Scrape scrape
and the skin bleeds
paints the sidewalk
drips over pastel chalk
drawings of two girls
stick bodied and
skirted with triangles.
Three-fingered hands
clasped together like braids
and music notes dance
above curly mopped heads.
Afternoon clouds shift,
hopscotch spent, and now
the game is dotted,
bespecked and spotted
droplets–broken dreams.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eklektikos/ / CC BY 2.0
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Angel dust slapped against the sky
clouded memoir to the moon
whispered words echo on the wind,
“Goodbye, Mother. Goodbye.”
Pass across wan, gibbous face
shadow leaking tears like tar,
but fear and sorrow slowly wane
in slender, silver grace.
On the hillside perches child
in headstrong reverence,
wings wrapped ’round his nakedness
face painted blue with light.
Golden morning rises into grey
mist swirled life, the child [...]
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Crash against the crag
and chip away
piece by piece
day by day
tiny bits of
stone disintegrate
turn to sand
carried far away
by the constant
churning of the sea
forever carving
until the soul is free.
Disintegrate by Jennifer Hudock is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
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Morning everyone. I hope you’re all having a good weekend and that you’ve got lots of good things going your way. I’ve been a little on the quiet side lately. Being sick last week prompted some serious reflection on my part, and I have been more focused on getting things done and spending time with [...]
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I was going to announce the winners of the You Inspire Me contest last Friday, but with all the issues I had on the site, I didn’t get a chance to. The contest is still happening, and so I figured that tonight it was time to buckle down and congratulate my lucky winners.
I had just [...]
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Since I started podcasting Goblin Market, I have seriously slacked off in my poetry writing. Boo, but not all has been lost. I still pen the occasional verse and rhyme, but I’ve been keeping them to myself to spare you all from vomiting. For the last two months, I’ve been wanting to dive back into [...]
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This week’s episode is a turning point of sorts, as Meredith, Him and Sir Gwydion prepare to set out for the Darknjan Wald. [...]
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It’s been awhile since I had a poem I felt comfortable sharing publicly. This last week has been a little tense, as I watched my fourteen year old wish she was older, want to behave like an adult, but feel confused by the responsibilities that come with adult behavior. As a mother, I [...]
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I made the mistake of joking before I went out into the hot tub for a soak that I was visiting the Goblin Market hot tub and would probably have to pay something monumental for the soak. As soon as I got in and turned on my favorite jets, I leaned back, looked up [...]
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It’s been awhile since I had a moment to record an audio poem to share, so tonight I thought I’d share a brutal little piece inspired by a walk I took recently during a thunderstorm. The mind roams free quite often, especially while I’m walking. I tend to have about 75% of my [...]
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