Tag: poem
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under water
it’s still dark in here and sometimes the darkness still wins i think maybe this time the darkness won’t get me won’t scare me, won’t wear me down, but this darkness is slick like oil and spreads on me before i know it, stinging my eyes my throat i jump into the deep end, to […]
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Reception
I will set a tableFor my soulAmong the trees Quiet, I will waitBeneath a canopy of leaves Let stillness be the tableLet silence be the clothLet sunlight be the service, gleamingMy seat a bed of moss I will set a tableFor my soulOut in the wild Calling her to comeAnd play, as if she were […]
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Dragon
she breathesfireher eyeswildclaws as long as myarmscratching at thedirtscrawling angryscarsthat arrange them-selvesinto letterswordsa plea, “loveme” © Nichole Q. Perreault (Header image courtesy of: Laith Abushar https://unsplash.com/@prodigeon)
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If It Was a Dream (A Cento Poem)
Begin at the beginningShe saidLittle girlIn a cab with her father Knit me togetherIn my mother’s wombLay your hand upon meHold me fast Does the rain have a father?A trust only found in the innocentBut she bent as the reed bendsLies can be persuasive Shattered worldsLost embryosA whorl of red on the tableI had to […]
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Sacrifice of Thanksgiving
thank youwords that burnan offeringbound in ropepulled tightlaid upon the firelike a lambor Isaaccosts me somethingas if my fleshwere on the flame a lonely leafscrapes down an empty streetwhere all the doors arelocked for winterbehind themfaces that I long to seehands I cannot touchclouds that shroud the starsmake a lousy blanketI pull my scarf over […]
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Every Edge Ends
(a univocalic poem) We weepWhere he sleepsBleeds between sheetsBegs “help me, help me” HelplessWe help lessFlesh presses fleshGreedy tenderness Every edge endsSeeds beget stemsTrees bendShredded hems rend © Nichole Q. Perreault
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Nothing But A Moon
Inspired by “Half Moon Makes Full Halo” by Jakusho Kwong The moon is nothingbut a moonCold and colorlessHer gravity barely holding the feet of mento her dry and dusty shoresBarrenShe wheels round and round the earthOn a path she didn’t chooseWhile gazing down upon that celestial springThat spinning womb thatGives birth to trees and snakesand […]
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The Dream
You are the dream He dreamedHe dreamsthe song He singswhen the whole world sleeps You are the whisper in the windwonder hushedon angels’ lipsa secret He keeps You are the gift He gaveHe givesthe life He livesin the depths of the deep Youare the dreamthe act, the scene Youare the masterpiecepenned without ink Youare the […]
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Ocean at Night
I listen to the sea As it beats against the earth My mind a soft resounding No words No words No words No words to make you hear Unless you’ve heard before Wide-mouthed waves devouring The shore The shore The shore The shore as mute as I While the roaring ocean pens Her prayer of […]
Lightning Bug 