Writing

wuthering

By Denise Carruthers / 5th May, 2017

How dearly would I love to be waylaid to lose it on the moors reach the heights of my heart with my own, Heathcliff

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cool as ice

By Denise Carruthers / 5th May, 2017

She was beautiful as an horizon is stunning but far away, so she was like a tequila sunrise; glorious but full of ice.

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why

By Denise Carruthers / 2nd May, 2017

Gazelles do grass, We graze on gravel; Graffiti writers in the sky. Clouds gather, cumulus Curious, asking why

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By Denise Carruthers / 2nd May, 2017

He was an oasis in the palm of her hand What tears she tasted testing for truth Were just desserts wet & wild Acid dates from bitter rain

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wish

By Denise Carruthers / 2nd May, 2017

Maybe dreams Moments of wistful maunder Hope touching possibilities Of much might I wish I may…

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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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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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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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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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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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fatal dreams

By Denise Carruthers / 28th April, 2017

Murdered my canary Woke to remember I don’t have a bird Now worry about my killer dreams intensifying How high does death fly

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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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reckless

By Denise Carruthers / 27th April, 2017

A reckless lover The edge of eternity Autumn leaf falling ?

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mute

By Denise Carruthers / 26th April, 2017

Keeping mum for dad who is mute from fear If girlfriend find out that he is my mum then big noise I’ll give you the drum

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