Poems from Astroskylark
You cleaved me open
And left my sun-bleached ribs
Scattered
Across the shores of our youth.
There, by the sea,
I gathered sea glass with...
I want to ride this wave
All the way to shore –
Back to the ocean of our youth,
Back to the wild crests
And the tempests we navigated
By...
A Poem for the Man on the Platform
“Men love a woman in a dress.”
I recoil as if struck,
And my knees bend under the weight
Of the...
The sun slides below the horizon,
Like silver over ice,
Burning across the sky on its descent,
Receding as you please.
Night crashes,...
What is war?
The child asks,
Eyes wide and bright,
Looking up at me
For I know only peace.
Tell me, please, what is war,
For I do not...