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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
*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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
Balloon by Sara Fryd
God…
Please decorate
the sky with clouds today
Because without you,
it’s blue
and lonely just like
me.
All rights reserved. ©2009 by Sara Fryd
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]