Krista Laraine : Writing

of love

of love

A Poem by Krista Laraine


With great difficulty I make my way through the world, like others before, but mine. A journey made easier by an ever-fading exterio..
spring's seduction

spring's seduction

A Poem by Krista Laraine


The sun has come at last, again, to rouse the sleeping land. She slowly stirs, he takes his time- the sun, that gentleman. Her hilltops feel him first..
memory of my step-father, in December

memory of my step-father, in December

A Poem by Krista Laraine


Last night I found an old Christmas movie I had loved when I was seven. And so I watched, the same scenes, through different eyes. Underst..
of sighs

of sighs

A Poem by Krista Laraine


To give reason for a sigh, the deep and long, at times collective, silent, or barely audible, at times reflective but never wrong. Just somethin..
hum

hum

A Poem by Krista Laraine


There is a feeling that grows beneath my skin, between the hips, above my pelvic bone. It flutters and burns- a thousand bumblebees have taken..
of fate

of fate

A Poem by Krista Laraine


Once I was beautiful. Beautiful as the steady, glowing candles placed inside the windows of New England's winter. Flecks of love in my eyes..
the game

the game

A Poem by Krista Laraine


I give songs for secret reasons, and tiptoe all around. You are an icy walk, threatening to melt, a season changing without a sound. My ..
climatic comparison

climatic comparison

A Poem by Krista Laraine


I live where the cold pierces through my outer layer like tiny shards of glass. Where making love is blind as a snowstorm, where once it tantalized..
lamentations in the new year

lamentations in the new year

A Poem by Krista Laraine


My neighbor has the Christmas lights strung up around the big pine tree in his front yard. They are shining tonight, and it is the 7th of Januar..
november

november

A Poem by Krista Laraine


These dead days of autumn's last, when the hills give no place for ghosts to hide; with elusive daylight fading fast, and haunting stars t..