Madeline Capo : Writing

Fulfilled

Fulfilled

A Poem by Madeline Capo


NowadaysEverything is a poemThe getting up at daybreakThe laying down at midnightYour sharp seafoam eyesYour tousled spiral curlsAny and every meal we..
Longing

Longing

A Poem by Madeline Capo


My soul is insatiableIt lives in a continuous state offullness and lackCrying out for a next thingwhilst reveling in a thing once cried forA symtom of..
Restoration

Restoration

A Poem by Madeline Capo


The white cotton is soaking weta bone dry canvas that has been riddled withmucus, salt, grief, despair, dripping wetdripping in aguishmy clenched fist..
unconditionally

unconditionally

A Poem by Madeline Capo


you know that you have changed menowthat I count the days, now, with the height of your laughsand the nights with your heavy breathspressed with their..
my creation

my creation

A Poem by Madeline Capo


there is a photo I keep of you in my childhood bibletucked somewhere between joshua and psalm,your arm is wrapped firmly around momyour skin is young ..
where she belongs

where she belongs

A Poem by Madeline Capo


she belongs in many placesregardless of what she feelsshe believes she is welcome alwaysand at any timepeople don't wish her awayquestion her coming o..
100 count

100 count

A Poem by Madeline Capo


the heat from your body reaches mine even though we arethree bodies apart in this double bedthis afternoontwo lines on 100 count cottonthe discussions..
Thirst

Thirst

A Poem by Madeline Capo


I want your stomach to touch my lower back as we lay on our sideslike a newborn searching for the milk of her mother with closed eyeswe are puzzle pie..
my philtrum

my philtrum

A Poem by Madeline Capo


we are staring at one another, wrapped in a bleak lightyou have freckles in your pupils and all I can think of is thatright nowif my head were to sudd..
side eye

side eye

A Poem by Madeline Capo


It’s a normal wednesdayI’m walking down the sidewalkMy brain ticks and files through thoughts loudly and relentlesslyDid i remember to wat..