No words escape or break united lips; She hides her humor, guarding it away. A spirit closed, she hides all but the tips Of mind and heart, escaping from the day. She walks past many friends who know her not. Their darkened lives obscure when she does fail To ask and care and learn what […]
He touched her arm and led her out the door And by the hand he led her to his car. They drove away, a night of love in store, And I alone stood watching from afar. She curled in his arms and he did warm Her shoulders, hands, and most of all her heart. Around […]
The bitter broken nerves that lance my flesh And writhe inside my skin in anxious pain, Extract my will with hopes sharp pointed death And leaves me wanting, dripping with your feign. Pretended motivation given leaves, Replaced by tingling sorrow through my soul. What touch of hand or lip or breast relieves Is back to […]
I stand outside the circle looking in With hopes to step inside and see within Prevented are my motions to approach, With grace she me evades without reproach. Our hands entwined I think the step has come, With skins caress I think the step was won, But foolish me, I have not closer got I […]
In order to understand the new style of sonnet I have created, a background understanding is needed in the most common types of sonnets: the Italian Sonnet and the English sonnet. Click here for information on common sonnet forms. I created this sonnet form because I wanted to use poetry to help me decide between […]
Alone in darkness weakened by the night A pit I dig to trap my foolish self. Success! I’m trapped and hidden from the light, From eyes that dwell above earths solid shelf. As stone I sit immobile, empty, bleak; Not dead yet frozen by inertia’s power I should escape but will is broken, weak. I […]
Her lily locks that lap against her neck To string my fingers through is but a dream Already smitten, bound, my mind a wreck To gain her heart, impossible it seems Her smile met mine and stole its mighty strength A nervous heart, left drowning in her wake To gain the closeness needed takes times […]
A burning loss that hunts emotions down Invades the heart, corrupts the passing mind, Destroys the grin and leaves a bitter frown That still remains despite all passing time. My mind cannot evade the thoughts that pass Of times when love was real and strong and true, With hope that seemed it would forever last; […]
The weather cold intrudes my skin, my soul. My hands stay closed, too stiff to start a fire. Regretting choice, the pity mine is full, But life is right! Survival’s my desire. I stretch my limbs, I fight the bitter ice. My heart pumps blood and strengthens weakened hands. I strive for life, to escape […]
Her soviet nature echoes over walls From deep inside, where yet he’s not allowed. He stands in bitter cold beneath the shroud, The shadows weaken hope; and yet he calls. In warm emotion a new cold war begins Their closeness hindered; both dare not offend. In rigid peace they talk, they share, they bend, As […]