Marie Anzalone : Writing

poem: We Paint the Sky

poem: We Paint the Sky

A Chapter by Marie Anzalone


for EP, may you live your dreamWe paint.We paint because we see.We paint because we feel, hear, smell and taste more. We paint because 250 generations..
 poem: swimming at night

poem: swimming at night

A Chapter by Marie Anzalone


I beg youto swim with me tonightand go under.All the way.So Imay slowy sipdrops of moonreflectedon your shoulders;andsavor its essence purelike silver..
poem: A Dull Knife

poem: A Dull Knife

A Chapter by Marie Anzalone


I am profoundly sad today. Shadows grew longer, overnightand theodorof autumn can be discerned in the finalglowing embers of summer's inferno. The ho..
poem: Lines in the Sand

poem: Lines in the Sand

A Chapter by Marie Anzalone


Every sun-swept morning leads me gently to this world into the reality of each pain, each joy, each desirous thing; dancing in the tides..
The Corpse Under the Sofa

The Corpse Under the Sofa

A Poem by Marie Anzalone


John MacDonald found a corpse, hid it under the sofa; waited 'til it came to life and hit it with a poker ...in the room where women come and go, ta..
poem:  Chasing Dawn

poem: Chasing Dawn

A Chapter by Marie Anzalone


for Lonestar Come, tonight, and spread your wings with me, unfettered shall we fly, without definitive destination: Just this- to taste the air..
Name-Calling

Name-Calling

A Poem by Marie Anzalone


"You want to know what they call you?" you asked eagerly like a playground sycophant- and I can picture you with a cigarette dangling, prematurely old..
Robbed

Robbed

A Poem by Marie Anzalone


The heat won't relent today swizzling sweat pitched fever dreams and there are words that will not comethoughts that won't mend nagging at me like an ..
A Poem Never Written

A Poem Never Written

A Chapter by Marie Anzalone


"and if you break me, am I free?"