Writing

Waiting Dreams

By Denise Carruthers / 2nd February, 2018

She wears her wake As if it’s mourning Deep stars Make midnight of her eyes Moonbeams answer In the shadows of life Her dreams, wait

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HOT

By Denise Carruthers / 2nd February, 2018

Heat flickered Fired flares Heartbeat fast Feelings flower Fuel the bloom Of morning dew Make love Ride in sunsets Photo by Bushboy photos via https://bushboy.blog/

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Stalk

By Denise Carruthers / 30th January, 2018

There they were, your words mesmerizing magical Drawing me into your world. I wait breath held; to see what next. So like a flower you, with writes like blossoms that…

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The strike of a match

By Denise Carruthers / 20th January, 2018

Where are you. my love I’m forever wondering Think of you and time takes me into the furthering of doubt That taunts my mind the trauma of possibilities of whatever…

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Play the Game – spoken poetry

By Denise Carruthers / 27th November, 2017

Listen to this Once upon a time before they needed rules Apples withered on the tree Serpents sang upon their limbs Naked being normal, bore no sin Delight was in…

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midnight monsters

By Denise Carruthers / 18th November, 2017

That trick of night The fright of moving shadows Keeping wake to steal the heart Our fingers clutching fear but fear not, t’is only sadness sending dreams Drawing the lady…

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rainbow lorikeet

By Denise Carruthers / 6th November, 2017

Little ones gather round. Warm yourselves by my light Hear a tale told to me, in bits n pieces over time by the Dreamkin memory One day the princess moon…

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wishes and fountains

By Denise Carruthers / 5th October, 2017

Threw coins into fountains Wrote letters in his name Touched a pope’s robe Knelt before a king Still my night is mourning

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start and end

By Denise Carruthers / 16th July, 2017

I say that love begins in the corner of a smile A smile as a promise of happiness It is the eyes that show sadness in a blink of goodbye

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tones of my heart

By Denise Carruthers / 16th July, 2017

Thrums so soft My hollow sounds Gentle tones & mellow movement Plays a melody of maundering The melisma to my heart

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like love

By Denise Carruthers / 16th July, 2017

T’ was there Paused my heart A mental connection Feeling of truthiness Déjà-vu & very like a love That once upon a time I knew

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narrow streets

By Denise Carruthers / 14th July, 2017

No narrow streets command her veins Nor huddled homes The warm windows She is wild Winding streams Freedom, wings & panorama

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time stands still

By Denise Carruthers / 14th July, 2017

It’s that song, you know Flooding memories The one comes on & takes you back Time stands still but I am dancing With your ghost

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the sweetest kiss

By Denise Carruthers / 14th July, 2017

How I long to linger lovingly Lavish him with lips on lips His mouth on mine The sweetest kiss Gifted from my dreams

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mermaid

By Denise Carruthers / 11th July, 2017

Sirens at twilight Serenading by the sea Sways of singing Lilts that lure love When mermaids murmur Sailors sigh & succumb

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loveless

By Denise Carruthers / 11th July, 2017

Her dream became Nightmare’s stampede Hoof-beats on heartbeats Fancy to fear No-one to hear her cry No more moaning love

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muse

By Denise Carruthers / 1st July, 2017

He thought her an angel, Fey like and faerie in his mind So Ethereal she all but floated. It made her the woman of his dreams As vapor trails the…

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love and dreams

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

I’m yet a fool to believe in love. But wise enough to know that dreams are for the young. Tho my heart feels pangs of youth, My body cries at…

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does love die or is it smothered

By Denise Carruthers / 19th June, 2017

In my dream you spoke Told me, mistake was made & you’re afraid to tell the truth Prepared to linger Hoping I’ll just fade away Not broken

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fiery

By Denise Carruthers / 17th June, 2017

She is crimson sky The aftermath storms Raging torrents of lightning tears Falling into rainbows A wrath so beautiful she shines

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