highonwords : Writing

kindness of a memory

kindness of a memory

A Poem by highonwords


there will be no smoke and cinders to haunt us, the timbers will fall once in a rustle as of a falling leaf four corner stones will bla..
two for the rain

two for the rain

A Poem by highonwords


in love we get to stop in the middle of rain if we’re not chasing them half-afraid, the other half forgotten we get to wait ..
thinker correctional

thinker correctional

A Poem by highonwords


a man in orange and a cuff hunkers idly on a bench he thrums the texture of plastic vinyl, traces the shapes of names, who have l..
kid, come back

kid, come back

A Poem by highonwords


a wide-eyed kid of eight you were in comfortable shirts and jeans and sneakers you loved the sun and swings like the other kids ..
pretext

pretext

A Poem by highonwords


a neighbor said you stood some time on the driveway before you sat on the front steps the tire-marks must have disappointe..
there are all the sad people in the world

there are all the sad people in the world

A Poem by highonwords


glass windows their fingers splayed on the other side what good are they, alone and cold as a five-pointed leaf the wind ha..
your mouth takes me to the sea

your mouth takes me to the sea

A Poem by highonwords


green seawatersssssssplaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaashessssssssss on monolithic rocks f o o o a a m m ss A N D r i pp l e sback
too long in the water

too long in the water

A Poem by highonwords


i am a character in life too cliché in books i would bankrupt my agent, a script unwritten because i am a deadpan line only dead..
meditations on a flower

meditations on a flower

A Poem by highonwords


the afternoon is yellow for a woman in a skirt sitting on a curb she holds in her hand a flower unknown to her what is so swe..
fingering the tips

fingering the tips

A Poem by highonwords


is it because hearts look cute, less curves than brains, where scientists said love is you draw it in place of love is it because we d..