Poems from Rachel Genevieve
Hello! I'm a writer from Texas. I'm more used to writing prose, but I write poetry from time to time. I like literature, folklore, theology, and tea. I'm a Christian, so some of my poetry may reflect this.
1. A missionary trembles in the pulpit, exhorting you with tales of the fire of God, of kings and coals, of a man who had seen angels and...
When their horses came thundering over the plain,
François, did you fear they would take you away?
Did you fear where they’d carry you,...
A cold June morning,
Shivering in a choir loft,
Full of song, laughing.
A warm autumn night,
Packed into an upper room—
Old tales are...
First.
It’s you who taught me how to read,
Who taught me how to write,
Who taught me much of what I know,
And tucked me in at...
A ghost’s outside the train depot—
The one that is a rest’raunt now.
A mangled man in overalls,
Who waves a lantern light about.
He wanders...