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Category: Poetry

Full moon with cloud bank
November 1, 2023November 1, 2023Poetry

The Witching Hour (Sandcastle 20.10)

I live for the stillness of the witching hourwhen sleep has cast a spell on the people with “normal” circadian […]

Seagull flying
February 7, 2022February 7, 2022Poetry

Lessons of the Ocean (Sandcastle 15.07)

What I had come to the ocean to learn is not what the ocean chose to teach. I stood on […]

Red asiatic lilies
June 28, 2021June 28, 2021Poetry

Red (Sandcastle 16.02)

Red is the color of rage, but also of love, which seems a curious juxtaposition on the surface unless, perhaps, […]

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020Memoir, Poetry

Soundtrack of 2020

The musings of an author reliving the memorable sounds of 2020 and the deeper meanings they hold as an eerie song emerges from the ambulance sirens, dogs, birds, and cicadas…

Light shining on glasses hazel brown eye
April 30, 2020December 27, 2020Poetry

Portrait (Sandcastle 15.01)

In the silence, even her heartbeat is out of tune. Perhaps she’d already been shattered and put back together.

September 1, 2019February 16, 2022Poetry

Door to Narnia (Sandcastle 14.03)

I opened wardrobes in search of Narniabut found only coats sorted on hangersby season, softness, colorother accessories— scarves, hats, a […]

December 1, 2018December 1, 2018Poetry

How Are You? (Sandcastle 12.15)

How are you? Three words spark a thousand lies in my black hole of a mind each lie a light a billion stars in a trillion galaxies….

June 26, 2018Poetry

Black

A poem about writing—”Black is the color of ink in my veins. . . .”

June 16, 2018June 18, 2018Poetry

White

A poem about conquering depression with the written word, and the subsequent cycle when dealing with rejection during the publication process

April 27, 2018April 27, 2018Poetry

Rejection Letter

I took the standard form for most rejection letters I’ve received, and I turned it into a positive poem to celebrate writers.

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