eglantine : Writing

Seeing red

Seeing red

A Poem by eglantine


The medication turnedher eyes pearly-white, made hercrave salt.She denied the existence of day,only wrote at night, click-click-clackon her typewriter..
Ravenous

Ravenous

A Poem by eglantine


I want to breathe in the salty air that dwellsin your soul, somewhere between your heart and hip-bone.I'll let you taste the whiteness of the inside o..
Water as old as the moon

Water as old as the moon

A Poem by eglantine


I'm only a wisp of lightcaught in Lake Michigan's stare,a black butterfly, an almond tree, a drop of amber blood.Bathe me in coconut milkbecause my sk..
I wrote this while waiting for you

I wrote this while waiting for you

A Poem by eglantine


The halite moonis quieter than the other moons;my eyes reflectits salty gaze.You talk about titaniumand teeth whitening methods (strawberries crushed ..
The Italic life

The Italic life

A Poem by eglantine


My heart is italic, like a baby bat's wingand October snow falls like eyelasheson a sleeping lovers cheek.It's four a.m.--the hour for wide-eyedpoets ..
For the voice in your eyes

For the voice in your eyes

A Poem by eglantine


I ache for something spicierthan the north star,something that speaksin lullaby's my soulcan cling to.I wear nothing but flamesand gold lipstick.Reade..
PLease Submit a short (max 750 words) 100% true story from college experience

PLease Submit a short (max 750 words) 100% true st..

A Poem by eglantine


Hello WC friends!This is a call to share a funny, moving, educational, self-discovery, or just odd moment from your college experience. Max 750 words...
Once upon a someday

Once upon a someday

A Poem by eglantine


I want a French chateauwith a tower full of booksand a ladder high enoughto plant lilacs on the moon.It must have a window-seat where I can reconsider..
Bitter because of him

Bitter because of him

A Poem by eglantine


I hate this rustic churchand the wedding that's about to take placeand I hate these God-fearingpeople and the womanin a gaudy floral blouse.I hate tha..
Shadows from the tree outside

Shadows from the tree outside

A Poem by eglantine


Throw me to the tree-shadows trembling on the floor, I understand their breathing, they know how to hold me, like water. ..