Writing

life

By Denise Carruthers / 11th July, 2017

I go not without you For you are life Beating my heart My forever moments Everlasting love

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narrow streets

By Denise Carruthers / 11th 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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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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cry and you cry alone

By Denise Carruthers / 5th July, 2017

In a corner of my mind It’s always raining Pushing water thru my eyes I know it is not wise to say I’m crying Do my duty as the sun…

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gut decisions

By Denise Carruthers / 4th July, 2017

my gut feeling it was red not green but color blind, made me go, when i should have stayed. So bad… not to listen when the voices tell. but others…

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money

By Denise Carruthers / 3rd July, 2017

All the world is in his money Fills desire and sets the table He chooses from a smorgasbord  And pretty ladies wait on him, fattening by flattery Becoming spoiled One…

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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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eyes

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

Drawn to his eyes Into the deep blue well Like a sky’s memory With sunshine stolen from the day Which she longed to return

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love is blind

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

Always dark But ears listen Fingers touch Feeling a picture Painting his mind Glimpse of her beauty In the softness of night

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last haiku

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

Basho ate pond frogs Autumn falling in reverse Haiku denouement

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only

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

From the gilded cage Sounds a lonely serenade Canary Island

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slow love

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

Take it slowly he said One day at a time; But I wanna see you dance Wanna feel your rhythm Let me be your love & our whispers like breathing

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warning

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

Navigation devices tell Of dangerous curves ahead But they do not work On people About to fall in love

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unlove

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

To tips of my fingers I feel him By end of my toes My despair When senses desert The hurt & pain of not reciprocated love

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love him

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

Full pelt storm Her rant & raving hurricane Volcanic lava-like words Spewed forth in torrents He smiled Tears fell in a rainbow

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violet

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

Purple ponder Puce in poems A darker side of crimson As blood turns old An age of violet words That blow upon my pages

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wither the rainbow

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

I’m all the colors run Mixed mnemonic tears Soggy mash of burning lumps Taken with my tepid tea Brewed inside a loveless home

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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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Starting over – a carlito poem

By Denise Carruthers / 22nd June, 2017

Rise Take stock Concentrate Gather worries Put them behind you Refocus your intent For you are the warrior Winter is the time Collection of good spirits Spring into flower

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By Denise Carruthers / 19th June, 2017

Beyond the loving His voice echoes in my memory Tears fall like rain to rise again And fickle still My heart is beating picture by Matt Adamik

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