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Jagged Edge

Jagged Edge

A Poem by Harper Tate


I search for something,Some light to shed on the misery. The darkness encompasses me,Constricting around my chest.Sometimes is it hard to breathe, ..
A Life of Crystals

A Life of Crystals

A Poem by Harper Tate


You want to know what I’m really like?I’m a geode. I am an open geode.To understand who I am, I need to be broken.I have been broken; I ha..
Christmas Day Kiss

Christmas Day Kiss

A Poem by Harper Tate


And then you kissed me, The taste of last nights cigarettes and whiskey on your skin. Memories of cold breath..
Frozen

Frozen

A Poem by Harper Tate


Poetry adaptation of the recent and brilliant Disney film
Ghost Town

Ghost Town

A Poem by Harper Tate


The ghost of our town is never at ease,For death, disaster, hate and disease;They lurk, they pry in the darkest of placesAnd leaves only pain, while t..
Sonnet of Lies

Sonnet of Lies

A Poem by Harper Tate


There is no point in speaking truth,For I know all the liesThat leave your mouth, and day by day,Your slumbered nights deprived.So leave this place an..
Carpe Diem

Carpe Diem

A Poem by Harper Tate


In the style of To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell.
Time

Time

A Poem by Harper Tate


You have time to spareSpare the time to save a lifeAnd live satisfied.
Sorry

Sorry

A Poem by Harper Tate


Would it change your mindIf I said I was sorryWould it turn back time.
Life

Life

A Poem by Harper Tate


Such a precious thingJust a series of momentsTaking up our time.
What If?

What If?

A Poem by Harper Tate


What if I neverNever ever existedWould you care at all?
You'll Thank Me

You'll Thank Me

A Poem by Harper Tate


You’ll thank me one dayWhen your tears are dead and goneAnd your smiles are back.
Hazy Dayz

Hazy Dayz

A Poem by Harper Tate


Soft skin to skin on lazy Autumn morningsto awaken my hazy eyes,Waiting for Winter snowflakesas the crisp, auburn blanket slowly dies…
Just Past Autumn

Just Past Autumn

A Poem by Harper Tate


Flicks of cold air bidding farewell to the summer fast gone,Now to begin festive merriments, cosy evenings and frosted dew on Winters dawn
Duvet Days

Duvet Days

A Poem by Harper Tate


As nights grow longer and days grow shorter,the mornings now so brisk,I long for the gentle warmth of affection,those lips I love to kiss
Overcoming

Overcoming

A Poem by Harper Tate


Get rid of things that make you bitter,Of the past and all the pain,Like the sun rising bright and truethrough the mist after the rain.
Last Resort

Last Resort

A Poem by Harper Tate


The pills she took to ease the pain,To make herself invisible,A purer way than pierced vein,And consequence less visible.She took the pills to cease h..
The Norm

The Norm

A Poem by Harper Tate


A woman’s place is in the kitchen, That’s the 1960’s way. I am just a life size doll. Por..
Love Lost

Love Lost

A Poem by Harper Tate


Inspired by Sylvia Plath's Still Born
Lover

Lover

A Poem by Harper Tate


She sits. Sits still, with back propped against the headboard. Her heart pounds as a hummingbird. To h..