Kelly Scheppers : Writing

Over Easy

Over Easy

A Poem by Kelly Scheppers


Over Easy You are Sunday morning with eggs over easy, with buttered toast cut on the diagonal and love that o..
To Keep You Small

To Keep You Small

A Poem by Kelly Scheppers


To Keep You SmallTell me howto keep you small,so that you fit perfectly into my lapso that my heart won’t break when you no longer need to tak..
An Ode to Keats

An Ode to Keats

A Poem by Kelly Scheppers


...a birthday tribute
Listen to the Warm

Listen to the Warm

A Poem by Kelly Scheppers


Listen to the Warm I listen to the warm. It centers me and makes me whole. It reminds me that I was someone’s da..
Concupiscent

Concupiscent

A Poem by Kelly Scheppers


Concupiscent The litheness of fingertips employ me, like the rosined bow to a Stradivarius. ..
Counting Crows and November Snows

Counting Crows and November Snows

A Poem by Kelly Scheppers


Counting Crows and November Snows There is a voidthat punctuates my tearsA parade of yearsare all that is left me,to counting crows ..
Morning Glory

Morning Glory

A Poem by Kelly Scheppers


Asleep in my bed, you’ll never know the love and feeling I have for you yet, I haven’t the heart to awaken you from..
The Jester

The Jester

A Poem by Kelly Scheppers


The Jester You took all there was of me without ever once committing yourself to love. Like an unmade bed you strippe..
The Intoxication of You

The Intoxication of You

A Poem by Kelly Scheppers


The Intoxication of You A calm of emotion stirs within me, as my heart in absolute splendor takes wing… all a flutter by th..
Kiss the Girls

Kiss the Girls

A Poem by Kelly Scheppers


...a reflection of war