Anna : Writing

Prisms in the Window

Prisms in the Window

A Poem by Anna


I know it’s a lot to askBut could you love me laterThe way you do now--?Could you hold onto me for meWhen I’m not around--?Just the softne..
And Heaven is Distant

And Heaven is Distant

A Poem by Anna


What is it to love--If not painful and destructiveIf not indescribableIncomparable to the sight?The lean on the sidewalkDandelions growingIn cracks, i..
Do It All Again

Do It All Again

A Poem by Anna


I think of the momentI fail youI lose my gripOn this proverbial cliff;In your eyesDo I sink fasterThan you imagined I would?Does the way I dieDisappoi..
Home of Free & Lonely Gods

Home of Free & Lonely Gods

A Poem by Anna


Take Interstate 35 and driveUntil the gas runs outOr you get a flatAnd leave yourself stranded--Abandoned on the longDark highways of Texas.Somewhere ..
Greyrock Point

Greyrock Point

A Poem by Anna


There’s a bridge over Troubled water somewhere Between here and The mark of Absolution. In good tidings In good, warm memory But the ..
-30 Degrees

-30 Degrees

A Poem by Anna


No one loves you for your gritThat goes unexpressedIn the quiet of your room--By candlelight and pressed deepInto the lines of your palms.The broken w..
Jinx by the Bottle

Jinx by the Bottle

A Poem by Anna


The thoughts of youMake me sick and anxious--And so I’d rather notThink of you at all.But you come back to meDay in and day outTo plead for forg..
False Hazel

False Hazel

A Poem by Anna


I did not start my sentencesWithout the values that I held--I did not start friendshipsWithout a heart to go onward.But the snow is fallingIn Hampshir..
Metatonia

Metatonia

A Poem by Anna


My skin sticks to the sleevesOf every jacket I wear--I sleep so much thatI don’t have time to rest.The heart beats bareParallel to the thoughtsA..
Palea

Palea

A Poem by Anna


I knew a house In the woods-- By the river and Not far from Foggy mountains. Sage shutters Banging in the Coming storm-- Eternity in All th..