Erica Wilkinson : Writing

Moon

Moon

A Poem by Erica Wilkinson


As I see the moonI have been expecting to seeFor so long,I can no longer haltThe tide from creeping,Blue and warm,From the holes where myLove resides.
We Live the Hunt

We Live the Hunt

A Poem by Erica Wilkinson


I deplore him.His skin, his eyes unseeingStaring through my bodyLike two tiny dead embryosFacing the mothers that aborted them,Whom they so stormily r..
Poem Three

Poem Three

A Poem by Erica Wilkinson


My broken logic beats unkindly:Fear, fear, fear.I want to go out into the worldNo more than a father rabbitWants to watch his childrenCaught, skinned ..
Poem Two

Poem Two

A Poem by Erica Wilkinson


As soft as stone, as hard as woolIn honeyed tones, I right my wrongAs warm as winter, as empty as fullIts sweet to think of a dead birds song.
Poem One

Poem One

A Poem by Erica Wilkinson


I say I love you,Yet I cannot recoverThe impression of your hand in mine. I say I love you,Yet the taste of your lipsIs a hazy flavour.I say I love y..
Entwine

Entwine

A Poem by Erica Wilkinson


Lying as one,Heartbeat to heartbeat.Your life reverberates off mineAs we lie, entwinedMy cheek, sticking to your viscidchestAnd my hand holding yoursL..
Riverbank

Riverbank

A Poem by Erica Wilkinson


Along the waters edgeWhere trees twist in saluteOf golden orbsAnd over riverTurned dirt lies settling,History squeezing the air.Familiar faces pass by..
Plunge

Plunge

A Story by Erica Wilkinson


I stood in the hall with one hand on the brown front door, holding it ajar. I could see a sliver of the house across the road and the rusty yellowJeep..
The Dales and I

The Dales and I

A Poem by Erica Wilkinson


The hills surround meLikeobedientdogs.They tumble and slideBut sit quite still and unmoving.The air around me like the puff off a cigar,Churning dizzi..
Rebirth

Rebirth

A Poem by Erica Wilkinson


Villanelle