short poems about life and love

you asked for sunflowers. a splash of color for your white-washed room. cut fresh from the field, i carried armfuls home to...

the sun slips minute by minute beneath a line of firs leaving rust to burn the edges of night. pewter clouds mirror...

Another sleepless night. I soundlessly pace downstairs, the oaken floor hard beneath my feet. Wrapped in darkness I wait for Lilith’s guiding...

On my first day they asked me to empty the second hearse filled with flower arrangements. Most were wreaths of lilies with...

Two hours before dawn. All is still. Through an open window the night sky glitters with ten thousand distant suns. And hanging...

Lavender-scented oil on the bedside table in a bottle reminiscent of communion wine. And each night by candlelight she would massage the...

a week of rain has stained rooftops with cherry blossom petals, their pale pink papery remains stuck in place. in this part...

under a midnight moon she takes her leave, festooned with cherry blossoms. if only this frail body was able to faithfully follow...