• BBQ Bike

    I wish I had thrown My arms wide open And embraced you And thanked you And kissed your cheeks And thrown out a smile Instead of a wobbly lip And tantrums and tears So I didn’t have to Watch yours fade I wish I had thrown away My silly childish dreams Of sleek, sporty, sparkly

  • Water

    To lose myself in the deep, deep blue To wash away with the current To disappear like a drop of rain To drown what is drowning me

  • The Food Devil

    Hey there lonely girl. Why that look on your face? Wait – you don’t have to say. I know how you’re feeling. If I tell you, and I’m right Will you come with me? I can give you the answer You search for. Trust me.Let me see. Look into my eyes So I can look

  • My Poems…

    Are not grand Are not craft Are not art They are simple words From the imagination From the heart From the bones From the long-tired muscle Seeking release of a tension From the long-held breath Seeking exhalation From the baffled brain Seeking clarity From the unnamed feeling Seeking expression Which they are all Quite content

  • Pessimism

    (After Salena Godden)I hear her words and am caught in the upliftBut when the poem’s echo fades, I begin to wonder…Pessimism is for lightweights? This heavyweight begs to differ. There isn’t much to be optimistic about When the sight of me causes a snigger. When my body is reviled and rejected. When I’m seen as