M. Shepherd : Writing

Bitter

Bitter

A Poem by M. Shepherd


Tattered will and stubborn fury, a f**k you is wrapped up in a silently caustic I love you. Tight lips from behind a texted smiley face, benign, ..
The News

The News

A Poem by M. Shepherd


The landlord spilled the news like it were coffee a little too hot for her mouth and we were her cup. It widened our eyes to sandy expanses of b..
Cocoon

Cocoon

A Poem by M. Shepherd


Hard to tell what age I began to shrug out of the cocoon I plastered in place when feeling that insidious pressure from what I perceived, as a c..
Thoughts of snow in perpetual summer

Thoughts of snow in perpetual summer

A Poem by M. Shepherd


If it starts snowing in here I'll know that 30 years ago someone left a window open during a snow storm and the snow flew in and burrowed it..
I terrify by

I terrify by

A Poem by M. Shepherd


I terrify by you and those eyes you stole from the surface of the surf, an algal cerulean chlorinated swamp forest of peat moss, ferns, nettle -..
To the catalyst -

To the catalyst -

A Poem by M. Shepherd


Emmm - context on part II - I've been collecting signatures for a petition door to door. In Portland's signature downpours.
Where to find humans after they become an endangered species

Where to find humans after they become an endanger..

A Poem by M. Shepherd


The first night of the riots a hooker gave me a safety clip and told me to be safe. I was not rioting but knocking on doors in her rundown neighb..
Estrangement

Estrangement

A Poem by M. Shepherd


Exquisite here in earth scented rainlight our skin pale and steamed clean gazes careening into each other ..
Ode to scar

Ode to scar

A Poem by M. Shepherd


Red ripe scar, not yet whitened: Your pallor is sanguine, you seal in angry, aging blood, dulling with the days as they amble on with their gay ..
The day the gays danced the hate away

The day the gays danced the hate away

A Poem by M. Shepherd


Who showed up at the gay pride parade in Portland this year? None other than several members of the Westboro Baptist Church carrying signs saying "God..

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