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POEM: Untitled 273

Posted on March 27, 2019June 14, 2020 by Sophie

I’m a person who suffers
quietly. … Continue reading »POEM: Untitled 273

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POEM: Dec-Jan

Posted on January 11, 2019October 25, 2019 by Sophie

It has been three days and I
can’t remember the steps. … Continue reading »POEM: Dec-Jan

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POEM: The Strange Signals of Being Human

Posted on April 25, 2018February 6, 2019 by Sophie

  Toynbee idea in movie 2001 resurrect dead plan Jupiter Everyone is entitled to their own mythology.   Set your rhetorical devices, and keep them charged.   Max Headroom – I still see the X   They built a complex … Continue reading »POEM: The Strange Signals of Being Human

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POEM: Amitriptyline

Posted on January 18, 2018February 6, 2019 by Sophie

Many dreams and darkness into uncounted minutes It’s hard to stay here counting missed medications I find some comfort in the night but I wake up with the guilt of not sleeping It’s hard to stay here                                              counting missed medications … Continue reading »POEM: Amitriptyline

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POEM: The Hunters

Posted on October 11, 2017February 6, 2019 by Sophie

They should not have come. The stars sat above with silver hats And golden eyes, whispering platinum secrets to the distant drops of steel that stalked so far below. And here the steel-men’s goal: With diamond secrets threaded through their … Continue reading »POEM: The Hunters

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POEM: Unchaste

Posted on September 28, 2017February 6, 2019 by Sophie

I try to avoid envy but I am a post-therapy artist. Lover of foul language and Bad Thoughts Visitors from insomnia A word needs inventing for when she climbs down from the sky   I try to avoid envy but … Continue reading »POEM: Unchaste

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POEM: In the Vein of So Many Others

Posted on May 6, 2017February 6, 2019 by Sophie

“Blues for Sister Sally”, hooked on junk, Forever hunting, poking for a sign; I remember when we sang together, drunk On joy and laughter, and on cheap red wine. My Brother Jack sits gazing at the sky, The dark horizon … Continue reading »POEM: In the Vein of So Many Others

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POEM: Hesitation

Posted on April 5, 2017February 6, 2019 by Sophie

I am a ghost. On translucent soles I navigate the slick city streets, Afraid of falling. The mist Creeps in from Ran’s wide road, Muffling sounds of mid-week hustle. I grind my feet Against the asphalt, Finding purchase, Mincing steps … Continue reading »POEM: Hesitation

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POEM: Writers’ Lullaby

Posted on March 17, 2017February 6, 2019 by Sophie

Give me a moon story, Write it with heart, Give it a middle, And end, and a start. Tell me a moon story, Fill it with songs, Pass the tequila and Write me some wrongs. Sing me a moon story, … Continue reading »POEM: Writers’ Lullaby

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POEM: Multitudes

Posted on February 3, 2017February 6, 2019 by Sophie

  He told me that he’d loved before Her silken hair, Her chestnut eyes; A fire with which she lived her life That burned eternal.   I asked him, Did he love her still? Of course; So long as the … Continue reading »POEM: Multitudes

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