Shauna : Writing

For Lynn

For Lynn

A Poem by Shauna


The green-eyed girlsCrying emeralds all overDrip dropping peridotsDown the staircaseOne's begging"Please don't lookYou mustn't seeMe weeping secret sh..
Hungry December

Hungry December

A Poem by Shauna


December wants to suck your bloodWonderland will eat your youngChristmas fangsChewing up your rose-colored thingsHe'll bleach the yellowed teethSip th..
Sailor's Delight

Sailor's Delight

A Poem by Shauna


Violent ultraviolet raysThat gut and gouge and mutilate,They'll douse the gloaming inA bloodflood of vermillion.When prism edges cut like knivesI'll s..
Ode To A Geode

Ode To A Geode

A Poem by Shauna


Lovely geodeSilly jewel-coffinHoarding your prisms awayYou brim with pretty jagged thingsAnd supernova fantasiesGalaxies agonize withinClusteringScrap..
Baby Teeth

Baby Teeth

A Poem by Shauna


shining little moonstonescleaned and kept in even rowslined up like a string of pearlswinter white as lips unfurlmolars tugged so eagerlyimpatient to ..
Amber

Amber

A Poem by Shauna


Lovely AmberShe's spider-cider dreamsA stainglass nectarineForbidden fruit from the treeShe's crimson and cloverGlazing me overWith peaches and creamI..