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A note on grief

A Poem by Tara

Death rattle breaths . I watch your chest rise and fall as you slip gracefully from this space and time. Eyes flutter hands lose their grasp on mine ...

Fish and cognac

A Poem by Tara

Cognac flows tonight in this lonely room. I fished the bay tonight and caught a blue. He struggled and fought as I have and I took his life with littl..

Eclipsed

A Poem by Tara

September rain fell hard this season washing away remnants of an August drought I dreamt I was the sun eclipsed. You were the blue tide of summer ..

Apology

A Poem by Tara

That nagging loud metaphysical hum has returned and I find myself here once again . Fear and loss loss and fear. The gifts that just keep giving! I am..

Thank you

A Poem by Tara

The screen showed white spots where black was supposed to be.I held my breath and watched the doctor's expressions.Is there a course on avoiding facia..

The Bath

A Poem by Tara

I poured the rose oil under the faucet, lit 5 candles, sprinkled rose petals and watched mesmerized as the oil pooled and swirled putting Picasso to s..

One a.m. Rantings of an insomniac poetess

A Poem by Tara

That existential beast visited last night.At least this time he brought enough wine.Philosophers need their wine, you know. Plato to my left,Sartre to..

Selena

A Poem by Tara

This lilac haired girl sauntered into my officeblack lips in stark contrast to her white skin. I marveled at her colors,the aura of her pain.She looke..

Santa Anna Secrets

A Poem by Tara

In the afternoon of youth, the long red rays of summerheld promises never to be broken.Despair hid deep in the black of night.We never thought it coul..

It fades

A Poem by Tara

Still it fades. Like some elusive state of beingonce glimpsed and forever gone.I knew contentment.It was euphoricand now the wind blows fury drivenand..