Marie Starr : Writing

Gift of the Magpie

Gift of the Magpie

A Poem by Marie Starr


You can have your hatred. Even though it's of me, it's not mine. I don't own it. And I will not carry your bitterness in my throat any lo..
Modern Day Worship

Modern Day Worship

A Poem by Marie Starr


I take pictures of barns falling down, hanging 'round like ancient ruins: symbols of a society that is passing away. We've gone from gatherer to..
Television will not be revolutionized

Television will not be revolutionized

A Poem by Marie Starr


Television will not be revolutionized You will be able to stay home, sister You will be able to plug in, turn on, and cop out In fact, you will..
B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Bliss)

B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Bliss)

A Poem by Marie Starr


Ain’t no shame in your game girl Men be playing it all the time Ain’t no crime in your rhyme girl You just keep trying to get yours &l..
Return

Return

A Poem by Marie Starr


Puddle-jumping across the mesa, bathed in bleached echoes of distant nights, she came. Masked in moonbeams, draped in deerskin, h..
radiance unhinged

radiance unhinged

A Poem by Marie Starr


words shuttered and winged soar in spaces left between what is seen and unseen a sudden hush of morning breath settles on my skin reminding ..
Join small children

Join small children

A Poem by Marie Starr


Join small children on paths of discovery; take their trust in your pale, pebbled palms. Walk through any empty archway, any op..
the whole truth

the whole truth

A Poem by Marie Starr


You will never know the whole truth. There is no such thing. Truth is relative. Is a matter of perspective, tinged by individual perception. ..
fragile flower

fragile flower

A Poem by Marie Starr


Everyone's a fragile flower, whether we admit to it or not. We are all soft-shelled creatures of desire, none immune to the fire of sharpened t..
love the human

love the human

A Poem by Marie Starr


love the human - gary snyder