Anna : Writing

Highway 74

Highway 74

A Poem by Anna


Ten at nightBeneath a flickeringGas station signWith a heavy heartFull of rainAnd bitter coffee.Isn't it enough?Standing underDark skiesThat shower yo..
In the Green Mist

In the Green Mist

A Poem by Anna


The agony is in the waitingIn the coming rainAnd the moon hidingBehind a vagueSilhouette.Love doesn't suit meAnd it sure as hell doesn't fitOn my skin..
Straight on Till Morning

Straight on Till Morning

A Poem by Anna


The wind rushes past meWhipping my hair into knotsPushing me with it's palms outHard and coldAnd howlingLike an old valley spiritWith all its wrath.I ..
From Here to Damnation

From Here to Damnation

A Poem by Anna


Taking the train through a valleySpilling over with wildflowersOn veins, on the tracks and cryingOut in humming silence forThe garden wind to take me ..
Gardenias

Gardenias

A Poem by Anna


You will grow outof meeventually.You will fall asleepwithout sayinggoodnight.You will have your teawith a littlelemonand notremember why.You will seea..
Nevada Midnight

Nevada Midnight

A Poem by Anna


I can see the end of the road;a sandy bluff hiding in the thistleswhere the asphalt crumbles.A distance that the headlightsdon't quite reach out tobut..
Lazarus House

Lazarus House

A Poem by Anna


I looked down into the darkbetween the floorboardswhere demons come knocking.When silence hung heaviestI could see a man in theretapping at the tiles ..
Morning Sickness

Morning Sickness

A Poem by Anna


I feel ill when I wake upfrom the want to talk and havingno words to fill an empty page.Something hiding in my stomachhungers for the lull of the stor..
Of Salt & Oranges

Of Salt & Oranges

A Poem by Anna


Something long dead andaged, drowned in barreled wine;floated up to drooping ceiling tileslike an orange peel bobbing atthe underside of some lonely p..
January

January

A Poem by Anna


I wanted so badly to write you booksand poems I could sealwith lavender and wax from aburning candle.It's a shamethat you don't like to read.Words don..