Tag: Pale

• May 20, 2024

  Dark Corners

  Let light shine on the pale, unbroken darkness That encompasses this place The corners that are dim Are painted in a thick cloak of blackness That is eager to envelop all it touches Let peace arise in the midst of obscurity The brown centipedes that crawl on dilapidated walls Every leg moving in the same…
• December 27, 2021

  Poets Are Not A Monolith: YOU

  Earlier this month, I stood in-front of my table selling poetry books, mugs, handmade fabrics and jewelry. A tall fellow comes by and begins to thumb the pages in one of the books. With a slight grin he says, I thought poetry is supposed to be sweet. I replied, No, I like to write realistic…