mouth of a mountainThe mountain drinks pink laceDoves get married at this place The water sits and winks back at youCome with a loverAnd you’ll see it sparkle The squirrels will weepLong as your love keepsThat’s what fills the lakeLegend says you may Find your true loveAnd see himThe… Read more

  • ugly

    Ugly Ugly Shades of red They drown my hands And swirl in my head I can’t escape my wounded words So I sit on my midnight rock It’s been here since before I could talk It’s my friend and second wife I act like a man But know I am not Who am I? I… Read more

  • fantasy

    Cotton candy clothing pinsSilky red draped on your shoulderChocolate hurt that doesn’t leaveProud bold gold that never wins I live in my fantasyAnd you can live in yoursFilled with sirens and armiesDocking out to shore The candyland that I live inIsn’t what you thinkSugar is fakeIt takes different shapes When you try to blink I… Read more

  • Please

    Please don’t leave Please just stay  Please until the daylight comes Please don’t leave Please hold me tight I’m afraid of the dark But you are the sunlight I turned around You had left Without a sound Read more

  • odd

    oddsome people are oddbut have you ever thought?that those people seen as ‘flawed’are so much more than odd? odd people aren’t odd at allthey don’t shout or callfor others to feel small odd people are quietly heard Read more

  • evermore

    there was once a girlnamed after the seasons of the worldher grace was unmistakably fakeher smile was without taste A porcelain dollOf liesand hatredBeautifulPerfect The girl from evermore saidher doll wasbut this porcelain dollweeps before bed Read more

  • Fame II

    the perfect lifewearing expensive dressingfull of blessingssurrounded by eyesseeing how you tryto stay on a dietand show you love your joband never stopto think about the glassthe glass thattwists realitymaking our failuresdisappearbut they leerat us through the other sideno matter how far we look away we feel their gaze Read more