Writing

An unbearable lightness

By Denise Carruthers / 28th February, 2018

More than myth & fable even more than history We are an enduring light like clouds that hold the dark and return as rain From dust we rise from earth…

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Folded Feelings

By Denise Carruthers / 18th February, 2018

In an old drawer Not just any old But cupboard bare Wherein lies a skeleton Misplaced for love My folded feelings Further from the light The dust is ready Dead…

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the last laugh

By Denise Carruthers / 16th February, 2018

Here lies a poet. Hooked up to various machines. Telling her heart in blips and pings. Giving wings to endless dreams. The last writes.

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bloodnotes

By Denise Carruthers / 15th February, 2018

Within we heard warbling A hedgerow of woodnotes Sounding the dirge In the way that death marches How breasts become red Spilled blood from the heart Still beats to the…

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Side effects of love

By Denise Carruthers / 4th February, 2018

Yet it be barren Grief forms grit Desert sands drifting Thru the winds of time That wither The wonderful Side effect of love That life goes on

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Stop and Stair

By Denise Carruthers / 4th February, 2018

A phone rung on the staircase of the winter clime Snow answering the question insurmountable till death Whether I’m wrong Wither I go Footsteps Right beside me Heaven harps Or…

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Call me in the mourning

By Denise Carruthers / 4th February, 2018

In the stillness, Hushed & numb. Shock turns Her face away. But memory knocks, Not to be ignored. Tsunami warns. Floods her mind. There is horror At the hour when,…

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Why Worry – haiku

By Denise Carruthers / 3rd February, 2018

Bill weighs death’s burden Unpaid, the piper mourning Small blooms spring mountains

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