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My Arms

A Poem by Ariel B.

Something I wrote a few years ago, sent out to a handful of magazines, and forgot about. Recently it was published in The Stray Branch, which reminded..

Mapping the Day

A Poem by Ariel B.

Morning comeslike barbed wire, leavingrust in my coffee,red dots on the palms of my hands.I hold on tight,write postcards to an absent friend - emotio..

Aureole

A Poem by Ariel B.

The sun wraps strong fingers around your faceand leaves a halo in the spacebehind your head:for a few brief moments, you wearthe painful brightness,th..

Me & My Shadow

A Poem by Ariel B.

Dusk, twilight;evening starlight;end of day:stray cats,swooping batshunting prey.Here I sit and here I stay - the steps are hard, the buildings grey,t..

I Can't Sleep Without You

A Poem by Ariel B.

I want to sleep ina bed of flowers tonight,hypnotizing starswatching over our bodies.I want to hold you tightly in my armsand listen to the warm assur..

Fever Dreams

A Poem by Ariel B.

Dreaming, I standat the edge of a seaof broken glass,wading barefootin splintering waves.And far away, the sound of the shoreline:silken sand,softly i..

Opium

A Poem by Ariel B.

She takes off her dress,satin straps slipping slowover smooth shoulders paintedwith lipstick like burns: cigarette kiss glowing darkly narcotic - red ..

Relief

A Poem by Ariel B.

Originally published in print by The Stray Branch magazine.

Antipodes

A Poem by Ariel B.

Here I am across the world You across the wide salt seas Always this distance between us You are no one You are only words ..

Black Ice

A Poem by Ariel B.

This was originally published in print last October, in Sephyrus Press' Afterlife Anthology.