MiriamMB : Writing

Dust Bowl

Dust Bowl

A Poem by MiriamMB


Her loneliness is a hundred year old famine, there's a drought on her tongue, her lips can only offer mouthfuls of dead roots and dust,her love is..
Chiyoko

Chiyoko

A Poem by MiriamMB


Might as well have been Fujiwara Chiyoko, chasing the shadow of a dead soldier across the Japan in mid winter, in war, between earthquakes, My d..
Give Us Soft Spaces

Give Us Soft Spaces

A Poem by MiriamMB


With our perforated hearts, and our plum sized lungs, there is no peace at the end of our journey, We can't strain the hunger out of us, we know ..
Bird Song

Bird Song

A Poem by MiriamMB


She appeared after the sun's quiet decay, a white bird with fire on her expansive wings, two small stars in her eyes, embers fell each time she ..
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A Poem by MiriamMB


Do not say my name too often, Do not wear my name on your tongue,because it will stay there, and you will never know anything sweeter, but it weigh..
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A Poem by MiriamMB


The boy in my bed cracked and split my heart open over his knee, now he swears it wasn't him he swears it was someone else livi..
The People Who Would Hurt You

The People Who Would Hurt You

A Poem by MiriamMB


when an old love returns and your brain is resisting but your body is saying yes yes yes over and over again.
about storms

about storms

A Poem by MiriamMB


storms, resilience
Fireflies

Fireflies

A Poem by MiriamMB


I miss fireflies. In Ghana there were plenty.
Mango Harvest

Mango Harvest

A Poem by MiriamMB


The harvest arrived but this year, all the mangoes had dropped in rotten brown lumps on the ground beneath the tree the flies feasted on the ro..