Writing

you stir me

By Denise Carruthers / 11th April, 2017

I dream of us spooning the way that you stir me Nights filled sleep/waking Love in between Wanting eternal twilight

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he loves me not

By Denise Carruthers / 10th April, 2017

We tumbled in meadows in fields of flowers He was the wild man of my abandon Alone now; I sit, making daisy chains Plucked

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belonging

By Denise Carruthers / 10th April, 2017

Tired of stolen moments of fleeting fumbles in secret places I want to belong in the arms of my love Cradling forever

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misanthrope

By Denise Carruthers / 10th April, 2017

This misanthrope from Calcutta wished man away in the gutter to live with ra rats get ate by cuh cats such loathing caused him to stutter

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first audio

By Denise Carruthers / 1st April, 2017

i need inspiration to induce my poems my brain gets like, wet sand clogging seashells no ocean’s roar nor anything to evoke my words i spent them all perhaps unwisely…

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old fools

By Denise Carruthers / 1st April, 2017

His beauty is a stone of hidden fire, of pyrite and promises. I am the fool for believing, for wanting to make gold from awe

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inevitable

By Denise Carruthers / 31st March, 2017

Simply cannot stay away. You’re within me now, my everyday connection. But I sense the fragility, the tenuous thread and dread it breaking.

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stone the crow

By Denise Carruthers / 31st March, 2017

There once was two birds in a park who did it for a bit of a lark. Two dogs peeking, one of them speaking; “I say, did those ravens just…

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twirl

By Denise Carruthers / 27th March, 2017

A twirl is a rose in the hand of a lover Entwined into imagination A lacy twist of confetti and rain

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There is nothing to love

By Denise Carruthers / 26th March, 2017

My night’s embrace to dance with shadows & bed the ghostly groom A gossamer bride searching for substance Adrift alone await Life’s raft

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tearwell

By Denise Carruthers / 25th March, 2017

How do you say goodbye When the heart weeps forlornly Blood screams his name searing veins with desire Words torn against feelings, falter

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Look

By Denise Carruthers / 24th March, 2017

Is it his eyes I think so That watching wisdom the weight of years tells me stories Touching like whispers under the skin His wink gives the feel of sunrise…

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when sailors drown

By Denise Carruthers / 24th March, 2017

How the sirens come when the seamen strive to catch the waves and stay alive Warriors all to heaven’s call Row row row your boat

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Blood calls

By Denise Carruthers / 22nd March, 2017

Space betwixt yesterday & today Ancestors linger whispering memories Sing, dance Let bones echo Rhythm your soul You’re footsteps in time

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Not real

By Denise Carruthers / 21st March, 2017

Hum his happiness by moonlight Hush now the hurt No hear no harm Hasty withdrawal Hidden beneath the hay No more sunshine when she comes

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dream on

By Denise Carruthers / 21st March, 2017

Dreamed that I was drowned As my body floated, fishes feasted and the tide grew tired. Beneath an unrelenting sun, washed up ashore an old salt lick Old tongues no…

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Damn love

By Denise Carruthers / 21st March, 2017

I am dammed a river stopped My tamed roar rushing contained Left to ponder floating fate Stone’s throw happiness a ripple and an echo

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dance me no end (with apologies)

By Denise Carruthers / 21st March, 2017

And she said to him; You are my king. I kneel before your majesty, as you lay me down to delivery, whispers of joy, seeds of love sprout in me…

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skipping stones across the surface

By Denise Carruthers / 20th March, 2017

Source: skipping stones across the surface

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Death comes

By Denise Carruthers / 18th March, 2017

In one day my sensual change loins afire when love touched me Taken to heights of ecstasy like looking into the centre of a flame drawn to the dark unexpectedly Facing the…

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