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(mostly) short poems on life and love

short poems about life and love

hide and seek with my dreams

July 6, 2022
a thick blanket of purple-gray clouds crowd the horizon with flashes of burnt umber peeking through the gaps. a gibbous moon hangs...
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catching fire

July 5, 2022
black hiking boots caked in dried mud wait by the back door. outside, a november gale rattles the shutters with waves of...
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when it is time

June 29, 2022
i cross a foot bridge. worn wooden slats creak beneath my feet. the pond’s mirrored surface dotted with water lilies in full...
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In Waves (ii)

June 20, 2022
Waves of heavy rain splatter against the window. Low rumbles of distant thunder rattle my shuttered room. A dusty ceiling fan bathes...
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summer sunshower

June 8, 2022
a summer sunshower drenched us to the bone. your white linen dress no longer hid bare skin which i longed to taste...
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from the sea

May 25, 2022
come close my love and forget cruel ocean which sought to drown our flame beneath cold waves hurled relentlessly against the rocky...
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her raging seas

May 10, 2022
brush and weeds burn, transformed into heat and glowing coals. i sip a coke and poke at embers, hoping to spark a...
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Twilight on Flagler Beach

April 5, 2022
Breakers crash relentlessly against the old pier’s weathered pilings. Behind me a line of cars with headlights on inch single-file along the...
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