One Final Blaze

One Final Blaze

In all this red gore, suffering
and servitude oozing across

2020 Night Vision

2020 Night Vision

Tyranny Tastes Terror.
Reactionary Roars Resound

The Heart’s Exhaustion

The Heart’s Exhaustion

Stripped of all the colors that create me,
Bare as the bones beneath my skin

The Choice

The Choice

This poem hopes to combine compression with metaphors that achieve a resonance so as to offer the reader a trip into the indefinite.

Pain Cuts Deep Into Our Lives

Pain Cuts Deep Into Our Lives

There are times when sadness creeps in,
filling the space that love left empty.

Alone Woman

Alone Woman

A blatant depiction of loneliness, and isolation enmeshed with a longing desire to belong somewhere; even if only for a little while

a matter of taste

a matter of taste

A short meditation on the chemical properties of chocolate.

Intimacy

Intimacy

A poem about everyday love.

Painted Room

Painted Room

In memory of my late Father who passed away suddenly and the long night that I have made home.

Minefield

Minefield

The world revolves,
sun casts the fields pink and yellow.

How to preserve freedom?

How to preserve freedom?

Meditating on Aboriginal women’s tragedy and the issue of law regarding prostitution and ultimately freedom.

magnetron

magnetron

Who is the butterfly, who the flower?

Neat

Neat

This poem reflects on the life of a writer.

Self Portrait Through Convex Lenses

Self Portrait Through Convex Lenses

I relax, limbs spread across the bed.
Under a comforter I roast on a spit

My little piece of hell

My little piece of hell

A poem about feeling trapped in a life that I am well aware I should be out of for many reasons.

No Reason

No Reason

And that was it, there was nothing left to say;
In a world that hits hard, a soft touch fails to hold meaning;