Lyrical Lament: A Poetry Blog

I. The muted despair of awakening from a 3pm nap after champagne dreams to the hopeless slant of late afternoon sunlight shadowing my...

It took me a while to unearth the reason why your suggestion disturbed me The plant you gave me for some special occasion was it my...

I. I am living now In the realm of feeling. I have abandoned sense and reason, The external world of making and doing. I am no longer...

I. If it, like a stone, could be set down when one leaves at four and picked up again the next morning at eight. If it could be...

I. In this moment of silence When nothing is needed from me No husband demands my attention or dog my caress When there are no more...

Artemis Beware the critical mind, for it is a self-devouring beast. Like your trusted arrow, sharp and merciless. A lifetime of spouting...

https://aaregistry.org/poem/did-this-happen-to-your-motherdid-your-sister-throw-up-a-lot-by-alice-walker/ I. I love a man who is not...

I. Today, the day when clouds are strewn rose and a famished yellow across the dawn, today some people are dying and others are being...