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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A different drift.

By Denise Carruthers / 6th February, 2018

What’s the difference!  carnivore, vegetarian  even vegans still must eat  needing jaws to chew & chatter Your veiled visage hides what I would see  and so, my wilderness imagines  running…

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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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Shadows of love

By Denise Carruthers / 2nd February, 2018

You are more than mere rags tossed by the wind You are held fast & beloved links in a memory You are footprints felt in the heart soft like down…

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Oh…. ho ho ho – it’s Christmas

By Denise Carruthers / 16th December, 2017

When the Christmas spirit is lost Then lonely souls hang baubles on an empty tree A life unwrapped its gift A hidden joyless misery Not everyone enjoys the festive season…

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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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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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odyssey

By Denise Carruthers / 4th September, 2017

We are particles of time Pieces of fabric fashioned by the universe Blanketed by stars Never ending and eternal Like a fallen leaf and it’s beginning we are an enduring…

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spoken word – glimpses

By Denise Carruthers / 19th August, 2017

I see what you’ve become chasing clouds away to catch the sun so my heart is lost

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panacea – spoke word

By Denise Carruthers / 13th August, 2017

One question Why do we look for god to doctor Say bad is the devil -stead of looking in the mirror to own blame This murmurs in my maunder –…

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lacuna

By Denise Carruthers / 29th July, 2017

Deep into depression a lacuna. Like a footprint in my heart. Reminder of past feeling the steep of my mind Sometimes that ghost won’t stay buried and echos in bones…

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god knows

By Denise Carruthers / 16th July, 2017

We don habits Wearing everyday Like it will always be Draped softness of belief Supported staunch in faith But there are many gods

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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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cape of darkness

By Denise Carruthers / 14th July, 2017

Where stars don’t shine Night time cloaks In predators Evil deeds Done by dark Where no man sees But god alone uncovers

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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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in memory

By Denise Carruthers / 17th June, 2017

Strange echo of mist and memory Sadness hangs heavy So close the air Open the window Invite the sun For one life ending Another begun

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boys will be

By Denise Carruthers / 4th June, 2017

Heracles put that down Atlas stop fooling round No one will ever believe How bad you boys behave Whole world on my shoulders

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