Writing

Walpurgisnacht

By Denise Carruthers / 30th April, 2017

Cast this spell Face the strongest witch 1 root of evil 2 pinches o pain Devil’s shoestring Summon High John the conqueror

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wish

By Denise Carruthers / 30th April, 2017

As dark fell on my loneliness falling star be my delight whispering softly “yours tonight” don’t pass me by I wish I may

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ashes to dust

By Denise Carruthers / 30th April, 2017

We come from dust Motes of dancing starlight Fallen angels kiss the earth Burning to ashes Phoenix rising to aurora

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clouds of memory

By Denise Carruthers / 30th April, 2017

Once we were love An encompassing circle Now in my mind as specters of sorrow Silver turnings to my hair Remembering ghosts

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By Denise Carruthers / 30th April, 2017

Mother nature breathes Whispers to her fallen leaves Autumn redressing

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mother nature

By Denise Carruthers / 29th April, 2017

Man come to order ~ Mother nature’s wilderness ~ Beauty and the beast.

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making love

By Denise Carruthers / 29th April, 2017

Make love a discovery of secrets Invading every sensual nook & cranny Moving in waves Feeling the way A rush & flow of ecstasy

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what makes a poet

By Denise Carruthers / 29th April, 2017

Heard it said You’re not a poet unless you have a cause A knot that makes one hot & fury burns & feelings surge Until it’s told

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creak

By Denise Carruthers / 29th April, 2017

These old bones leech. Aged mother’s milk. Curdled by years of tears. One can hear the creak of the croak impending.

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hurt

By Denise Carruthers / 29th April, 2017

Drifts grip my heart. Stunned and stupendous. By a ponderous icy rime. Cold words; echo in its hollow, what love says goodbye?

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gasps of war

By Denise Carruthers / 29th April, 2017

No free air. But dear that poison mist. Breathtaking gasps of war. Silence broken only by, Thud of the dead. No voice to scream. No body to care.

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i’ll fly to you

By Denise Carruthers / 29th April, 2017

Without wings How flies my heart In my dreams To the pinnacle of paradise where I find you

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tell me the secret

By Denise Carruthers / 29th April, 2017

Promise me my darling. Will you vow to tell me secret. How you come to find the magic; the cache of starry twilight whereby our clouds and rain. Promise me…

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creak

By Denise Carruthers / 28th April, 2017

These old bones leech. Aged mother’s milk. Curdled by years of tears. One can hear the creak, of the croak impending.

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caged ink

By Denise Carruthers / 28th April, 2017

Prison is a paper lady, her story inky parchment. Permanently marked with life’s dun. Sepia walking,  haunting. Ghosts calling her soul.

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death howl

By Denise Carruthers / 28th April, 2017

Inside it is cold Death is coming. She will take me; riding on the breath of the arctic wolf. When the ice is melting, mourn me.

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love garden

By Denise Carruthers / 28th April, 2017

Nurturing nature From the hand that grows flowers Two lovers in the fall

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lost

By Denise Carruthers / 28th April, 2017

watched in wonder as my feelings melted one by one dropping away my resolve dissolving who cares anyhow

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ssh

By Denise Carruthers / 28th April, 2017

It’s touch & go wham bam of forbidden love secret skeletons feeling their bones It’s the torturing of souls

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sharp end of my tongue

By Denise Carruthers / 28th April, 2017

Crimson fingers Trying to stop words flowing To cease the blackening blood of my glass tongue lashing him to shreds Cut him down

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