Erica Winter : Writing

Wishful Thinking

Wishful Thinking

A Poem by Erica Winter


I wanted to be your comfort every nightI wanted to fix you when your heart would acheI wanted to take in every word you sayI wanted to kiss your body ..
Morning

Morning

A Poem by Erica Winter


Woke up this morning soberIn the groggy intoxicating hold of sleepFor a brief instant, I swore I was in your roomBlankets at the foot of the bedWrappe..
Lock And Load

Lock And Load

A Poem by Erica Winter


I welcomed the day with a cup of coffeeStrong, but not as strong as I used to have itNo whiskey, but a year ago, there would have beenI never liked th..
Define Romance

Define Romance

A Poem by Erica Winter


I asked you to define romance.I can't remember word-for-word what you'd saidI can however, freeze and replay the moment you replied.Your feet were bur..
Failure

Failure

A Poem by Erica Winter


Stuck in a rut twenty three feet deepOne for every year I've failed on cueDirt falling in at a steady paceEveryone with their lives figured outThey co..
Bottles

Bottles

A Poem by Erica Winter


The soft glow of the TVIlluminates childhood photos on my wallTwo beer bottles sit alone on the nightstandI'm drunk enough to find humor in two things..
Contact

Contact

A Poem by Erica Winter


It's an insatiable need for human contactWhen I find myself hating solitudeI mean, not simply being alone in a roomAlone at heartMy soul longs for com..
Constellations

Constellations

A Poem by Erica Winter


Perched on knotted driftwoodThe wind howling past meToes buried in moist sandLost in the allure of the black briny bayEndless constellationsAll I thou..
Fifteen Days

Fifteen Days

A Poem by Erica Winter


Fifteen daysSince I learned to gather these shards of soulScars in tact, and love with all I was capable ofA leap of faithMy mind drunk on the wineMy ..
The Deep End, 2005.

The Deep End, 2005.

A Poem by Erica Winter


July of my fifteenth yearon vacation with my fatherSomewhere on the East CoastFaded photographs rest untouchedin one of the many shoe boxes out of rea..