How fantastically tragic Like a curse of heart wound magic The spell leaks from cotton-spindle tears In my heart, distracting from other...

A sour smell from a cup of wine I lay in space in heat, a feeling fine There are things I try to divine Waiting in the mist of the...

I listened to the speaker Felt out toward the performance Perhaps my mind is weaker Their message of solemn importance But I’m a...

Wine drops on the bottom Of the pewter cauldron Like blood I stain the dry caking mud A spilt offering, a blessing For my second guessing...

Let me be grateful While I have have it The charm of good magic Pass the Great Wall of Topanga Curving roads of nausea I hear voices far...

The dark emptiness of space The vacant unknown familiarity A relatively frozen place Unbroken spell of monotony When a glowing in the...

I’m trying to find the love to write again While I dream of some complicated rhyme scheme People telling me I’m good but I still need...

Couldn't muster myself for the work Too much to do, too little it's worth Clientele utterly devoid of mirth Responsibilities I'd rather...

I ate the oatmeal At no pace Someone asked "are you not grateful?" "I am grateful for the sustenance." "You should be happy for such a...

I have forgotten my friends Become unknown to my family I sit in the dark of light Embrace the cloak of night I dine with silence Dance...

The anger pulses in my veins Corrupted system Thoughts and feelings Pounding at muscle and sinew Rattling inner bones With a long drawn...

A wise man once told me Cheaters will always think you’re cheating Since a guilty heart never knows peace Then they think you’re guilty...

This poem was written for a challenge prompt by the page @madpropslive on Instagram. In this challenge writers would submit the name of...

If quarks and electrons Are one dimensional strings Vibrating in a universal symphony What makes the superstring harmonize? Is it...

Looking upon the dog curled upon my bed Small white and fluffy an angel of innocence Who’s joy is to be with me so simply I marvel at a...

Former student Not an alumni Come listen to I My advice so prudent See you still accrue debt While I pay with sweat Every hour that I...

Quarrels, questions, queques Hollow hollaring holding in hazy hue The vindictive victim voicing violent views About abiding by...

I remember passing out From heat exhaustion In an unlit tiny dungeon Ok it was a basement And a woman in a cage Was acting out a...

As usual Another night I cannot sleep The grip of time A skeletal smoky shroud Corporeal claws clutching cranium Slipping slowly toward...