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Category Archives: poetry

the reckoning

some people chase storms

Posted byemilyDecember 4, 2019December 3, 2019Posted inpoetryLeave a comment on the reckoning

give me the year

give me the year to be gutted

Posted byemilyDecember 3, 2019Posted inpoetryLeave a comment on give me the year

breathe in the storms

I sit in a quiet clarity these days

Posted byemilyNovember 24, 2019Posted inpoetryLeave a comment on breathe in the storms

down to the marrow

I’m carving values

Posted byemilyNovember 14, 2019November 12, 2019Posted inpoetryLeave a comment on down to the marrow

I needed something to write about

I needed the thrill

Posted byemilyNovember 13, 2019November 12, 2019Posted inpoetryLeave a comment on I needed something to write about

contentment

I want to wake up somewhere new.

Posted byemilyNovember 10, 2019Posted inpoetryLeave a comment on contentment

throw a penny

I learned how to be with someone new
who didn’t talk or walk or even look like you

Posted byemilyNovember 9, 2019November 6, 2019Posted inpoetry1 Comment on throw a penny

keep it moving

you know
when you’ve made a mistake

Posted byemilyNovember 8, 2019November 6, 2019Posted inpoetryLeave a comment on keep it moving

we’re all just rings and rings

a trembling forest of saplings

Posted byemilyNovember 7, 2019November 7, 2019Posted inpoetryLeave a comment on we’re all just rings and rings

reduced to candlelight

I sat in the dark
after power was sucked
from the city.

Posted byemilyNovember 6, 2019Posted inpoetryLeave a comment on reduced to candlelight

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