Writing

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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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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Winter Sundays

By Denise Carruthers / 9th January, 2018

She is chills & bare bones He has no reason or sense of season Who craves a warmer clime and plays with fire to burn her down Winter sundays his…

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dark clouds

By Denise Carruthers / 14th July, 2017

O my cloud Weighted with sorrow Worn out worry Born of my story Of secrets suppressed The cumulus Regret Rains into cries

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layers

By Denise Carruthers / 14th July, 2017

Layers of us leaves of life falling from the tree Bore bare draped in dogma Take off your clothes and shed the sin

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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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lure of dapples

By Denise Carruthers / 11th July, 2017

Remember the plight Of the wandering moth As it wings thru the night Something bright & attractive Lures him on He burns in it’s light Or polka-dotted pixies Dressed up…

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the lake

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

Memory threads An amber hue thru my mind You and me and the lake at night Floating on moonbeams Delighting in love

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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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sunbird

By Denise Carruthers / 4th June, 2017

Diurnal sunbird Sipping nectar from flowers Taste of summer nights picture by Tom Tarrant

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daisy chains

By Denise Carruthers / 19th May, 2017

In his mind tumbling downs Daisy chains & tangles in her hair Hard to find sweet memories Lanes get longer & linger in years

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Valeriana pyrenaica

By Denise Carruthers / 5th May, 2017

Clouds of lilac lace Drifting over the mountains Bouquet of springtime

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flow

By Denise Carruthers / 2nd May, 2017

Trees above river Koi leaps splashing in its flow Leaf falls in silence

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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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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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love in the garden

By Denise Carruthers / 27th April, 2017

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

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downwind

By Denise Carruthers / 27th April, 2017

Haunting and hollow Whispers the restless wind; That the end is certain, breathtaking and wild. Fast and furious The turmoil of time.

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strength

By Denise Carruthers / 24th April, 2017

Let me be light & grace delicacy; like the web that holds the dew appearing fine. Sheer strength unseen Let it be mine.

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