m.s.early : Writing

your verses drip from your lips

your verses drip from your lips

A Poem by m.s.early


your verses drip from your lips like crystals,tinkling slurry syllables hushing all others,silencing meadows, springtime airs,priming my atmosphere aw..
family history

family history

A Poem by m.s.early


uncles are lecturing nephews from four wheel drive tailgate stagesgathering us young'ens around to listen to them close.they are loudly wielding conco..
trestle

trestle

A Poem by m.s.early


metal will never rust under thick creosotewhite scratched initials marring snapshot loveand pangs of teenage angst chiseled clearlywhile rumblings nev..
grafted

grafted

A Poem by m.s.early


Where did you keep your secrets before this winter?Perhaps the pastoral village nestled in the hillsjust past the bird sanctuary protected them untily..
fish story

fish story

A Poem by m.s.early


the air around him was slick like a greasy spoon's grillhe was sniffing like a dog with a new smelland i could tell he was hammeredtwelve shots loaded..
i was leaving hollow echoes

i was leaving hollow echoes

A Poem by m.s.early


i was leaving hollow echoes in the streets of a poem you wroteof burdens from worn brogues in rhymes that burn like cheap whiskyin my throat failing t..
hard boiled man

hard boiled man

A Poem by m.s.early


a hard boiled man,stumps for knees poundedby toiling years laying carpet,sips coffee at the counterwith a friend,and his heartwas not telling himat th..
if i love you

if i love you

A Poem by m.s.early


if i love youand i fear how you will love methen i will never stretch one wingor see the earth as anything but sufferable;another spring will passwith..
her laughter is baby-sweet

her laughter is baby-sweet

A Poem by m.s.early


Her laughter is baby-sweet;cooing doves just past the tree line,spring evenings with wind chimesthough commissioned by virgin breezesare all but pale,..
gray

gray

A Poem by m.s.early


There was a tower of honeysucklegold and white and emeraldconquering a telephone polewhere wrens and jays were nested,caught the wind,pressed it behin..