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Autumn Storm

Autumn Storm

A Poem by ABetterPlace


I'm a wild child inside walls I built for myselfwith other peoples' idealsTied with kite stringTied with red threadFilled with candy scentsLately I ha..
After the Shooting, 2015

After the Shooting, 2015

A Poem by ABetterPlace


The world weighs heavyaround here tonight.People died, again.And good people rageand despair in the dark.Where is God?What will become of us?No answer..
We Saw Africa

We Saw Africa

A Poem by ABetterPlace


sun baked pine buzzing its resinous heat that day in Spain lost in the piñon grove needles sticking to my bare feet and sand an..
The Rainstorm

The Rainstorm

A Poem by ABetterPlace


A cold, fat drop slides down my cheek. A tear that has been crying for a lifetime of trees, for an epoch of men. Sudden breaking. Hammer..
The Fortune Teller

The Fortune Teller

A Poem by ABetterPlace


Once, when I was young,a woman read my futurein the lines upon my palm.She saw love and strong,the woman told me, "Darlingyou'll marry a man you love...
Respite

Respite

A Poem by ABetterPlace


Floating in the arms of the seaI think of nothing,Not even you, whom my heart loves.Here, where no one needs me,Nothing lays its claimat the foot of m..
A Longing

A Longing

A Poem by ABetterPlace


Touch melike waves caressing shorelinelike salty water lapping weeds.Flow over mearound meinto meinevitably.Apart then togethertogether then apart,in ..
The Kite String

The Kite String

A Poem by ABetterPlace


You ground meYou hold the string of my kiteI strain against your pullI ache to fly awayinto the stormraging black and beautifulshot through with golda..
Untitled

Untitled

A Poem by ABetterPlace


I am so in love with youI wrap the idea of you around melike the folds of a hand-me-down coatThe one you gave meFoolishly letting my mindsteep in thou..
Hard Candy

Hard Candy

A Poem by ABetterPlace


short and sweet

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