Writing

growing love spell

By Denise Carruthers / 5th October, 2017

Plant a dream To make it flower Touch with tears like dewdrops Add love Two lips Upon a pillow Passion

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betty

By Denise Carruthers / 26th September, 2017

Betty was my friend an aged lonely soul We oft had tea she’d sit with me and tell her tale She’d revisit life in all its woe Sadly she’s gone…

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limerick Pan’s flute

By Denise Carruthers / 25th September, 2017

There’s Pan living in Butte He loves to play with his flute Till it turns fountain Runs down the mountain Where the base of a tree is a root

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The nightwatchman

By Denise Carruthers / 23rd September, 2017

A nightwatchman comes dragging his demons to make me dance and fence in darkness unsheathed swords to sport and evil using power taken from me to pierce my trust and…

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tame a wicked night spell

By Denise Carruthers / 20th September, 2017

Dark glamour A dose to spell a wicked night 3 oz allure 1 feather of surrender Two tender loins Simmer to steaming Serve hot

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By Denise Carruthers / 18th September, 2017

I want you – come into the kitchen -I’ll show you my recipe with apron strings undone to my secret spices I want to make it hot for you –…

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force field

By Denise Carruthers / 17th September, 2017

distance is an invisible line we need to cross it every time we go out into the world we approach one another with words & gesture, a nod hello …an…

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spoken word for Australian poetry slam

By Denise Carruthers / 16th September, 2017

Look at you – Take a photo in your mind. Make it burn around the edges. curling ash from dark of night A sepia sunrise with a touch of orange…

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love spell

By Denise Carruthers / 12th September, 2017

Love spell Open heart Lips, slightly cracked Touch of spice Scent of sensuality When trembling Stir & spoon Serve w/ laughter

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love hurts

By Denise Carruthers / 11th September, 2017

Tender to touch As wind to whispers Love is frail A silken web made of Iron Love will Any other, won’t But sometimes love Leaves bruises

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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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Moon Goddess

By Denise Carruthers / 22nd August, 2017

Source: Moon Goddess

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By Denise Carruthers / 20th August, 2017

Do you know me How i laugh at eternal love How i saw in the beaming sky Soft as felt and swift as moonlight A sliver of a falling star…

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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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killing so softly

By Denise Carruthers / 9th August, 2017

Silent movement. Imagined action. I pause waiting; Then the voice told me. A secret long suspected. As Quietly; Life stood still. And love died.

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My broken heart

By Denise Carruthers / 9th August, 2017

He took her In ink & pages promises He lied Heart’s revenge Her grave virtue Spilled in spades Decried his shameless soul

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metaphor maiden

By Denise Carruthers / 9th August, 2017

A maiden of metaphors Stirred oil into troubled waters As easy come & go The sea of plenty Turned worms to Pea soup has-beens

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knives in the night

By Denise Carruthers / 9th August, 2017

She rode a nightmare Into a maelstrom of mourning Dueled dark demons of despair Her given soul in prayerful need To dream again

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The dying night

By Denise Carruthers / 9th August, 2017

Forgotten feelings fly In the dying night Falling leaves pieces Till not one scintilla of memory remains And love begotten begone

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