Haley Smith : Writing

Anathema

Anathema

A Poem by Haley Smith


Neat, neat.you thought everythingwould be neat.every detail,every move,every thingwas coolly calculated.But I found the snagin the wool.He rests on a ..
Rolling rrrs right to my soul

Rolling rrrs right to my soul

A Poem by Haley Smith


I don't handle.I don't cope.I bolt.People protest: 'It only makesyour void biggerand darker'but---A few pennies moreand I would be inthe sun. It would..
Lady Cliff and the Sea Sky

Lady Cliff and the Sea Sky

A Poem by Haley Smith


There.Do you see that there?The small wolf by thejagged cliff.The booming clouds overhead,unsettling, like they couldswallow you andsnag you up into t..
Longing in Spring

Longing in Spring

A Poem by Haley Smith


Smooth, brown,soft like honey.Quietly beautiful, like anold gem beneath the quiltsand Pyrex in an antique shop.I had to point you out to someone.They ..
Philophobia

Philophobia

A Poem by Haley Smith


When you tell me you love mea spider crawls around inside of meA brick hits me in my chestI inhale doubt, andmy mind begins to swim in questionsYou ma..
A Ghost of Me

A Ghost of Me

A Poem by Haley Smith


There's a ghost of me.she runs, and runs"wait come back,wait come back"a luster, a sparkle,a burning yellow.She's everything I'd wish forand illuminat..
Burn

Burn

A Poem by Haley Smith


the room burneda delicate, crimsonflame.i could tell you hadbeen in herebefore.your dark, magnetic,cruel, lovely ghostmade its wayto my core.it seemed..
Ismail Lies Still

Ismail Lies Still

A Poem by Haley Smith


Ismail lies still on the dirty ground The guns were shrill Now he hears no sound The scent sickens and swells in the air His face is stricken ..
Or Does It Explode?

Or Does It Explode?

A Poem by Haley Smith


Jealousy creeps in and brings along with it the Others. The ever mild Annoyance and Uncertainty grow within me; they converse and chatter in m..
Strength

Strength

A Poem by Haley Smith


He can play me a tune. He can take me to Pensacola in the middle of June; He can sing at the top of his lungs til every song in the world has been..