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Sara Fryd
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Someday in Paris

You seduce with the body of a man

          who’d ask a woman to lunch in Paris

Someday…

          when he could afford the first class fare

Denny’s around the corner will have to do for now

And though I’ve known passion with men of experience 

More than once…

Talented older and wiser men

Surely, they were incapable of lighting my heart

Not as [...]

Fearless

Disappear fear

Of unconscious feelings

Carried so long

So far, so deep

Toss them aside

In blue recycling containers

Like plastic bottles

I pick up hiking the glorious desert

So worshiped and adored.

For who would wish

To leave it messy

Messy outside

Like me inside?

Permit him joyous entry

Knowing I’ve been

Waiting for him too long

And I will share the real me

Open me, all of me

Then maybe

Maybe…

He won’t [...]

After Shave

The car engulfed

with waves of mulled citrus mist

warmed by your face watching mine

in the mirror from the hallway

as I lacquer on deep burgundy

candy apple lipstick

before the sun awakes early

April morning.

Memories of orange blossoms

permeating the night sky

on Route 66…

the beige top down on

the old black convertible with red leather seats

When I was eighteen and Steven French [...]

Words for You

*A beautiful poem from Guest Author Jon Hynes.  Photo by the Australia Post.

 

I can see the sunlight
over the brow
of the western mountains
as it holds me in its thoughts.
I imagine a vermillion flycatcher
flying like a true word from the
heart, Beating its wings in the fading
day.  And so I must let my thoughts
fly, and become [...]

Blue Agave

Sandra Elizabeth Larson's Photos

I sleep in sheets the color of the Caribbean Sea at sunrise

Remember a midnight green sky full of stars falling

As I travel fast, West on I-40 towards Arizona

Since I can’t sleep in New Mexico

At least not well.

Pale autumn colors cover me as

My olive skin glows

In shades of ivory, peach, apricot, blush

That [...]

Lunch On Friday

My eyes focused on the second button

        of your blue and white shirt.

Heart don’t stop, lungs breathe

        legs don’t fail me now.

I want to melt into the space

        behind that button.

So wrap your arms around me

        hold me still

        listen to the rhythm of my breathing.

Hear that I am unable

        to move, to speak

to take [...]

Lemons & Honey, Crackers & Tea

We had a tea party, you and I

Yesterday, when March was cold.           

We were three or four again

Five or six or seven.

 

Changed the world

Solved the chaos, hunger, pain.

Wish You Were Here

 

Balloon by Sara Fryd

God…

Please decorate

the sky with clouds today

Because without you,

it’s blue

and lonely just like

me.

 

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Waiting

You didn’t call last night

          like you promised

I cried myself to sleep…

If only you understood

          the subtleties

that teach each of us

          to trust or not.

You would never again

          make me a promise

          you did not intend to keep.                                    

Knowing…                                  

That I’m trusting you with my heart.

Then leave me waiting…                                    

Waiting…                                     

Like you did last night

          to cry myself to [...]

Crusty Lady

They say you pick your friends to be a mirror

Then I must have a side that’s warm and free

Look at me in navy skirts with parochial blouses

Long flowing skirts in flowers of spring is what she sees

For all my shyness she’s outgoing, an explorer

Where my weaknesses lie, she becomes strong

She listens to all of my [...]

Happy Birthday Dad

Fight with the county

Fight with Miguel,

Go to church everyday

So you won’t wind up in hell.

Swing the ax

Chop down the weeds,

Chase off the riders

On their noble steeds.

Play with the grandkids

At all the family feeds,

Tease the beautiful woman,

Who takes care of your needs.

Reward Mary Elisabeth

For all of her deeds,

You sit and you gawk

Under your favorite Malibu trees.

You’ve made [...]