Molly Cara : Writing

How to Read a Mirror

How to Read a Mirror

A Poem by Molly Cara


Stars bathe in daylight. Blue jays dive into the sky. Where’s Echo? Hiding in the hollow of a tree. Stars bathe in daylight. ..
March 24, 2013

March 24, 2013

A Poem by Molly Cara


The sun hits the hilltops in zigzags. Nighthasn'tfallen for days, and we miss reading stories into stars.
April 8, 2013

April 8, 2013

A Poem by Molly Cara


The bush with the orange leaves is always burning down. All day she’s burning down, saying, “I’d like to shadow the sun..
April 12, 2013 (The Near Death Experience of A.J. Ayer)

April 12, 2013 (The Near Death Experience of A.J. ..

A Poem by Molly Cara


I want the graveyard. I want it the way plants that are kept indoors want the rain, without ever having felt it. So I walk through t..
April 11, 2013

April 11, 2013

A Poem by Molly Cara


Berries hang like jewels from chains. Black butterflies seize the sky. The pond alone stays calm in this untimely cold. . I ..
April 5, 2013

April 5, 2013

A Poem by Molly Cara


I asked the fruit in the bowl why it refuses to rot. It said it’s waiting to be painted. Then it asked me about the li..
March 27, 2013

March 27, 2013

A Poem by Molly Cara


Daylight retreats behind the horizon. The rain we have been dancing for comes onto us. It washes our hands and our faces and we..
March 16, 2013

March 16, 2013

A Poem by Molly Cara


Mother Earth says she loves the other planets more than she could ever love the sun. Her hair is both blue and grey. Her nails ..
January 29, 2013

January 29, 2013

A Poem by Molly Cara


Speech is to thought as body is to soul.I wish I could stop wasting silencepreparing what to say next.When I am a volcanoI’ll sit still until I ..
January 19, 2013

January 19, 2013

A Poem by Molly Cara


Branches bristle, electrified.There’s lavender sand in the sky.No, the moon isn’t newit’s in hiding.You’re grieving. Of course..