Audra Burwell : Writing

Gunmetal Gray

Gunmetal Gray

A Poem by Audra Burwell


His veins were made of iron,Rusted blood-red, corroded,Fanning out like a virus,Each cell hardened,Unyielding and resolute,Refusing to bow in defeat.H..
Guided Meditation

Guided Meditation

A Poem by Audra Burwell


Gravity pulls you backward,Ghostly fingers tugging onYour shoulder blades like aLost traveler summoningCompanionship beyond theRealm of what is known...
Graveyard

Graveyard

A Poem by Audra Burwell


Maggots lace the soil,Their pulsing white bodies,Wriggling on the ground,In agony or ecstasy,No one can tell.They came to claim the dead,Corpses wrapp..
Forging a Kingdom

Forging a Kingdom

A Poem by Audra Burwell


Waves thunder against the jagged cliffside,A whirlpool swirling at our feet, gyrating inA vortex of seafoam and fury, threateningTo smother us in its ..
Forest of the Lost

Forest of the Lost

A Poem by Audra Burwell


The forest whispered secrets to those who strayed from its path,Engulfing them in a flood of memories,From times when it was consumed by the fire of w..
Firebird

Firebird

A Poem by Audra Burwell


Only in that sunless realm between asleep and awakeWill I find you, the shell of my former self, crumpled andLifeless, huddled in the darkest corner, ..
Fiction Spun Truth

Fiction Spun Truth

A Poem by Audra Burwell


How many of our memories are unfetteredWith authenticity, and how many have becomeDistorted by time, suppressed and rewritten?To speak truth is a libe..
Equus

Equus

A Poem by Audra Burwell


Muscles churning, coiling, tightening, releasing,Bunched beneath the rawhide saddle, slick withFoam and sweat, a dirty brown lather frothingAt the sho..
Crossing the Tundra

Crossing the Tundra

A Poem by Audra Burwell


Beyond the snow-capped mountains, we trekThrough the darkness and swirling sleet,Shrouded by the myriad of northern lights,Colors shifting, shimmering..
Concealed Oasis

Concealed Oasis

A Poem by Audra Burwell


A wretched desire splinters my heart, longing to return home,To rolling fields laced with poppies, to flaxen petals frolickingOn a late September gale..