Molly Cara : Writing

Skywriters

Skywriters

A Poem by Molly Cara


A little turtle pauses on the path, still as stone. He’s made it half way to the grass.A sunflower arches like a branch, back-bends over the gra..
Palmistry

Palmistry

A Poem by Molly Cara


8 AM: Insects whistle like wind inthe mountains, like the ocean’s air at night.I walk the pebble path. God chars leaves tillthey’re coarse..
Incense

Incense

A Poem by Molly Cara


One sound, two vessels, one of them convexwhen you look at it from the left, its backhunched like my grandfather’s. The other’s ina twist,..
Yellow Rose Poem

Yellow Rose Poem

A Poem by Molly Cara


Cattails c**k their heads like they mean to askhow the leaves got freckles, how the berriesgot fuzz, how green apples got sun burnt red.One bumble bee..
Long For This World

Long For This World

A Poem by Molly Cara


Mosquitoes congregate in a lilypad formation. They swarm us all at once.Lightning strikes beyond the hills, silent asprayer. And like prayer, it might..
Diver

Diver

A Poem by Molly Cara


Last night I dreamt of a diver, divingto drown her last life on this earth. She shotup through the air like a pistol, then downhead first into the poo..
Belongs There

Belongs There

A Poem by Molly Cara


One time I found a bird’s nest on the ground,on the edge of a lawn, empty as thatwine bottle I promised you I’d fill withwild berries and ..
Scale of One to Ten

Scale of One to Ten

A Poem by Molly Cara


A deer crosses the street. Headlights freeze intheir tracks as though they can slow the metalbehind them. You and I watch as we walk.I speak only in w..
Aubade

Aubade

A Poem by Molly Cara


By daylight the lake appears to be missing its stars. The black hole is now a blue island, trimmed in green and brown. Patches of s..
Enough

Enough

A Poem by Molly Cara


I imagine you somewhere where summer is steadfast as Polaris, that lighthouse in the sky. You’re standing on the shoreline. The ..

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