I danced amongst the flames To melt away my flesh Gave light to soul and mind Then fed those too to the burning of our art, See my skeleton pass under the moon These charred dancing bones, the ever wandering keeper of this Fevered, blistering heart Moving with grace and guise Of one with nothing…
Tag: love
some Friday lunchtime sensuality
Warning: This may be blush inducing for only the very sensitive. I generally keep these to myself and a very select audience, but this one just keeps calling to be read. [sweet honey bee] Tell me your secrets – write them on the tip of your tongue and spill them like velvet on my soul, I’ll…
the past hurts because the future is crying for our affection
Walking through memories on paper like an abandoned town Smiles advertise misleading claims to be better, stronger, more durable While a single bus rushes by Carrying self-conscious chatter To rigid exercises in rote memorization Of dehumanizing data sets and the ways society wants us to be. Overgrown fingers of weeds scratch my thighs with eager…
Introducing Student Poetry!
I am so pleased to say that one of my students – a wonderfully, talented beautiful little soul who you can meet here – found my site and reached out to me asking if I’d feature one of her poems. I LOVE doing anything that could help foster the creative in my loves, so I…
Sharkey Speaks 